Golden Road
Robert Hunter and the late Jerry Garcia—who wrote the greatest Dead songs—get honored by their peers with induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Dennis McNally is the author of the forthcoming music history On Highway 61: Music, Race, and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom (on sale October 14) on the development of African American music throughout the 20th century and its influence on abolition, civil rights, and interracial culture in the United States. He is the former publicist and authorized biographer of The Grateful Dead, as well as the author of the Jack Kerouac biography Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation, and America.
REPUTATION SECURE
Not so long ago, some of Jack Kerouac’s books were out of print and rare as hen’s teeth. It’s a true measure of his permanence that scarcity is no longer a problem.
VOLATILE
An excerpt from Dennis McNally’s cultural history ‘On Highway 61’ shows the parallel tracks of Civil Rights and rock and how each influenced the other.
Life Lessons
Thirty-five years ago, Dennis McNally wrote a life of Beat icon Jack Kerouac. Looking back, he sees things in the book he’s proud of and a couple of things that make him wince.