Both McLean's grandfather and father were also named Donald McLean.

Since then McLean has stated that the lyrics are also somewhat autobiographical and present an abstract story of his life from the mid-1950s until the time he wrote the song in the late 1960s.

Another hit song associated with McLean ( though never recorded by him ) is " Killing Me Softly with His Song ", which was written about McLean after Lori Lieberman, also a singer / songwriter, saw him singing his composition " Empty Chairs " in concert.

McLean Hospital (; also known as Somerville Asylum or Charlestown Asylum ) is a psychiatric hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts.

He took part in the 1994 " Back to the Future " tour that also included Don McLean, Tom Rush, Jesse Colin Young, Steve Forbert and Al Stewart.

Hunnicutt, along with co-series ' lead, Harry Morgan, who replaced McLean Stevenson, also at the end of the third season.

" He also said of his mentor about joining the cast, replacing the unhappy McLean Stevenson, who left after 3 seasons of playing Lt.

Saxophonist Jackie McLean, a stalwart of the label's hard bop output since the late 1950s, also crossed over into the avant-garde in the early 1960s, whose notable avant-garde albums included One Step Beyond and Destination Out.

The early 1980s also saw his only attempt as a producer — on the novelty record " Baa, Baa, Black Sheep ", by Singing Sheep in association with Doug McLean and Grace McDonald.

** College Mathematics Journal 43 ( 1 ): 1 – 5 ( January 2012 ); the issue also contains another article by Pook, and one by Iacob, McLean, and Hua.

In what is now the center of Rockville, he dammed up the Hockanum River and built a water powered mill known as the " Rock Mill ", which was possibly also known as the McLean Woolen Factory.

When appearing at the Gateway Theatre in the second half of the 1950s, he was also appearing at the Augusta Civic Theatre, the McLean Theatre in Virginia and the Arena Theatre in Washington, D. C ..

As a young man McLean also recorded with Gene Ammons, Charles Mingus on the seminal Pithecanthropus Erectus, George Wallington, and as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.

The show also drew many well-known or then up-and-coming actors and actresses for single guest starring roles, such as Don Ameche, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Ken Berry, Sonny Bono, Eddie Bracken, Joseph Campanella, Virginia Capers, Rosalind Cash, George Clooney, Polly Holliday, Robert Culp, Ruby Dee, the Del Rubio triplets, Jeane Dixon, Anne Francis, Johnny Gilbert, Jack Gilford, Alice Ghostley, Peter Graves, Merv Griffin, George Grizzard, Gary Grubbs, Bob Hope, Julio Iglesias, Freddie Jackson, Tony Jay, Billy Jayne, Gordon Jump, Paula Kelly, Alan King, David Leisure, Jenny Lewis, Hal Linden, Mark Linn-Baker, Mario Lopez, Edie McClurg, Marian Mercer, Martin Mull, Leslie Nielsen, Jerry Orbach, Leland Orser, Tony Plana, Peggy Pope, Joe Regalbuto, Burt Reynolds, Debbie Reynolds, Donnelly Rhodes, Richard Riehle, Alex Rocco, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney, Harry Shearer, McLean Stevenson, Inga Swenson, Jeffrey Tambor, Meshach Taylor, Jay Thomas, Alex Trebek, Dick Van Dyke, Tom Villard, Lyle Waggoner, David Wayne and Fred Willard.

He started playing guitar later received his alto saxophone, also had instruction from his father, noted alto saxophonist Jackie McLean.

McLean and Nocera also claim that Fannie ' gamed ' its affordable housing numbers, with a process that was referred to internally as " stupid pet tricks ".

He also respects the tough-talking, cigar-chomping Colonel " Bear " Berrineau ( based on Thomas Nugent " The Boo " Courvoisie, a former Commandant at The Citadel ) who asks the senior cadet McLean to look out for the Institute's first black cadet, Tom Pearce.

She also worked on a tribute Reagan gave to honor John F. Kennedy at a fundraising event held at the McLean, Virginia, home of Senator Edward M. Kennedy in the spring of 1984.

McLean also served as Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury from 1920-1921.

While Lloyd ’ s band was where he received international recognition for the first time, it was not the only group DeJohnette played with during his early years in New York, as he also worked with groups including Jackie McLean, Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter, and Bill Evans.

The ride inspired the Beatles song of the same name and is also mentioned in the songs " Tonight, Tonight, Tonight " from Genesis, " Ball and Chain " by XTC, " Fade In-Out " by Oasis, " Fat Gal " by Merle Travis, " Wild Child " by Enya, " American Pie " by Don McLean, " Bloodbath in Paradise " by Ozzy Osbourne, and " Black Curtains " by Megadeth.

The Spotswood Cricket Club also plays at McLean Reserve and competes in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association.

He took part in two classic Jackie McLean albums in the early 1960s, One Step Beyond and Destination Out, to which he also contributed the bulk of compositions and which led to two influential albums of his own for Blue Note Records, Evolution ( 1963 ) with Jackie McLean and Lee Morgan, and Some Other Stuff ( 1964 ) with Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter.

During this time McLean wrote songs that would appear on his first album, Tapestry.

McLean co-edited the book Songs and Sketches of the First Clearwater Crew with sketches by Thomas B. Allen for which Pete Seeger wrote the foreword.

Also in 2003, Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind wrote the book The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron ISBN 1-59184-008-2.

Don McLean wrote the song in Cold Spring, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In 1974 he teamed with writer Dennis Palumbo and wrote for a number of television series, including The Nancy Walker Show, The McLean Stevenson Show and Welcome Back, Kotter.

The town takes its name from Anchor Township ; early McLean County historians wrote that they did not know the source of the name Anchor.

It was, he wrote, " The only crossing of railroads likely to be made within McLean County within four or five years, and persons can easily ascertain that the connection of the two roads will be effected by the first of November or December.

Beauregard wrote after the battle, " A comical effect of this artillery fight was the destruction of the dinner of myself and staff by a Federal shell that fell into the of my headquarters at the McLean House.

Reviewing the first episode for The Guardian newspaper the day after it had aired, Gareth McLean wrote that "... it's bloody magic.

John McLean, who himself had publishing experience as the founder of an Ohio newspaper, wrote the opinion of the Court.

According to Lori Lieberman, the artist who performed the original recording, the song was born of a poem she wrote after experiencing a strong reaction to the song " Empty Chairs ," written, composed, and recorded by Don McLean.

Fox himself, however, has specifically repudiated Lieberman's having input into the song's creation, saying: " We Gimbel and Fox wrote the song and heard it and said it reminded her of how she felt at Don McLean concert.

After the broadcast of the pilot, Guardian critic Gareth McLean wrote, " the likeable James Nesbitt turned in a strong, extremely watchable central performance, though rarely did he look taxed by his efforts, and his chemistry with Harrison was promising and occasionally electric.

Guardian critic Gareth McLean wrote of her performance, " Ripley did a good job of exorcising the ghost of Jenny Gifford [...] by coolly cranking up the insane desperation and needy malevolence to an impressive degree.

In 1986, McLean began work on a musical called The Ark, which originally debuted at the Plum Alley Theatre.

McLean recorded his first studio sessions ( with singer Lisa Kindred ) while still in prep school.

After leaving Villanova, McLean became associated with famed folk music agent Harold Leventhal, and for the next six years performed at venues and events including the Bitter End and the Gaslight Cafe in New York, the Newport Folk Festival, the Cellar Door in Washington, D. C., and the Troubadour in Los Angeles.

In 1968, with the help of a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, McLean began reaching a wider public, with visits to towns up and down the Hudson River.

McLean told Melody Maker magazine in 1973 that Tapestry was an album by someone previously concerned with external situations.

American Pie combines externals with internals and the resultant success of that album makes the third one ( Don McLean ) entirely introspective.

McLean said, " The last album ( Don McLean ) was a study in depression whereas the new one ( Playin ' Favorites ) is almost the quintessence of optimism, with a feeling of " Wow, I just woke up from a bad dream.

The 1974 album Homeless Brother, produced by Joel Dorn, was McLean ’ s final studio collaboration with United Artists.

No one claimed him, so a carnival took his body, mummified it, and toured all over the South with him, calling him the “ The Famous Mummy Man .” McLean ’ s song inspired radio station WGN in Chicago to tell the story and give the song airplay in order to raise money for a headstone for Anderson McCrew ’ s grave.

The tombstone had an inscription with words from the fourth verse of McLean ’ s song:

In 2006, Dorn reflected on working with McLean:

McLean had started recording in Nashville, with Elvis Presley ’ s backing singers, The Jordanaires, and many of Elvis ’ s musicians.

In 1980, McLean had an international number one hit with a cover of the Roy Orbison classic, " Crying ".

In 1997, McLean performed " American Pie " with Garth Brooks at Brooks ' free concert in Central Park in New York City.

CNN reported that " Brooks was joined on stage by two surprise guest stars, Billy Joel and Don McLean, who brought down the house with an acoustic rendition of ' American Pie '.

In 2007 Don McLean signed with the Asgard Agency in London giving them responsibility for booking concert tours outside North America.

McLean had a series of conflicts with Saturday Night Live writer Andy Breckman, starting when Breckman opened for McLean on tour in 1980.

In 1991, Don McLean returned to the UK top 20 with a re-issue of " American Pie ".