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The Don McLean Story

Don McLean shares his life story for the first time...


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    • America's Legendary Singer-Songwriter

    The Don McLean Story: Killing Us Softly With His Songs by Alan Howard

    Contents

    Acknowledgements

    Did you know? [Extract]

    Everyone’s Caught on a Carousel Pony…Growing up in New York [Extract]

    Castles in the Air…Musical Apprenticeship, 1960s

    Tapestry…The Hudson River Troubadour [Extract]

    Magdalene Lane…First Record Deal [Extract]

    American Pie…Something touched me deep inside… [Extract]

    Starry Starry Night…Vincent and the Grammys [Extract]

    Dreidel…My World is a constant confusion…

    Homeless Brother…There’s freedom when you’re walking…

    Prime Time…Nashville and Jerusalem

    Don McLean on Song Making and Recording

    Crying...The Comeback

    Crossroads…1980s, Litigation

    And I Love You So…1990s, Family and the Surf Ballroom [Extract]

    Garth Brooks and Madonna…Another Planet

    A Long Long Time Ago…Don McLean on American Pie

    Appendices

    Index


    Acknowledgements

    Thanks to Don McLean for putting the post-war, twentieth century experience to words and music and singing it all with a voice that transports us to a better place. I want to thank him for sharing his story.

    Thanks to Fred Hellerman, Erik Darling, Pete Murphy, Pete Childs, Rob Stoner, Ed Freeman, Jerry Corbitt, Ed Begley Jr., Bob Dearborn, Joel Dorn, John Peters, Larry Butler, Gordon Stoker, Fred Snel, Chris Horsnell, John Platania, Tony Migliore, Ralph Childs, Jerry Kroon, Patrisha McLean, Dick Boak, Pat Severs, Garth Brooks, Ron Buck, Bob Gregg, Alan Young, and Bill Nisbet for allowing me to include their thoughts on Don McLean and his music.

    Thanks to Ann Morris at the Owl and Turtle Bookshop in Camden, Maine, for editing the manuscript.

    And thanks to all the Don McLean fans who read and respond to my web sites: don-mclean.com and americanpie.com.

    Alan Howard
    Brinkworth, England
    January, 2007


    Book Specification

    Paperback
    Printed: 420 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, 60# cream interior paper, black and white interior ink , 100# white exterior paper, full-color exterior ink
    ISBN: 978-1-4303-0682-5
    Publisher: Starry Night Music Inc.
    Rights Owner: Starry Night Music Inc.
    Copyright:     © 2007 Starry Night Music Inc.
    Language: English
    Country: United States
    Edition: 1st edition
     

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