And Buddy's plane did not have a name and wasn't even Buddy's plane, you know? But what makes me think this is funny is that I've been kind of knocking these down for years and it persists. So I said, no, actually I coined that phrase. But the funny thing is - and there are other of these kinds of little things, like, for example, for a while, everybody was saying "American Pie" was the name of Buddy Holly's airplane, you know? And that was floated around for a while. People knew me that I didn't know, and people know things about me that, you know, that they imagine, and it's just the way things are. But like I said in the article, in The Times, "American Pie" is a little bit like the Mayflower, you know? Everybody has been on it or their parents were on it or something. So I think it's kind of funny, and you called, and I said, OK, I'll talk about it, sure.ĬONAN: Well, do you know the bar, the Tin & Lint? And so that caused The New York Times in this thing. I was opening to her at Temple University. And he sent me two questions, and I said, well, first of all, it was written in Cold Spring, New York and in Philadelphia, and it was performed first at Temple University when I was just getting started with Laura Nyro. And so, finally, somebody up there in one of the newspapers said, I really, really want to know this. And I always would say, well, no, that's not really how it was. I guess there's a plaque or something there. : Well, you know, through the years, people have asked me about that. Thanks very much for joining us today.ĬONAN: Last week, the Glens Falls Star-Post published a story that begins by citing a plaque next to a booth in a Saratoga Springs bar called the Tin & Lint that claims that is the exact spot where you started to write "American Pie" in the summer of 1970.
His latest album is "Addicted to Black." Next year, he'll be on the road in the United Kingdom for his 40th anniversary of "American Pie" tour. Go to npr.org, click on TALK OF THE NATION.ĭon McLean joins us now from his home in Maine. Email us: You can join the conversation at our website. Where does the Chevy from the levee take you? Give us a call: 80. The facts from the horse's mouth in just a moment.įor many, "American Pie" recalls a specific moment in time. All these years later, "American Pie" continues to haunt the imagination and to inspire folklore, including the claim that the song was first written and performed in Saratoga Springs, New York. Forty years and a few days ago, an eight-and-a-half-minute song broke on to the record charts, soon drenched the radio and claimed a permanent place in the lives of millions.ĬONAN: Singer-songwriter Don McLean, of course.
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