Let’s talk guitars with Don McLean
An exhaustive interview from 2003 with Don McLean about all things guitars. Conducted by me and Ron Buck.
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Interview for “Classic Albums”
I was interviewed by award-winning director George Scott for the BBC 2 Classic Albums episode about Don McLean’s “American Pie” album. The interview took place at the Sleeper Sounds Studio…
Essay on American Pie added to Library of Congress
In 2018, the Library of Congress National Preservation Board invited me to contribute an essay on “American Pie” as part of their recognition of the importance of this song in…
Jake Bugg
Jake Bugg has said in many interviews that he fell in love with music after hearing Don McLean’s song Vincent on an episode of The Simpsons. Jake saw Don in…
Our day at Glastonbury (with Don McLean)
Don McLean came to Glastonbury and sang folk, pop, country and rock. He sang Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley and demonstrated his own legendary singer-songwriter status with four of his top-10…
Clearwater and Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger will be celebrating his 90th birthday on May 3rd 2009 with a benefit concert in aid of the Clearwater Organisation. Seeger was responsible for promoting the project to…
CNN coverage
To mark the 50th anniversary of Buddy Holly’s death, CNN has published a commentary that quotes extensively from my book “The Don McLean Story: Killing Us Softly With His Songs“.
Don McLean on Breakfast TV
It was good to see Don back on British TV this morning appearing on BBC 1 and giving our book a good plug.