New for 2009 - CD and book

We are pleased to confirm that the long awaited “Addicted to Black” CD will be released in early 2009. The album features studio recordings of new Don McLean songs and final production of the CD cover and artwork is underway. Also new for 2009 will be a pictorial biography called “Don McLean’s American Pie”. This 300+ [...]

New Guitarist

A new guitarist, Carl “Vip” Vipperman, has joined Don’s band of acclaimed Nashville musicians including Tony Migliore, Ralph Childs and Jerry Kroon. Vip says: “I love working with Don and the guys! Best band I’ve ever been in.”

Upcoming shows

Don McLean has a series of three shows scheduled for late September/early October: Sept 26 - Monroe High School Performing Arts Center, Monroe WI Sept 27 - Rochester, MN (Mayo Civic Center) Oct 4 - Temecula, CA - Old Town Community Theater

Rare Don McLean Interview

Bill Nisbet has kindly supplied a recording of a radio interview Don McLean did for an Irish series called Tower Of Song. He was interviewed by John MacKenna, who is nowadays an award winning novelist and biographer. The setting for the interview, which MacKenna points out was Don’s choice, is Wolfes, a gourmet wine and [...]

Email problems

Any email sent to Don via the contact page between August 20th and 27th may not have reached its destination due to server problems. Apologies for any inconvenience - please resend if you think you’re affected. All mail is read by Don but a reply is not guaranteed.