{"id":16036,"date":"2018-03-21T13:31:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T17:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=16036"},"modified":"2018-03-21T13:31:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T17:31:26","slug":"dennis-mcnally-reflects-on-his-life-as-a-deadhead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/03\/dennis-mcnally-reflects-on-his-life-as-a-deadhead\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis McNally Reflects on His Life as A Deadhead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.relix.com\/\/images\/uploads\/about\/me-9-P8120148b.jpg?w=980&#038;ssl=1' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>I&#8217;m pretty sure I drank wine with Dennis at the Ritz one night in the 90s&#8230;bit of a wine snob if I&#8217;m remembering right (some REALLY good shit)&#8230;the man had some stories to tell&#8230;or maybe it was just the wind.<br \/>\n;~j<\/p>\n<p>Dennis McNally was the Grateful Dead\u2019s publicist from 1984 to 1995, and later with #GratefulDead Productions and Bob Weir &#038; Ratdog, and the Dead\u2019s biographer (A Long Strange Trip).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.relix.com\/articles\/detail\/dennis_mcnally_reflects_on_his_life_as_a_deadhead\">https:\/\/www.relix.com\/articles\/detail\/dennis_mcnally_reflects_on_his_life_as_a_deadhead<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure I drank wine with Dennis at the Ritz one night in the 90s&#8230;bit of a wine snob if I&#8217;m remembering right (some REALLY good shit)&#8230;the man had some stories to tell&#8230;or maybe it was just the wind. ;~j Dennis McNally was the Grateful Dead\u2019s publicist from 1984 to 1995, and later with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[545,456,546,429,206],"tags":[523,554,33,553,430],"class_list":["post-16036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facebook-page","category-jamie-gray","category-official","category-shared-link","category-updates","tag-blog","tag-facebookpages","tag-jamie-gray","tag-official","tag-shared-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10275,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/bob-weir-on-grateful-deads-legacy-adele-fames-downside\/","url_meta":{"origin":16036,"position":0},"title":"Bob Weir on Grateful Dead&#8217;s Legacy, Adele, Fame&#8217;s Downside","date":"October 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Last Word: Bob Weir on Grateful Dead's Legacy, Adele, Fame's Downside #BobWeir #music #gratefuldead #GD50http:\/\/rol.st\/2ervVe6","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Facebook Page&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14694,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/deads-hart-releases-long-in-making-album\/","url_meta":{"origin":16036,"position":1},"title":"Dead\u2019s Hart releases long-in-making album","date":"November 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart releases long-in-making album #music #newrelease #GratefulDead #MickeyHarthttp:\/\/bit.ly\/2lJZtpV","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10331,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/the-walking-deads-negan-story-has-betrayed-what-made-the-show-worth-watching\/","url_meta":{"origin":16036,"position":2},"title":"The Walking Dead\u2019s Negan story has betrayed what made the show worth watching","date":"October 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Or did it? 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