![]() I'm like an old firehouse dog, I don't know anything else."įor more on Don McLean, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands everywhere now.Someone might think, OK, I could speculate with the J-Pow Pattern at the next Fed meeting. "I want to get back to playing and living. "My girlfriend and I love to travel, so she's really anxious to get up and get going and so am I," he says. Looking forward, McLean says he's looking forward to the traveling that'll accompany his tour (as is girlfriend Paris Dylan, 27) and to playing for many years to come. It was a phenomenon, it is still a phenomenon, and I accept that and I'm thankful for the fact that I have something that I did that has given people as much entertainment and happiness as that song and that album." "That's the hand I've been dealt and that's what you have to deal with," he says. "It was something that I certainly did enjoy lots of times, but there was something strange about it."įifty years on, McLean accepts that the classic tune is part of his legacy - even if it has driven him into what he calls an "'American Pie' cul-de-sac." I don't like that much focus on me," he says. While McLean says he prefers not to dwell on the past, he can recall how his fame came on suddenly in the wake of the success of "American Pie" - and how the attention, which sometimes included fainting fans à la Beatlemania, wasn't always welcome. Keith Perry/Courtesy Don McLean Don McLean He'll kick things off in January for 34 North American dates before heading to Europe in September for 35 more shows. The Grammy-nominated musician is currently "in training," he says, for a world tour in celebration of the 50th anniversary of his American Pie album and its seminal title track. RELATED: Don McLean Talks Longtime Love Paris Dylan's Support for His Music: 'I'm Crazy for Her' "I'm always interested in doing anything." "Anything is possible, if it's done the right way," he says. if I had to lose it to somebody, I sure am glad it was another great singer/songwriter such as Taylor."Īs for whether the world will ever see the two collaborate, McLean says never say never. In a statement, the crooner said that while "nobody ever wants to lose that No. RELATED VIDEO: 'That's a Dream': Taylor Swift Reacts to Billy Joel Saying She's The Beatles of Her Generation McLean previously revealed on Instagram that "class act" Swift, 32, sent him a bouquet of flowers and a special note, in which she wrote that she "will never forget that I'm standing on the shoulders of giants." And you can make it as a major rock and roll force of nature, which is what I call Taylor Swift, if you want to do that." You can make it as a singer with a guitar if you figure out what Ed did. "It's really good for young people who want to get into this business. "Taylor takes the whole new form of entertainment to the peak by making these phenomenal videos and records and doing these massive tours that are successful, and so on and so forth," he says. McLean, 76, tells PEOPLE in this week's issue that he considers the pop star a "major rock and roll force of nature," and is impressed by her career, which recently saw her 10-minute version of "All Too Well" overtake McLean's "American Pie" as the longest-in-length chart-topper. David Abbott Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock Don McLean, Taylor Swiftĭon McLean has nothing but praise for Taylor Swift - even after she broke his record for longest No.
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