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Don McLean ‘American Pie’ Given An Electro Make-Over

by Paul Cashmere on June 29, 2022

in News

Australia’s L’Tric has given the Don McLean classic ‘American Pie’ a 50th anniversary make-over.

‘American Pie’ is included in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as ‘culturally, historically, or artistically significant’.

‘American Pie’ has been covered by Madonna, Garth Brooks and Weird Al. There is also a children’s book version and a new documentary ‘The Day The Music Died – The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie’ coming.

L’Tric aka Sgt Slick aka Andy Ramanauskas is from Melbourne, Australia.

In 2001 he received an ARIA Award nomination for ‘Let It Ride’.

In 2020 he released his cover of ABBA’s ‘Gimme, Gimme, Gimme’.

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