Don McLean American Pie Tribute Video - Buddy Holly

A wonderful tribute video to "The Day the Music Died" on February 3, 1959: deaths of Buddy Holly, Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens set to Don McLean's "American Pie."

This video always gives me the chills.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• american
• pie
• buddy
• holly
• don
• mclean
• big
• bopper
• ritchie
• valens
• day
• the
• music
• died
• fifties
• JD
• richardson

[holden190]

Thanks, everyone, for the nice words!

[Terrenza1959]

Thank you for all the trivia to support the lyrics! Really appreciate it. My Dad said another opinion about the line: "drove my chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry" was a reference to the pub McLean and his friends use to go to for drinks. Do you have a different opinion on that?

[holden190]

@Terrenza1959 Definitely a possibility. McLean never really discussed the meaning of the lyrics, so we'll never know exactly, which I think is fine.

[doclibbe]

Thank you for this perfect video background. I am blown away, impressed, moved...INCREDIBLE! Thanks for all the work and creativity put into it.

Having called it perfect, it seems crass to add a suggestion, but if you ever rework it , how about adding the pic of Kent State shooting into the crowd for "to dance, but never got the chance?"

Anyway, MOST sincere appreciation.

[TheDrlibbe]

Thank you thank you thank you. GREAT video to match the amazing song

[agemomof2]

@agemomof2 sorry I thought I had capt. Buddy Holly

[agemomof2]

THIS IS AMAZING...in the absolute best of ways for anyone who knows the buddy holly story ..AMAZING

[Bridgeknapek]

Thank You! that was Fantastic!

[gcwbr1]

Thank You, very touching and real.

[woozy11285]

great job, with all the photos is just how i interpruted this song as well, lotta beatles references in this song, nicely done