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DON MCLEAN'S FIRST STRINGED INSTRUMENT
DON MCLEAN'S FIRST STRINGED INSTRUMENT
DON MCLEAN'S FIRST STRINGED INSTRUMENT

DON MCLEAN'S FIRST STRINGED INSTRUMENT

Artist (American, born 1945)
Decade1950s
GenreFolk
ClassificationsIXX - Instruments - Other
LocationNot On View
DescriptionKnown as the “American Troubadour”, Don McLean is an American singer-songwriter whose career has spanned six decades and accumulated several gold and platinum records for hits such as “American Pie” and “Vincent”.

This 1955 Gretsch “Soprano” ukulele was gifted to McLean by his parents for Christmas after watching radio and television broadcaster, Arthur Godfrey, play the instrument on television.

About the Artist
Don McLean
King of the Trail
Donald McLean III
American Troubadour
American, born 1945
Birthplace: New Rochelle, New York, USA
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