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

Soundtrack of my life: He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother
January 26, 2021
Brian McLane
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Neil Diamond 1970 As I’ve written a few times already, my little brother Terry is (and has always been) my best friend in the world. But this story’s not about my little brother.  It’s about my three older ones, Kevin, Neal and Michael.  And, I suppose it’s also about Most Holy Rosary, which long served […]

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Dear Uncle Brian
January 21, 2021
Brian McLane
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By Brian McLane As I've mentioned on more than one occasion, my greatest hope in life had always been to one day start a family of my own.  That never happened, at least in a traditional fashion, of course.  But that's not to say that, to this day, I still don't have many in my […]

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