Leading into the 60th anniversary of “the day the music died,” the Register spoke with McLean about Buddy Holly, the song’s legacy and if he’ll one day return to the Surf Ballroom. Read below for excerpts from the interview.īuddy Holly offers a jumping off point for the song, but “American Pie” isn’t about Holly, McLean said. More: Sorry, 'American Pie,' but the music didn't die in Clear Lake. “Something touched me deep inside the day the music died …” It’s in the first verse that he coined the Iowa crash with a name that would stick for decades to come. “A long, long time ago,” he described it. The song opens by transporting listeners back to McLean’s 1959, to an America before the Beatles invaded Ed Sullivan and Vietnam War protests took over city blocks. Twelve years later, McLean took pen to paper and delivered “American Pie,” an eight-and-a-half minute acoustic epic that’d become one of the most celebrated and debated songs in popular music. The Surf Ballroom prepares for the 60th anniversary of the Winter Dance Party on Tuesday, Jan.
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