McLean — who recorded “American Pie” with a Martin D-28 acoustic guitar — has said the lyrics sprang from a deep sense that ...

Classic rock music has produced few songs as layered, mysterious, and intertextual as Don McLean’s “American Pie.” The tune took many years to complete. McLean explained why it took so long to write ...

Rocker Don McLean, who wrote and recorded the classic hit, “American Pie.” Don McLean etched a significant place in modern music history with big classic rock hits like “American Pie,” “Crying” and ...

"American Pie" singer Don McLean isn’t too impressed with modern songwriters. On the red carpet at the MovieGuide Awards, the musician told Fox News Digital the biggest change he’s seen over his ...

When it was first released, its length was seen as a potential obstacle. Decades later, it’s exactly that ambition and scale ...

Don McLean is one of the best-known singer-songwriters in American history. He was interviewed by producer Ed Freeman, as well as musician Jake Bugg. In addition, this program included an archive ...

Throughout his storied career, musician Don McLean has learned that songwriters need to experience "pain" to pen music that speaks to people. "There's a lot of pain, you know, if you want to be a ...

Songwriter Don McLean says he rejects comparisons of today's political climate to the 1960s, saying in the past, despite the division, "you knew where people stood." "There was a reasonable discourse ...