Don McLean

Grammy award honoree, Songwriter Hall of Fame member,

BBC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient 

His smash hit

“American Pie”

resides in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry and was named by the Recording Industry of America (RIAA)

a top 5 song of the 20th Century. 

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This year marks the 50th anniversary release of the iconic song, American Pie. In celebration of this legendary song, Home Free and Don McLean teamed up for a special collaboration which was released on Friday, January 29th.  An official music video will follow on Wednesday, February 3rd, “the day the music died” -- the day Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. Richardson died tragically in an Iowa plane crash -- 62 years ago. 

We’re excited to use this release and this platform to continue to draw awareness to the National Independent Venue Association’s (NIVA) work in raising money for emergency grants for independent music venues and promoters so that 2021 does not become the year the stages died, too.  We’ll be pushing Home Free fans to donate to NIVA and making sure they’re aware that just because The Save Our Stages act passed, that the work is not done.  

Don McLean is a Grammy award honoree, a Songwriter Hall of Fame member, a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, and his smash hit “American Pie” resides in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry and was named by the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) a top 5 song of the 20th Century. A New York native, Don McLean is one of the most revered and respected songwriters in American history. After paying his dues in the New York club scene in the late ‘60s, he went on to score mega-hits like “Vincent (Starry, Starry Night),” “Castles in the Air” and many more. His catalog of songs has been recorded by Madonna, Garth Brooks, Josh Groban, Drake, Weird “Al” Yankovic, and countless others. In 2015, one of McLean’s four handwritten manuscripts of the lyrics to “American Pie” was auctioned by Christies, selling for just over $1.2 Million. 2019 honored Don with a star on the Las Vegas Walkway of Stars and his song “And I Love You So” was the theme for Prince Harry and Megan Markle’s wedding. Now in 2020, Don signed a recording contract with Time Life to release his catalog of recordings as well as the highly anticipated new album Still Playin’ Favorites, which was released October 23rd. “American Pie” will be featured in the Avengers Black Widow and the Tom Hanks movie BIOS and much more to be announced. And when you think things are slowing down, not so for Don McLean! 2021 will mark the 50th anniversary of American Pie with a world tour to follow.

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By Home Free and

(feat. Don McLean)

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Holly J. Benjamin, MD, FAAP, FACSM, FAMSSM is a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Rehabilitation Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Chicago and the Director of the Primary Care Sports Medicine program.  She is a past-vice president of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and previously served on the Board of Directors for the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM).  She was recently appointed as the inaugural Associate Editor for Continuing Medical Education for the prestigious international Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine (CJSM). She is a team physician for the University of Chicago NCAA DIII athletic program, the WNBA Chicago Sky, US Soccer, USA Triathlon and the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Dr. Benjamin has presented and published at the local, regional and national level on a variety of sports medicine topics and is known for her contributions to sports medicine education.

Marilyn Suttle, CVP knows how to overcome adversity and come back stronger. After the World Trade Center Attack on 9-11 in 2001, her speaking business nose-dived, taking her from a 6-figure income to a devastating 4-figure income. With a series of "Suttle" Shifts she reinvented her business and bounced back. 

She transferred her skills, gained new skills, blogging about and interviewing leaders of world-class businesses, and used the power of masterminding to emerge as an expert at creating long-term win-win relationships with internal and external customers. A major publisher paid her and her coauthor an advance for their first customer service book, featuring Singapore Airlines, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and 8 other companies that excel at maintaining cultures of customer service excellence. It springboarded her forward. She's been listed on Global Gurus list of Top 30 Customer Service Speakers Worldwide for 3 years. Then, Covid-19 put a wrench in her business once again. It was time for more "Suttle" Shifts.  She dived into Zoom, becoming double certified as a virtual presenter. 

Seeing the need for leaders to keep relationships strong with customers and remote working employees, she now educates them on ways to create engaging connections. What happens on the inside of a business, eventually shows up on the outside. Her virtual engagement strategies help leaders and teams work well together, so they can serve their customers well in these uncertain times. As a speaker, she sees the importance of creating exceptional experiences over platforms like Zoom and trains fellow speakers and leaders to use virtual engagement strategies to build trust while strengthening connection, collaboration, and service excellence. 

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When it comes to retaining customers there's nothing subtle about Marilyn Suttle, CVP. She's an internationally recognized customer & team engagement speaker, featured expert on TV News, and national print. Marilyn works with organizations that want to stand out as a provider of choice, leaders who want teams to create lasting customer relationships, and people who want to work well together. Her engaging programs show virtual audiences how to make Suttle Shifts for breakthrough success using relationship strengthening practices and growth mindsets. A Certified Virtual Presenter, and Certified Experiential Trainer, her programs endear customers to organizations, and leaders and teams to their highest potential. 

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Whitley Strieber is author of more than 40 books, including many novels. Among his non-fiction works are Communion: A True Story, Confirmation: The Hard Evidence of Aliens Among Us, Solving the Communion Enigma: What Is to Come, The Secret School: Preparation for Contact, The Key: A True Encounter, and A New World. 

Herein is a surprisingly deep philosophical and spiritual discussion concerning the apprehension and understanding of levels of reality within consciousness and their interaction with the physical world.

Want to go to the edge of the Earth? My guest is Whitley Strieber who offers compelling and startling accounts of his experience meeting non-human intelligence that he calls The Visitors and his ongoing, inspiring story of his desire to understand and form a relationship with them.  Strieber's tale is listenable and mind-shattering. Whitley Strieber is widely known for his bestselling account of his own close encounter, Communion: A True Story, and has produced a television special based on Confirmation for NBC. He is also the author of the vampire novels The Hunger, The Last Vampire, and Lilith's Dream, and is the new host of his own radio program, Dreamland, founded by Art and Ramona Bell. His website -- the world's most popular site featuring topics at the edge of science and culture.

Nahum Thorton Grymes, better known by his stage name J. Holiday, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper and actor. He came into prominence in 2007 with his breakthrough hit "Bed", peaking at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100. His debut album, Back of My Lac', was released in October 2007 and peaked at number 5 on the US Billboard 200. The album would also hit number 32 in the United Kingdom. Back of My Lac' has sold just over 700,000 copies worldwide.

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Radio personality Shonda Mallory aka, Mallory J from 1075 Jamz FM. Home of the Ricky Smiley Morning Show and DL Hugley in the afternoons. Mallory J is on Mid-days 10 am – 3 pm. She’s been in radio for over 10 years in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 2 years in Charlotte NC before coming to Fort Myers. On the Podcast, We will talk about the power of music and its effects on your mind, body, and soul.

David Bieri is Associate Professor of Urban Affairs at Virginia Tech, with a joint appointment in the Global Forum on Urban and Regional Resilience (GFURR) and in the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA). His main research and teaching interests are at the intersection of regional economics, public finance and economic geography.

Dr. David Bieri is Associate Professor of Urban Affairs at Virginia Tech, with a joint appointment in the Global Forum on Urban and Regional Resilience (GFURR) and in the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA). Dr. Bieri also holds an endowed appointment as Faculty Fellow in the VT Program in Real Estate. His current research examines spatial features of credit flows, focusing on the dynamics of urbanization and the evolutionary development of the monetary-financial system as a joint historical process. Dr. Bieri also writes about regulatory aspects of international finance, global monetary governance, and the history of economic thought.

Prior to joining the faculty at Virginia Tech, Dr. Bieri was a faculty member at Taubman College at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. From 1999 until 2006, Dr. Bieri held various positions at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland, most recently as the Adviser to the CEO. From 2002 to 2004, he was Head of Business Development in which capacity he was responsible for new financial products and reserve management advisory for central banks. Prior to joining the BIS, Dr. Bieri worked as high-yield analyst at Bankers Trust in London and in fixed-income syndication at UBS in Zürich.

Bieri received his Ph.D. from the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech. He holds a M.Sc. in corporate and international finance from the University of Durham (UK) and a B.Sc. (hons) in economics from the London School of Economics.