Dennis McNally

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On Highway 61 wins prestigious ASCAP music writing award!

October 5, 2015 by Dennis McNally

ASCAP

I once got nominated for a Grammy for the liner notes I wrote for a big G.D. box set, and a) was positive I wouldn’t win and b) thought that getting nominated was a real victory. Really. But I don’t recall ever winning an award-type award…until now. So in the music world, among the most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Awards, Book Reviews, Grateful Dead, Interviews, Jerry Garcia, Jerry on Jerry, On Highway 61, Radio

Alternet Ends The Days Between

September 8, 2014 by Dennis McNally

The past six weeks were the days between. I don’t mean this in the Grateful Dead song sense (for those of you who don’t know the song of that title, it was, for my money, the last great Hunter-Garcia collaboration and talked about the span of life between their youth and the 1990’s – life in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Alternet, Bob Dylan, Internet Media, Music, On Highway 61

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