Conaway: Why does Memphis try so hard to be Philadelphia?
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway is a lifelong Memphian, fascinated and frustrated with his city, but still in love. A columnist since 2010, his distinguished advertising career has branded ribs in the Rendezvous and ducks in The Peabody, pandas in the zoo and Grizzlies in the NBA. Stories in Memphis tend to write themselves. He’s helped a few along. Two book collections of his columns have been published.
We’re showing all the originality of a bad band covering somebody else’s song, and not even a Memphis song at that.
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