Sancho
11-04-2025, 01:48 AM
We lost Donna Godchaux yesterday. Oddly it was just a few days ago a couple of us here were chatting about vocalists for the Grateful Dead. She sang mostly backup with The Dead, but when she was lead, she killed. Man, I loved her voice. Here’s a few:
Rain, from Cats Under The Stars, Jerry Garcia Band
https://youtu.be/J64gGFiz6lg?si=LiE5KYs0kHzi6nbT
Sunrise, from Terrapin Station, Grateful Dead
https://youtu.be/6W2SQfNNvRc?si=REVI3D2tD2o6DSvE
You can hear a very young Donna Godchaux backing up Elvis on this one:
Suspicious Minds, Elvis Presley
https://youtu.be/RxOBOhRECoo?si=SH2qQhp99u9egCRL
One more from The Jerry Garcia Band to send her off. The other woman you hear is Maria Muldaur (Midnight At The Oasis):
I'll Be With Thee
https://youtu.be/c2n54Cxcpwg?si=D0TzJ6sYGZHf5RNN
Rain, from Cats Under The Stars, Jerry Garcia Band
https://youtu.be/J64gGFiz6lg?si=LiE5KYs0kHzi6nbT
Sunrise, from Terrapin Station, Grateful Dead
https://youtu.be/6W2SQfNNvRc?si=REVI3D2tD2o6DSvE
You can hear a very young Donna Godchaux backing up Elvis on this one:
Suspicious Minds, Elvis Presley
https://youtu.be/RxOBOhRECoo?si=SH2qQhp99u9egCRL
One more from The Jerry Garcia Band to send her off. The other woman you hear is Maria Muldaur (Midnight At The Oasis):
I'll Be With Thee
https://youtu.be/c2n54Cxcpwg?si=D0TzJ6sYGZHf5RNN