Aug 6, 2008
Erik Darling, the folk musician who performed with The Tarriers, The Weavers and The Rooftop Singers, died on August 3rd 2008 in a hospice near Chapel Hill, N.C. He was 74. In Don McLean’s biography published in 2007, Don remembered Darling as “a genuine philosopher...
Jul 30, 2008
Don McLean completed two great shows in Europe on July 25th and 27th. Official attendance figures were 10,000 for his show in Turnhout, Belgium and 5,000 in Trowbridge, England. Great feedback is being posted from fans: “Little did I know that after attending your...
Jun 27, 2008
Fremont Street Experience premieres “Don McLean’s American Pie” Viva Vision light and sound show with a weekend-long 4th of July celebration free to the public, 4 p.m.-midnight July 3-5 in downtown Las Vegas. The world premiere showing of “Don McLean’s American Pie”...
Dec 21, 2007
Joel Dorn, the Grammy-winning record producer who worked with Don McLean, Roberta Flack, Bette Midler, the Neville Brothers, Herbie Mann and numerous other jazz, R&B and pop musicians in a career spanning 40 years, has died at age 65 in New York of a heart attack....
Aug 2, 2006
Don and Glen were in concert in Ireland at the Midlands Music Festival at Ballinlough Castle in Athboy, Meath on Saturday July 29th.
Jun 21, 2006
Don McLean’s poem about Hopalong Cassidy played by William Boyd in over 66 films between 1938 and 1945 was included on the inside cover of the American Pie album. So Long Hopalong CassidyNo matter how scary life got I could depend on youYou had that easy...
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