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Keith Richard Godchaux (July 19, 1948 – July 23, 1980) was an American pianist best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979. Following their departure from the Dead, he and his wife Donna formed the Heart of Gold Band in 1980, but Godchaux died from injuries sustained in a car accident shortly after their ...
Songs with music by Keith Godchaux. The Grateful Dead has always been a focus of synchronicity -- of magic "coincidences" happening at just the right time. In early fall 1971, the Dead really faced up to the fact that they needed a keyboard player.
Jul 23, 2015 · Godchaux officially joined the Grateful Dead in late 1971, with Donna coming along too as a vocalist. The earliest rehearsal tapes from September 1971 find the new keyboard player already...
The Deadcast opens its 4th season with one of the most unlikely but totally true stories in Grateful Dead history: how Keith & Donna Jean Godchaux approached Jerry Garcia at a bar and announced that Keith was the Dead’s new keyboardist, going deep into Godchaux family history.
JESSE: Keith Godchaux died on July 23rd, 1980 of injuries sustained in the car accident, a year and five months after playing his last show with the Grateful Dead. Here’s Keith singing “Ride Out,” featuring John Cipollina on guitar, recorded in December 1979, released posthumously on the Heart of Gold Band CD in 1998.
Oct 3, 2023 · “He was really on fire about a new era of the Grateful Dead,” Donna Godchaux says of Garcia. The singer and her husband Keith Godchaux joined the group in the fall of 1971, she on backing...
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Jul 19, 2022 · Throughout his tenure in the 1970s, keyboardist Keith Godchaux brought a level of technical skill that elevated the Grateful Dead into their golden era.
