Don McLean - American Pie - Don breaks a string

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  • Опубликовано: 24 мар 2013
  • Austin City Limits 1982
    Don McLean breaks a string in the middle of American Pie, and just makes the audience sing while he changes it mid-song.
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  • @ThatChubbyDude
    @ThatChubbyDude 10 лет назад +36

    The first time I took a string, it took me an entire day to get it fixed. This guy does it mid song in front of an audience, even tunes appropriately and keeps jamming.

    • @jfq722
      @jfq722 10 лет назад +3

      Experience does that, you can't rush it. And your time is about average for non-professionals ;)

    • @ThatChubbyDude
      @ThatChubbyDude 10 лет назад +3

      Thanks for the words of encouragement.

    • @juliejones9511
      @juliejones9511 3 года назад +2

      So amazing how he doesn't stop while changing the string!🎸🎶

    • @SafferPOV
      @SafferPOV 3 года назад

      Check out SRV ruclips.net/video/8yWaZVchd6k/видео.html
      But this was even cooler

  • @maaguay1
    @maaguay1 11 лет назад +17

    Natural born live performer. And just by watching his face you can tell how much he enjoys it.

  • @pincus74
    @pincus74 7 лет назад +19

    This guy is effing amazing. What a performer.

  • @MisterLumpkin
    @MisterLumpkin 9 лет назад +9

    I was at this show. A million years ago.

  • @JHong270
    @JHong270 2 года назад +6

    don mclean: change string in the middle of performance like a beast
    modern guitarist:I cant tune a guitar properly without a tuner

  • @dieterhellstrom308
    @dieterhellstrom308 5 лет назад +11

    can't stop laughing at 4:42
    so funny how he tuned the string to the beat of the music

    • @pranavgautam96
      @pranavgautam96 3 года назад +2

      Hahaha. He kinda laughed too after that. :p

  • @ilyalead4blade897
    @ilyalead4blade897 9 лет назад +7

    OMG! the guy's badass! he even didn't stop singing!

  • @kevinmccabe8283
    @kevinmccabe8283 11 лет назад +10

    Classic example of the show must go on. Very cool.

  • @fredshira4554
    @fredshira4554 9 лет назад +8

    I saw him break a string like this a concert in upstate New York
    It was still cool

  • @CNautiusLuceo
    @CNautiusLuceo 11 лет назад +8

    This is a real pro at work.

  • @Capstan05
    @Capstan05 Месяц назад

    I saw something similar some years ago when he broke a string and just stopped and sang a scout song 'be prepared' while he was changing it! Totally professional, unlike many of the current batch of prima donnas who would never stoop so low.

  • @bobvocal
    @bobvocal 10 лет назад +6

    Just one word Professional!!!!

  • @Vladhagen
    @Vladhagen 11 лет назад +9

    Pretty amazing mamma. No way I could even get the string off and a new one on, let alone get it tuned, mid song.

  • @VoxDeiUniversity
    @VoxDeiUniversity 9 лет назад +11

    Im a guitar player and I think that is badass indeed

  • @raym909
    @raym909 8 месяцев назад

    got to tell you, love this song. was to 50s 60 s when getting up in the morning was what you want to do.!!!!

  • @lorifitzgerald4245
    @lorifitzgerald4245 Год назад +2

    I have this recorded on VCR tape and remember it just like it was yesterday

  • @shark5919
    @shark5919 3 года назад +3

    Saw Don around 1981 ish at Garden States Art Center and same thing happened.

  • @kurtnmia
    @kurtnmia 9 лет назад +8

    He handled that quite well.

  • @flparrotz1
    @flparrotz1 2 года назад +3

    Unbelieveable!!!! Doesnt miss a beat while putting on the new string...... Amazing man indeed!

  • @jfq722
    @jfq722 11 лет назад +7

    Simon, Taylor, Buffet, Chapin ain't changing that string.
    They're puttin it down and picking up another guitar.
    Way to go Donny !!

  • @DrWells-qq1cc
    @DrWells-qq1cc 4 года назад +5

    So happy I found this video again. Legendary.

  • @Musicman4001007
    @Musicman4001007 9 лет назад +8

    That was so cool how he handled that...yeah I am a guitar player too...

  • @ClemmensNorth
    @ClemmensNorth 11 лет назад +7

    What a legend!!!!

  • @Debbie-ro9ny
    @Debbie-ro9ny 9 месяцев назад +1

    Class!❤

  • @ELIASyIBARRA
    @ELIASyIBARRA 5 лет назад +6

    5th String breaks at around 2:17. That's a lot of paper packaging for one string.

    • @newsboy5599
      @newsboy5599 Год назад

      He's got a spare for every string, each one in it's own labeled packet. So what he's doing is trying to find the right packet. You see that he accidentally throws the correct packet on the floor at first and then has to bend over to pick it up. That's when he throws all the other packets down because they don't matter.

  • @usmc9543
    @usmc9543 7 лет назад +5

    Amazing!

  • @yasisoufi
    @yasisoufi 3 года назад +6

    This video is so so precious! Thank u for sharing this. Brought tears to my eyes. Saved my mortal soul

  • @DunerecordsGent
    @DunerecordsGent 8 лет назад +10

    Well he surely did not waste time reading the manuels.

    • @10Mojave99
      @10Mojave99 8 лет назад +2

      Was at this show. I don't remember it taking him this long to replace the string.

  • @rodneyray
    @rodneyray 11 лет назад +6

    Must have been the days before guitar tech's. Great recovery.

  • @davydelgado962
    @davydelgado962 9 лет назад +2

    Here it is.

  • @littlemamagk
    @littlemamagk 10 лет назад +4

    Sooo cool..sure takes it in his stride....could had a spare guitar but nooo..think that guitar must be his baby :)

    • @jfq722
      @jfq722 10 лет назад

      Yes, whichever one he was using for years at a clip was his baby - good conclusion ;)

  • @chrisnosal8524
    @chrisnosal8524 Год назад +2

    While I give him credit as a performer & songwriter, why didn't he have someone change the string, or another single guitar prepared, as many professional musicians do for this exact situation, at least for the moment the string was being replaced?

  • @mausambhattarai
    @mausambhattarai 9 месяцев назад +1

    3:50 🔥 🖤
    anyone........who want guitar tuner??

  • @wereleeroads9311
    @wereleeroads9311 4 года назад +1

    Always had little Dylan in him (or him in Dylan).

  • @ROADAPPLE756
    @ROADAPPLE756 8 лет назад +1

    I like the Jeff Beck lookalike.

  • @luckyman4003
    @luckyman4003 5 лет назад

    then