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Arts & Culture

Don McLean: American Troubadour

Airs Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

"Don Mclean: American Troubadour" is a behind-the-scenes look at one of America's greatest singer-songwriters. This special summarizes Don Mclean's forty-year plus career and features live performances of his best-known hits including "American Pie," "Vincent," "Crying" and "I Love You So."

The program is produced and directed by four-time Emmy award winning Jim Brown whose work includes: "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song," "The Weavers: Wasn't That A Time," and "A Vision Shared: Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly."

This program is part of our TV Membership Campaign. Support quality programming you depend on from KPBS. Join or renew today! The " Don McLean: American Troubadour" DVD is available at the $65 level, the 2-CD set is available at the $90 level, and you can get a combo package with both at the $150 level.

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Don McLean sings "American Pie" from BBC "Top of the Pops," October 31, 1991.
From "The Legendary Don McLean" released by EMI in 2007 and recorded at the Dominion Theatre, London in 1980.

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