Dr Alan Howard

Don McLean is back in the UK in April, with appearances on BBC TV The One Show, Weekend Wogan, Loose Ends on radio 4 and Simon Mayo’s Drivetime show on radio 2, amongst many others. He has concerts across Europe in April/May including the Albert Hall on May 7th. His new album, Addicted to Black, [...]

lori lieberman’s experience of seeing Don McLean in concert in LA in 1972 formed the basis of Roberta Flack and The Fugees’ number 1 hit “Killing Me Softly With His Song”. However Lori recorded the song first and has now, in 2009, released a new recording of her great song on her new album, “Gun [...]

Pete Seeger will be celebrating his 90th birthday on May 3rd 2009 with a benefit concert in aid of the Clearwater Organisation.
Seeger was responsible for promoting the project to build and launch a boat that continues to navigate the Hudson River every summer stopping at every town to disseminate information about the environment and the perilous [...]

To mark the 50th anniversary of Buddy Holly’s death, CNN has published a commentary that quotes extensively from my book “The Don McLean Story: Killing Us Softly With His Songs“.

I have just finished transcribing an interview with Don McLean that I recorded last week and which is mainly based on questions his fans submitted to his official website. The interview is available here and contains something of interest for most fans and casual readers including insights into Don’s favourite food and a surprising interpretation [...]

It was good to see Don back on British TV this morning appearing on BBC 1 and giving our book a good plug.

i am sometimes asked how I first met and got to know Don McLean. Having been a fan of his music since I was three and given my interest in the fast emerging World Wide Web I started a simple website about Don in 1995. In May 1997 Don returned to England for his first [...]

Don McLean speaks about the biography in a newspaper article and book review by Emmet Meara.
Don said he decided to publish the book, “to counter the urban myths about me, and to get the full story out before someone else does.”

Don McLean is doing a book signing at the Owl and Turtle Bookshop in Camden, Maine on August 3rd 2007.
Even if you can’t attend an author event, the book store will do their best to ensure that you receive a signed title.
For further details visit:
http://www.owlandturtle.com/events.html

Readers’ comments from the Don McLean forum:
Well, I read the new book … pretty interesting stuff. A lot about the early years and family background. A lot about the first record deal, Herb, producers and industry of course. On a scale of one to ten, it’s a solid 8. Alan did a good job stuffing [...]