“He writes and sings these emotional songs without making them saccharine sweet,” says Saugata Banerjee, frontman of the folk-rock ensemble, Jellibellies. “He writes ‘perfect’ songs, a natural union of lyrics and melody a perfect blend of sophistication in thought and in tune,” notes music director Neel Dutt, who has been covering his songs since childhood, and rattles of many other favourites like Castles in the Air, Homeless Brother, Winterwood. ![]() ![]() So much so, his songs are also among the most covered in our city of Calcutta. But Don McLean is one singer who has captured the imagination of his country like few have with his one song. Judy Garland’s Over the Rainbow is at the top, while Jimi Hendrix’s All Along The Watchtower is at No. It is fifth on the Recording Industry Association of America’s songs of the twentieth century countdown. ![]() American Pie spawns all this and a lot more.
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