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Welcome to Don McLean's Words and Music featuring a 60-minute recorded
interview with Don McLean about his guitars, playing style, and
recollections from concert and rehearsal. The Words and Music database is an
evolving project that will list the words and music for every Don McLean
song. Ron Buck has provided a fascinating introduction to the "Nashville
Numbers" system used by Don's musicians. Various fans have uploaded their
own recorded versions of Don McLean songs. This site is based on the merger
with Phil
Carlyle's original "Words and Music" site. Quick
Links:
Don McLean Interview
Nashville Numbers
Don's Musicians
Discussion Forum
Don McLean Song Search - albums, lyrics,
chordpro, tabs
Lyrics printed with the permission of Don McLean. Copyright Don McLean
(admin: Universal Songs Inc.)
Recorded music & other material uploaded by fans of Don McLean:
This section contains files that fans have provided. Over time we
hope to build up a collection of streaming audio of fans playing some of their
favourite Don McLean songs.
So be brave and submit your effort - it will be appreciatively received and widely listened to - there have been 241260 downloads of fan contributions so far!
Please follow the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of this page if you'd like
your music included.
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Interview with Don McLean - 1972 |
This isn't a sound file but a PDF of an excellent interview with Don McLean in a 1972 edition of Guitar Player magazine. |
Ron Buck |
857 |
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Mountains Of Mourne |
mp3 |
Paul Ashley |
1006 |
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Interview with Don McLean - 1980 |
This isn't a sound file but a PDF of an excellent interview with Don McLean in a 1980 edition of Guitar magazine. |
Ron Buck |
613 |
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Empty Chairs |
mp3 |
john gawkowski |
1210 |
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Castles in the Air |
mp3 |
Paul Ashley |
1367 |
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Vincent (Starry Starry Night) |
Vincent by Ryan Heenan |
Ryan Heenan |
9667 |
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American Pie (A cappella:-) |
This is my A cappella tribute to one of the greatest songwriters ever. |
Charlie Ray Fetty III |
6763 |
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American pie |
Very short version. |
Tom |
8204 |
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Every Day Is A Miracle |
Only the die hard fans are familiar with this one! |
Tom |
2081 |
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Castles In The Air |
A great Don song.. |
Tom |
3616 |
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And I Love You So |
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Dave Fulton (Dejay) |
4359 |
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Vincent |
It is quite a nice song that I tried 3 months to learn it.
My guitar with capo on the 1st fret sounds good. hah
My email address:sunie2001@hotmail.com
I am a Chinese, willing to make friends oversea who likes Mclean |
Steven Sun |
7549 |
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American Pie |
I'm 18 and this my first attempt at a real recording. This is my rendition of American Pie. It's a rather over the top rendition and I go as high as Michael Jakson at some points. This is a very unique rendition and I hope everyone enjoys it! |
Chris Nosal |
11472 |
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If We Try |
I play it for thirty years already and it's so beautiful and so hard to get it really good. But if I try - and keep trying... Hope you like it. |
Matthieu van Winsen |
3501 |
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Winter Has Me In Its Grip |
Fine song, nice guitarchords and beautiful melody. But again, not easy to perform! Hope you still like my effort.
(No I'm not from Spain, I'm from Holland) |
Matthieu van Winsen |
2278 |
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Castles in the Air |
I'm probably the only non-guitarist in here so it was a real challenge to come up with a decent version of this song. I used Cubase SX3 and Virtual Guitarist to record this most beautiful song. I hope you all like my interpretation.
Thanks. |
Dan Ceekey |
4669 |
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Bronco Bill's Lament |
I always used to like this song. |
Tom |
3264 |
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Vincent |
I really love the song, that's y I recorded it. Hope u'll like it, too. |
Debadeep |
9460 |
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Georgie's Song |
This is obviously not a Don McLean song, it's mine! Uploaded with permission and some pressure! Written for my daughter, Georgina, every father should be able to identify with this.......I hope. |
Pete Abbott |
6335 |
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And I Love You So |
Don makes it sound easy, but I found this song really hard to sing! Where's everyone gone? Have you all jumped ship and not told me? Is it me?? Hello?? |
Pete Abbott |
10068 |
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Vincent |
Hi Dejay, Cookie and Jim, mind if I join you? |
Pete Abbott |
20694 |
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Empty Chairs by Dejay |
Empty Chairs by Dejay |
Dejay |
7525 |
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Orphans Of Wealth by Cookie |
Orphans Of Wealth by Cookie |
Cookie |
5016 |
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Birthday Song - test by Jim Monaghan |
I''m trying to see how/if this works. Not all the chords are correct...I''ll upload a better version later. Eventually, we''ll be able to do "Don McLean guitar lessons" on here.
OK...the good news...I figured out how to do this. The bad news...I need better recording equipment @ home to pull this off right! |
Jim Monaghan |
7424 |
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Circus song |
Circus Song by Dejay |
Dejay |
5345 |
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Oh My What A Shame |
Oh My What A Shame by Cookie |
Cookie |
5468 |
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Magdalene Lane |
Magdalene Lane by Cookie |
Cookie |
5407 |
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Homeless brother |
Homeless brother by Dejay |
Dejay |
5488 |
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Castles in the air |
Castles in the air |
Dejay |
10024 |
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Comments:
Lynn Collins - 5/1/2008 11:47:24 AMI am looking for the song that had lyrics about the phoenix. I can't remember the title, but I loved that song!!! KJ - 4/12/2008 7:15:23 PMneed lyrics for the "Rivers of Babylon" from his american pie album or vincent album.Anybody know the lyrics? Ludolf - 3/17/2008 8:34:42 PMi saw you in holland - amsterdam in the 80s and you played a song called House for Sale and were accompanied by a double bass player - i have never found that song on an album and would like to know the lyrics wh wrote it and if you have a recorded version somewhere i could buy please. thanks. JC - 2/24/2008 6:27:23 PMwe are looking for the guitar tabs to the song
The last month of the year,
to play at our church
thanks JC from Maine B Charles - 2/10/2008 7:10:26 AMI'm trying to find a recording of the song The Touch of Your Hand. I had a copy of it on a cassette of Homeless Brother. There appears to be no trace of it -or is it under a different title? Denis Mcinnes - 1/21/2008 7:23:59 PMHi
Iam trying to find a song that Don Mclean sung back in he 60's
The song is from the opera of Madame Butterfly
"Spira Sul Mare E Sula Terra' Butterfly chorus
thanks Joel Trejo - 12/19/2007 10:09:39 AMCharlie Ray Fetti II's capella version of "American Pie" should not be sung at all by him. This guy just tears apart the entire song. I am able abe to sing it better than him while in the shower.(give me a break!!) dick zoeteweij - 12/16/2007 3:40:02 PMDid you ever played on Gibson J-50 on your tour in Holland long ago ?? alejo - 12/8/2007 9:53:39 PMgood very good sathi - 11/29/2007 2:03:24 PMDoes anyone know the title of the song that starts with the lyrics "i wonder if she knows....Mr. Mclean played it in New York City @the Town Hall a few weeks ago and am desperately trying to find the title of this song. Is there a playlist of everything he sang in NYC? Thank you so much. Drew - 11/5/2007 8:32:15 PMI was just starting to play at the time American Pie came out. It was also around the time Jonthan Edwars Shinesun was released. Even though it would have been exceedingly easier to learn Sunshine ,I chose to tackle AP instead. It was the 1st real full song I commited to memory and still know and play it to this day. From there I've learned many other songs (including Sunshine) and credit AP for leading me to play in coffee houses and bands most of my life.
Thanks Don michael - 10/24/2007 1:57:39 PMi am looking for american pie", but with someone explaing the song while the song is being played..i also have to say that it is still the gratest song to date. Laura Fleming - 10/12/2007 6:18:13 PMI am trying to get the lyrics for Can't Blame the Train for my 85 year old father in law and I cannot get them on this site...HELP! karen - 10/8/2007 7:29:28 PMTo Dori
Why don't you just click on the menu at left for the lyrics!!!!!
-karen- karen - 10/8/2007 7:28:23 PMHow can I seek permission to use the lyrics and the recording of Starry, Starry Night for educational purposes?
Also to Dori, google lyrics for vincent but be sure you have permission to download before you use anyrthing. You should not benefit from Don McLean's great creativity without permission.
-karen- dori - 10/5/2007 4:47:25 AMWhere can I get the lyrics to Starry, starry night? Thanks. Eric - 10/3/2007 9:35:32 AMVincent is one of my favorite songs of all time. I might be only 17 but i know my music. I know all the words. This songs calms me down and reflect about my past. Thank you for this song. | 
