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  • A Long Strange Trip

  • The Inside History of the Grateful Dead
  • By: Dennis McNally
  • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
  • Length: 29 hrs and 25 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (549 ratings)

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A Long Strange Trip

By: Dennis McNally
Narrated by: Sean Runnette
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From 1965 to 1995, the Grateful Dead flourished as one of the most beloved, unusual, and accomplished musical entities to ever grace American culture. The creative synchronicity among Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, and Ron "Pigpen" McKernan exploded out of the early 60s roots and folk scene, providing the soundtrack for the Dionysian revels of the counterculture.

Dennis McNally, the band's historian and publicist for more than 20 years, takes listeners back through the Dead's history in A Long Strange Trip. McNally not only chronicles their experiences in a fascinatingly detailed fashion, but veers off into side trips on the band's intricate stage setup, or the magic of the Grateful Dead concert experience. McNally carries the Dead's saga through the 70s and into the more recent years of constant touring and incessant musical exploration. Written with the same zeal and spirit that the Grateful Dead brought to its music, the book takes listeners on a personal tour through the band's inner circle, highlighting its frenetic and very human faces. A Long Strange Trip is not only a wide-ranging cultural history, it is a definitive musical biography.

©2002 Dennis McNally (P)2017 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
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Wonderful telling of an extraordinary story.

A perfect balance of historical accounts and storytelling written in a way that any psychonaut can appreciate.

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Awesome

I really enjoyed this book reminded me of my days in college and following the Dead

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long for sure

loved it. it's long but worth it if you like reading about bands that formed in the 60s and the whole hallucinogenic drug scene. never did hard drugs but that culture is fascinating to me for some reason.

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Inspiration move me brightly

A fantastic listen full of high times and low spells…only saw the dead twice in 1993 but I am as described in the book a “dead head” for life. No one did or will ever do again what the Grateful Dead were able to do.

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Long strange trip

This was my first Grateful Dead book. It was a very good history of the band. It was a fine example of how even the most flawed individuals can really make a difference in this world.

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Excellent narrator and book

The best narrator I have listened to. Engrossing book. It started slow for me but after about 5 hours it really takes off. I’m sad I’m finished with it

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Righteous

Listen to this and learn a million miles more than just Dead history. Especially fitting reader

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A Trip Down Memory Lane with Jehovah‘s Greatest Choir ❣️

Only a man like Mr. Dennis McNally could have the Memory & Craftsmanship to capture the Magical Journeys we Dead Heads experienced over the Decades while celebrating the Music & Friendships that were weaved by The Good Old Grateful Dead. Thank You Eileen and All of the Kind people who kept their Big Wheels turning for 50 years 🙏🏽 There will Never be be anything like a Grateful Dead Show Ever Again 🌹 I am forever Thankful to special folks like Lloyd Bove,Cassidy, Joanne Wishnoff, Francine Accardi, Steve Marcus and of course ALL the members of the Band & Crew who treated me so well formal they yard combined ❣️❣️❣️

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Definitely Long and Strange

I liked this book. I've read a lot of Grateful Dead biographies by various band and staff members. All have unique perspectives. And it's nice to see the different angles (and sometimes contradictions) through their writings. The reader, unfortunately, was not well matched to this book. His mispronunciations of names etc. is very jarring. For example, he pronounces Jorma with a hard J for the first few chapters before changing to a soft J later. Why not go back and fix it? I think he may have listened to a few songs to know how to deliver them in spoken cadence. But overall, it was a passionless read. The book would have been better served being read by either the author or a Dead Head. But still worth it if you enjoy Grateful Dead biographies.

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Awesome and informative

I learned a lot and I consider myself pretty well-versed in GD stuff. I have a richer appreciation for it all and I am GRATEFUL for that.

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