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Grammy Award honoree, Songwriters Hall of Fame member, and BBC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Don McLean released his most recent album, American Boys , earlier this month via BFD/Audium Nashville and distributed exclusively through The Orchard. Paying tribute to his rock and roll heroes, McLean's new single honors those who paved the way. "American boys invented rock and roll. That's the idea," McLean tells us. "It's really the high school version of 'American Pie' which is the college version, but it's not complicated at all, it's just a simple homage, but they invented rock and roll. That's the thing I want to get across to people that America has invented a lot of different kinds of music. It comes from the soil. It comes from the south. It comes from Memphis, and Nashville, the Texas Panhandle, Louisiana, Arkansas, all over. It doesn't come from New England. It does not come from the West. It comes from these places." Last week, McLean was a guest at The White House State Dinner for President Ruto of Kenya. The legendary and still active singer/songwriter has had a significant career, selling over 50 million albums worldwide. Among other things, Don McLean received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2021, was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2022, received a star on the Las Vegas Walk of Fame in 2019 and the Music City Walk of Fame in 2023, and was recently the focus of a Paramount+ documentary The Day The Music Died . Be sure to subscribe to The Music Universe Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Select episodes now streaming on Canyon Star TV. Become a supporter and support this podcast with a small monthly donation to help sustain future episodes.

Here is our second interview with living legend in music, Don McLean. His new album entitled American Boys will be released on May 17th. Pre-order is available right now. All new songs on this album will sure to excite not only Don McLean fans, but all music fans. Listen in as Dave Hondel and special guest host, actor, Dan Jablons interview one of the most iconic singer/songwriters in the history of music!

Legendary singer songwriter Don McLean actually believes the music has died. Don McLean is coming to Capital One Hall in June on a tour celebrating half a century of the iconic song "American Pie." Tommy McFLY and Don chatted earlier this month over Zoom. Don shared some fun moments in the last few decades. He's not a fan though of modern music, except of course Taylor Swift and Kanye West.

When Don McLean was 15 years old, he had a premonition that his father was going to die. Distraught, he ran to tell his grandmother. “Don’t be ridiculous, Donny, why would you say such a thing?” she said. “Because it’s going to happen,” the boy replied. A few days later, his father dropped dead right in front of him. “I saw how he looked,” says McLean. “He’d turned green. I didn’t know what I was going to do without him. He was the king, the boss. He knew everything.” The singer-songwriter behind the 1971 classic American Pie is speaking from his home in Palm Desert, a town in California where he is now well into what he calls the “desert phase” of his life. Wildfires are still burning across the state. You can’t see the sun for the acrid smoke. “I’m feeling it in my lungs,” says the 75-year-old. So what did he do when his father died? “I cried for two years,” he says. “I blamed myself.” We’ve been talking about death for half an hour – his father’s and his feelings about his own. “I’m nearing the end of the high-dive,” he says. “Know what I mean?” It’s the big McLean theme running through his songwriting, from American Pie to the virtually unknown Run Diana Run, a weird musical dirge about Princess Diana. ‘The day the music died’ … the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly is thought to be one of the song’s references – but McLean hints it could be about his father’s death. ‘The day the music died’ … the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly is thought to be one of the song’s references – but McLean hints it could be about his father’s death. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images We’re meeting, though, to talk about his era-spanning epic: that rollicking eight-and-a-half minute run-through of the 1960s after the decade closed. The Recording Industry Association of America has the song in its top five, behind Over the Rainbow and White Christmas; it’s been covered by everyone from Madonna to Tyson Fury, who sang it after knocking out Deontay Wilder earlier this year; and the original handwritten lyrics sold in 2015 for $1.2m (£800,000), the third highest auction price ever for an American literary manuscript. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/legends-extraordinary-lives--5351541/support .

As a paperboy, Don McLean remembers very well that fateful morning when he saw the news about the death of Buddy Holly. Now 62 years on, that resulting song American Pie has been voted one of the best songs of the Century... Now on tour celebrating its 50th anniversary, Don opens up candidly about those songs and how early swimming lessons taught him how to keep his voice in tip-top condition to this day. He also talks about those other artists' interpretations of his hits. With Madonna and George Michael having covered his material, McLean also reveals whom he would most like to hear cover one of his songs. This is one podcast you won't want to miss. Catch him on his 50th Anniversary Of American Pie tour now. For more information from Don McLean, visit his website www.donmclean.com Series 3, Episode 4

We Have The Pleasure Of Visiting With Legendary Hall Of Fame Songwriter Singer Don McLean On The Life Box Media Channel Radio Podcast Don McLean Talks Growing Up Music Influences Songwriting The Day The Music Died American Pie The King Of Rock And Roll Elvis Presley His World Tour And More Mr McLean Also Talks His Bookazine Out Now What He Is Doing And What Is Next For This Legendary Songwriter Singer For Information On Don McLean's World Tour Merchandise And Music Go To https://donmclean.com/ Please Make Sure To Follow Don McLean On All Of His Social Media For Up To Date News A Huge Thank You To Don McLean For Taking The Time Thank You To Scott Sexton Of 2911 Media For Arranging This Awesome Interview THANK YOU To Our Listeners And Our Fans In All 61 Countries For Enjoying The Life Box Media Channel Radio Podcast THANK YOU Please Comment Follow Like And Subscribe To Our Show And All Of Our Social Media TheLifeBoxMediaChannel.com https://linktr.ee/TheLifeBoxMediaChannel Thank You God Bless Episode # 312

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