Just read in a magazine that "Don McLean's original handwriting manuscript for his classic 1971 hit, American Pie is going up for auction in New York City in April and expected to sell for a whopping $1.5 million dollars. It includes 16 pages of drafts, corrections, deletions and scribbled notes for the beloved 8-minute song. Don, 69, is also expected to reveal some of the secrets of the lyrics. The record sale for a piece of sheet music is $2 million, which Bob Dylan's, Like A Rolling Stone fetched last year."

Wow!! As a young guy in his 20's at the time, I'm sure Don McLean could never imagined where this song would take him and the fortune that was to come from it in his future.

Don will be performing in an upcoming concert in Southern California but sadly I don't have the money to be able to see him or a car to get there. No one to take me either. :-((   
Been a fan for many years of all of his great songs!