"Bye-bye, Miss American Pie.
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' 'This'll be the day that I die. This'll be the day that
I die.'"
Everyone listening to the radio in the 1970s knew these words and sang along with Don McLean's American Pie.
Who is singing American Pie now? Would you believe Greater Sudbury Mayor John Rodriguez, Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci, The Havocs, Sudbury Secondary School students, and the Q92, EZRock and CIGM radio personalities!
In preparation for Don McLean performing at this year's
Northern Lights Festival Boréal, July 4, 5 and 6, Festival
organizers and IceDrum Media's John Hartman prepared five short
videos of the American Pie-singing victims and posted them to
the popular video-sharing website YouTube.com. To see these
YouTube clips go to
www.nlfbsudbury.com
, and while you are there check out the complete festival
artistic line-up.
American Pie was inspired by McLean's memories of the death of Buddy Holly in 1959 and presents an abstract story of Don McLean's life from the mid-1950s until when he wrote the song in the late 1960s.
McLean followed up American Pie with hits such as with Vincent (Starry Starry Night), And I Love Her So, and Crying. McLean has released more than 20 albums, and has had more than 40 gold and platinum records worldwide. American Pie was voted the fifth greatest song of the 20th century by fans in the United States.
Sing along with Don McLean at Northern Lights Festival Boréal. Passes for a weekend of music and magic at Bell Park the first weekend of July are available for $60.
Passes can be purchased online at www.nlfbsudbury.com ; at the NFLB office on 19 Grey St.,located behind the Townehouse, 674-5512; Mimi & Lulu in Val Est Mall; Gloria's Convenience and A&J Home Hardware, 469 Bouchard; Records on Wheels, 40 Elm; Black Cat, 96 Durham; Records on Wheels, 40 Elm; Jett Landry Music, 1119 Lasalle; and Walden Home Hardware 130 Regional Rd. 24, Lively.
For more information, please contact the Northern Lights Festival Boréal office at[email protected]/ 674-5512
