44 YEARS LATER, SINGER DON McLEAN AGAIN DRIVES HIS CHEVY TO THE LEVEE. WE HAVE AN UPDATE!

Don McLean's 2012 Chevy Impala parked outside
the construction area where the levee once stood

In his 1971 musical hit American Pie, singer Don McLean described driving his Chevy to the levee only to discover the levee was dry.  44-years later, McLean again drove his Chevy--albeit a much newer model--to the levee to see if the arid, parched conditions that existed nearly half a century ago persist to this day.  

"The levee was gone," said a dispirited McLean.  "They're building a bunch of condos where the levee once stood. It's heartbreaking," he said, dabbing a tear with his crinkled left thumb.  

To make matters worse, the ignition switch on McLean's Impala failed when he tried to leave the site and the vehicle had to be towed back to town.

A new roadway now occupies land where
the dry levee was once located