Dennis McNally

Author, Historian and Music Publicist

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    • Jerry on Jerry: The Unpublished Jerry Garcia Interviews
    • On Highway 61: Music, Race and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom
    • A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead
    • Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, The Beat Generation & America
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Jerry on Jerry - The Unpublished Jerry Garcia Interviews

Jerry on Jerry: The Unpublished Jerry Garcia Interviews

Jerry on Jerry - The Unpublished Jerry Garcia Interviews

Jerry on Jerry, The Unpublished Jerry Garcia Interviews,
Edited by Dennis McNally,
Foreword by Trixie Garcia
 
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Jerry Garcia was the most remarkable mind and personality that I (and a lot of other people) ever encountered – the most curious, the most articulate, the most charismatic. Talking with him was about as much fun as I could stand. I got to do that quite a lot, and I took along a tape recorder, so in November you’ll be able to listen in or read the transcript. Would you like to hear how he created a solo?

Release Date: 11/24/2015
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On Highway 61 ~ Music, Race and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom

On Highway 61: Music, Race and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom

On Highway 61

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Why did America turn itself inside out in the 1960s, get so nuts that the culture wars that started then are still being fought in 2015?  One of the major reasons, I decided after a lot of research, was the long relationship of white (mostly young) people and black culture (mostly music), going back from minstrelsy (the 1840s) and on up to the 1960s, where you can see it revealed in the music of Bob Dylan.  And that’s what On Highway 61: Music, Race, and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom (out from Counterpoint Press on October 14, 2014) is  about.

Winner: ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson AwardWinner: ASCAP music writing award, 2015
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Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, The Beat Generation, and America, biography by Dennis McNally

Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, The Beat Generation & America

If you have no idea of your roots, your past, it’s hard to see where you’re going. So in 1972, still feeling part of the ‘60s, I looked back to the ‘50s … Read More

A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead, by Dennis McNally

A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead

“Be careful of what you wish for – you might just get it.”   And I did…no regrets.  After wanting to write the history of the Grateful Dead for … Read More

Upcoming Appearances

Not being too shy and being genuinely interested in what I've written about, I've always enjoyed going out and talking with people about these subjects.  Counterpoint Press and I have agreed that I'll be doing quite a number of appearances in various parts of the country starting around book release time, 10/14. So check back here from time to time...I may very well be passing by thiiiis close to your house. Here are the … Get the Schedule

Me and the Music Biz

For the music-business part, feel free to scroll down to the bottom! My Godfather the Pentagon I was born to an Army counter-intelligence operative (very good at languages and lock-picks) … Read More

Recent Blog Posts

  • Returning from the Writing Zone
  • Another Opening, Another Show…
  • On Highway 61 wins prestigious ASCAP music writing award!
  • What I was so mysterious about
  • Making Great Music — Robert Hunter & Jerry Garcia

Contact Dennis McNally

Hiya. I welcome inquiries about either music p.r. work (although it makes most sense if your type of music is in the general neighborhood of what I’ve been doing) or stuff related to these books. … Contact Me

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