“It blew my mind”: the 1963 song that made Don McLean realise music had changed foreverFrequently referred to as ‘The American Troubadour’, you’d think that Don McLean has heard it all when it comes to conveying stories through the means of music. “I went to see Bob Dylan at a Hootenanny at Carnegie Hall in 1962,” McLean later recalled in an episode of the Red Bull Bulletin podcast. Despite his youthful inexperience, Dylan had a complete command of the stage and the audience who were witnessing this momentous spectacle. It got me thinking in a different way about music and the message I wanted to get across. It wasn’t some simple folk song, it was something more apocalyptic and powerful.”