A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
I had a nice set at a ski resort in Idaho yesterday: Brundage Mountain Jam II. Beautiful day in a splendid spot. Donna Jean and the Tricksters were the headliners. Klyph Black joined me for about half my set, and Tom Circosta sang harmony on a couple of songs. Klyph and I played a really … Read more
Week of June 30, 2008 Part 1 31:50 Grateful Dead 2/26/77 Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino CA TERRAPIN MINGLEWOOD THEY LOVE EACH OTHER ESTIMATED PROPHET Part 2 24:05 Grateful Dead 2/26/77 Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino CA SUGAREE Donna Jean and the Tricksters (unreleased studio track) TILL THE MORNING COMES Donna the Buffalo, Silverlined BIGGIE K I … Read more
Me and Kettle Joe – Donna Jean and the Tricksters Till the Morning Comes – Donna Jean and the Tricksters (unreleased) Not Fade Away – Grateful Dead (“Skull and Roses”) Hey Bo Diddley-> I’m a Man-> I’ve Seen Them All-> Jam – Grateful Dead with Bo Diddley, Dick’s Picks vol. 30 (3/25/72 Academy of Music, … Read more
Article (with a lovely photo) in today’s San Francisco Chronicle: Donna Jean Godchaux grateful to sing again Godchaux-Mackay dropped out of music entirely after she left the Dead and only made her first, tentative steps back into the field after her children were grown. “I was very inspired,” she says. “I started writing again. It … Read more
Week of May 26, 2008 Part 1 29:43 Donna Jean and the Tricksters ME AND KETTLE JOE Railroad Earth, Amen Corner BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD CROSSING THE GAP YOU NEVER KNOW Part 2 26:12 Grateful Dead 1/7/78 Golden Hall, San Diego CA EL PASO-> LET IT GROW-> PROMISED LAND New CD from one of my … Read more