Who Is The Jester In “American Pie”? Don McLean Ruled Out The Name Everyone Guessed

Who Is The Jester In “American Pie”? Don McLean Ruled Out The Name Everyone Guessed

For more than 50 years, fans have argued over the jester in “American Pie,” and the name that comes up first, almost every time, is Bob Dylan. Don McLean, the man who wrote the song, has never named the jester outright. But in the 2022 documentary The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s “American Pie”, he did say plainly who it was not. The film premiered on Paramount+ on July 19, 2022, and it marked the first time McLean walked throug…