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 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
Extract from The Don McLean Story: Killing Us Softly With His Songs by Alan Howard Copyright 2007 Starry Night Music, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or translation of any part of this work without the permission of the copyright owner is unlawful. Used by permission