# American Pie...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie/205324>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [October 3, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie/205324 "2003-10-03T13:22:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![madtom64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@madtom64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madtom64)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie/205324/1 "2003-10-03T13:22:48Z")

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This is in regard to Cecil’s explaination of Don McLean’s American Pie.

Could the line, “…The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost, They took the last train to the coast…” be a refrence to the 60’s Jesus movement in Califiornia? Just a thought…

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie/205324/2 "2003-10-03T13:30:48Z")

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Welcome to the SDMB, **madtom64**.  
Link to the article referred:  
[What is Don McLean’s song “American Pie” all about?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_398b.html)