The year 2022 marks five decades since Don McLean released the song "American Pie." The title, however, does not reflect the song's subject matter. The song is about the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly in 1959. McLean was a fan of Holly and wrote the song as a tribute. McLean says that it is easy to connect aspects of the album on which "American Pie" was featured to Holly. Paramount released a documentary on the song titled "The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's 'American Pie'" in July of 2022.
Ready Steady Cut explains that the documentary features artists talking about the legacy of the song "American Pie." Garth Brooks speaks at the very beginning of the film, stating McClean's song "could quite possibly be the greatest song in music history." McLean spoke about Brooks' praise to Fox News Digital. He said of Brooks, "it's a very personal expression of his love for the song, going back to when he was a little boy. He feels the song in some way is a parallel to his career and his life in music that somehow the song brought him into that."
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