"American Pie" is a song by American singer and songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released in 1971 on the album of the same name, the single was the number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972
starting January 15 after just eight weeks on the US Billboard charts (where it entered at number 69).
The
repeated phrase "the day the music
died" refers to a plane crash in 1959 that killed
early rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens, ending the era of early rock and roll; this became the popular nickname for that crash. The theme
of the song goes beyond mourning McLean's childhood music heroes, reflecting
the deep cultural changes and profound disillusion and loss of innocence of his
generation – the early rock and roll generation – that took place
between the 1959 plane crash and either late 1969 or late 1970. The meaning of the other lyrics, which
cryptically allude to many of the jarring events and social changes experienced
during that period, has been debated for decades. McLean repeatedly declined to
explain the symbolism behind the many characters and events mentioned; he
eventually released his songwriting notes to accompany the original manuscript
when it was sold in 2015, explaining many of these, and further elaborated on
the lyrical meaning in a 2022 interview/documentary celebrating the song's 50th
anniversary, in which he stated the song was driven by impressionism and debunked some of the more widely speculated symbols.
Our son and his family live about 6 miles east of us. Yesterday, we all went to a very nice park not far from where he lives. It is named the Ebonee Moody Park, in honor of a 14-year-old girl who was killed by a drunk driver in 2004, just across the street from where the park is now located.
The man responsible for Ebonee’s death last August is 60-year-old
Mike Ellsworth Baker. He hit her while driving drunk and
speeding. Ten months later Baker is agreeing to felony charges of
manslaughter, driving under the influence, reckless driving, and endangerment,
along with a traffic violation of driving an unsafe vehicle.
"It has been stated that he was drunk and driving, and we realize that there are so many loopholes in the justice system, and this way by a plea bargain, we know that he will do time in prison,” Moody said.
Baker’s prison time is expected to last about ten and a half years, if not more, and be followed with about seven years of probation that will require him to take the anti-alcohol drug Antabuse.
"You can't do the crime and just expect to get away. You do the crime, you have to do the time,” Moody said.
For the Moody family, their lives will be changed forever. But now, Leonard Moody hopes his situation can at least be one more lesson for anyone who drinks and drives.
https://www.kold.com/story/3499251/drunk-driver-pleads-guilty-to-manslaughter-of-14-year-old/
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