Stirling Newberry and Dave Lampson:

>>de Fetis seemed to think that that was the day music died.
>>
>>[Don Mclean had a slightly different notion...  -Dave]
>
>You mean "the father, son and the holy ghost" don't refer to Haydn, Mozart
>and Beethoven? I've been misinterpretting the song for years then...

Actually, Don said that what American Pie meant was that he would never
have to work again for his entire life!

Rachmaninoff should have said that after his 2nd or 3rd Concerto.  There
is a lot of truth here.

Joel Hill
Tallahassee, FL - USA
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