GRATEFUL DEAD SINGER DONNA JEAN GODCHAUX DEAD AT 78

[EarthFirst]

Photo: Donna Godchaux performing with the Grateful Dead in 1978.

The vocalist spent the Seventies with the legendary group, and also sang backup on hits by Elvis Presley and Percy Sledge

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who spent the Seventies singing with the Grateful Dead, sang back-up on several classic Sixties hits, and fronted her own bands, has died. She was 78.

Godchaux died Sunday, Nov. 2, at a hospice facility in Nashville after a “lengthy struggle with cancer,” according to a statement shared with Rolling Stone by her representative, Dennis McNally. “She was a sweet and warmly beautiful spirit, and all those who knew her are united in loss. The family requests privacy at this time of grieving,” the statement continued. “In the words of Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, ‘May the four winds blow her safely home.’”

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/donna-jean-dead-grateful-dead-vocalist-1235458509/

Love & Light

[blm]

1. 🕯️😢

[TheProle]

2. RIP

And it's just a box of rain
Or a ribbon for your hair
Such a long, long time to be gone
And a short time to be there

[Brother Buzz]

3. Damn, We knew she was ill for some time, but David MacKay, her husband and our cousin, was tight lipped..

About her condition.

Donna was a really fun person to spend time with.

Damn, we’re gonna have to start making telephone calls.



Ripple

By Robert Hunter

If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
Would you hear my voice come through the music?
Would you hold it near as it were your own?

It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
Perhaps they're better left unsung
I don't know, don't really care
Let there be songs to fill the air

Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow

Reach out your hand, if your cup be empty
If your cup is full, may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men
There is a road, no simple highway

Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go, no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone

Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow

You who choose to lead must follow
But if you fall you fall alone
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you

[Tree Lady]

9. My husband said she was called

Mountain Girl.

[Brother Buzz]

11. Donna Jean was the closest to nickname I ever heard.

Could your husband be thinking of Carolyn "Mountain Girl" Garcia, Jerry Garcia’s ex wife?

[Tree Lady]

12. Lol he says he is old

Can't remember shit!

[LuckyCharms]

4. Sunrise

[DinahMoeHum]

5. The music will never stop. . .

Cross gently, Donna, and thanks for the music.

[Tree Lady]

10. Husband has tshirt with artwork

Of this album, rarely wears it to keep it good.

[RandiFan1290]

6. Aww man

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

7. RIP 💐

[Raftergirl]

8. RIP Donna. 😢

[BlueNProud]

13. Keith and Donna was the Dead's best era by far. RIP DJG.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

14. .

[Clouds Passing]

15. Donna Jean