Standing Tall
Songs and Stories of an Accidental Warrior
  • "Taken in light of all Brian achieved in his life, it makes you wonder how much more he could have done if he hadn’t had to spend so much time and energy knocking down walls and breaking through barriers just to compete on a level playing field."
    Neal McLane
    Brother
  • “No one – and I mean no one – is any better than Brian McLane at putting strangers together and then letting them discover how much they have in common, or at making people realize just how much mutual ground they share."
    Larry Bashe
    Syracuse University, Class of 1966
  • “The single greatest recruiter and organizer I have ever known in my life. Period.”
    Chuck Wainwright
    Syracuse University, Class of 1968
  • “We varsity basketball players may have got Brian around campus. But, believe me, he got us through school.”
    Rex Trobridge
    Syracuse University, Class of 1966
  • “I was waiting tables and wasting all sorts of youthful promise when one day Brian pulled me aside and gave me a good, healthy dose of tough love. He told me my future was out there, but I wasn’t going to find it schlepping food and drinks for a living. So – and I mean this literally – I owe my career to Brian."
    Charlie Michaud
    Principal & Managing Director, CCS (NY)

Brian's Scrap Book

The Convalescent Home

By Brian McLaneI would be lying to you if I said I remember everything about that day.  Heck, I was barely five.  But I do remember a few things.  I remember, for example, it was Spring. I remember too, at least I think I do, that it was a Saturday. The year was – and, […]

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Soundtrack of my life: You've Got A Friend

Carole King1971 I am the product of a large Irish clan and my world view, I suppose, was shaped by that simple fact. Yet, for whatever reason, the fates long ago determined I would never start my own family, nor become someone’s husband or father. For that reason (and, of course, me being the always-willing-to-adapt […]

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Backyard Bloodsport

By Terry McLaneLike so many kids, who think they know their little corner of the world inside out, there was a time when I believed I knew my big brother better than anyone, probably better than he knew himself.  But then came that summer we discovered whiffle ball. And Brian and I didn’t play whiffle […]

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Soundtrack of my life: Hello Again

Neil Diamond1981 Her name was Cathy and, as fate would have it, she turned out to be the love of my life.  She was the only woman, in fact, with whom I’d ever really discussed marriage.  It never happened between us, of course, but what matters is the fact that I am a better man […]

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