Don McLean
Sat May 31 at 8 p.m.
A long, long time ago…I can still remember...
There are those among us who think of Don McLean’s American Pie as an alternative National Anthem rather than a ballad about the untimely death of rock icon Buddy Holly.
Bye, bye miss American pie, drove my Chevy to the levee, but the...
His lyrical portrait of the tormented Van Gogh, Vincent (Starry, Starry Night), put the poetic singer/songwriter/performer in a superstar orbit lasting over three decades.
Other folkish-rock hits followed including the song of lost love and loneliness, Empty Chairs, and the song of hope and healing, Sister Fatima.
A Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, Don has been called a master of “spirituality in rhythm and verse.” His voice remains pure and sweetly reverential.
Nowhere will that be more evident than in the perfect acoustical surroundings of the Spencer Theater for the opening of the summer 2008 season Saturday, May 31.
Visit Don's website at www.don-mclean.com