Classic rock music has produced few songs as layered, mysterious, and intertextual as Don ... that McLean paid tribute to with “American Pie.” “American Pie” appeared on the album of ...

Don McLean said if he wanted to subtly insult these iconic songwriters in "American Pie," he "would have said their names." ...

Famously, Don McLean never elaborated on the lyrics of “American Pie”. But when the manuscript sold in 2015, it included songwriting notes that explained many of the real meanings behind the ...

Songwriter Don McLean says he rejects comparisons ... to take a side or a stand on anything,” said McLean, whose 1971 classic ...

Don McLean (born Donald McLean III on October 2, 1945 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American singer-songwriter. Don McLean recorded his first album Tapestry in 1969 in Berkeley, California ...