On this Free for All Friday, Gary welcomed Take Back Connecticut's Amy Bourdon, then spoke to Republican Congressional Candidate Mike France about District 2, and Gwen Samuel talked to Gary about her organization, Vote for the Other Guy.

Check out Gary Byron's interview with Investigative Journalist George Colli, then State Senator Henri Martin came on to ask a favor of the listeners, and finally, DCP Commissioner Bryan Cafferelli joined the show.

Don McLean is a GRAMMY Award honoree, a Songwriter Hall of Fame member, and a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.

His smash hit “American Pie” resides in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry and was named a Top 5 Song of the 20th Century by the Recording Industry of America (RIAA).

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 1960s, 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.