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Grateful Dead Found in the Berkley BarbKieth & DonnaJune 2nd 1975 The Maltese Turkey, Lion's Share, San Anselmo, Never mind it was just a very blurry image. I don't know if Scott played any of the other shows on the tour after this. The Yellow Brick Road, at 2215 Powell Street, was more oriented towards soul and jazz music. Keith was the first of the two to join the Dead, but it was Donna who helped set things in motion following a Jerry Garcia Band performance in August … He moved into salsa; and now Latin jazz, with his lady Anna Estrada. The Grateful Dead had a fair number of run-ins with the law back in the '60s and '70s. The Grateful Dead in Boston, with singer Donna Jean Godchaux. thanks I added these.God, I hope Harvey plugged in at least one night. I remember getting one of those Keith And Donna Round Records album cover postcards in 75 that listed a bunch of nightclub dates in the Bay Area and was basically an invitation to come on down. On the second night, for the last performance of the Keith and Donna band, Jerry Garcia joined them for their set. September 26, 1975 Acker Gym, Cal State Chico U., Chico, CA: Kingfish/Keith and DonnaCommenter David found this Friday night show in the Chico State student paper. If there were any plans to reactivate the Keith and Donna band, they were put aside with both the Garcia Band and the return to performance of the Grateful Dead. In February 1979. Most that are familiar with the band The Grateful Dead will be familiar with the names Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron “Pigpen”McKernan , Phil Lesh,Keith Godchaux and Bill Kreutzmann as the lineup for the band. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. The town hall had a capacity of 616. The modest auditorium was only 2/3 full. keyboards (Keith's former job) and sang high harmony (Donna's Some quibbles. We only have scattered dates from the East Coast tour, mostly based on what tapes have survived. Sold Out. The Grateful Dead : Keith and Donna Godchaux - The beginning September 1971 – December 1972. The Beacon show was on a Friday, and the Stony Brook show was on a Sunday. December 5, 1975 Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ Kingfish/Keith and Donna Keith and Donna played two shows on the UCSC campus. This one in particular is fascinating, More listings for these dates Adds 13 and 14 and adds opening bandFrom the San Fransisco Examiner (11 feb 1976)February 12-14?, 1976 El Verano Inn Sonoma CA Keith & Donna/Six Easy Pieces [Thursday-Saturday]But the Petaluma Argus-Courier (14 Feb 1976)Has Cayenne still as the Saturday the 14th band. According to Godchaux, "I spent two years wearing dinner jackets and playing acoustic piano in country clubbands and Dixieland groups...I also did piano bar gigs and put … The Lions Share at 60 Redhill Avenue was a well-known Marin musicians hangout. May 11, 1975 Kresge Town Hall, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA Keith and Donna and Friends By Blair Jackson Over in one of the discussion groups on DeadNet Central recently, someone was fondly recalling Keith and Donna’s final show, at the Oakland Coliseum on Feb. 17, 1979, noting it was a rare great show from their late period with the band. Jerry Garcia played there regularly from 1971 to 1985. This listing for The Jerry Garcia Band comes from Deadbase, without attribution. Mydland’s time in the group continued through his tragic death … Three more K&D gigs.Friday, July 11, 1975: Inn of the Beginning, Cotati, CA. Donna had gone to the 10/4/70 Winterland show (drug-free), taken by some deadhead friends, and had quite an experience. Keith was part of her social circle, and although the two felt an attraction, rarely had they ever spoke up until that one night. What major city is located near 40 degrees north latitude,90 degrees west longitude? The Northeastern tour is the biggest gap in the Keith and Donna concert history. Keith’s first show with the Dead had him filling in for Pigpen at the University of Minnesota’s Northrop Auditorium on October 19, 1971, and on New Years Eve at Winterland that year the band invited both him and Donna to join the Grateful Dead full time. I attended this show, and I can attest to the fact that Keith and Donna played great. Always sent with tracking (inside the USA). Source: "Rock Billboard" column, Marin Independent-Journal, June 6, 1975, p. 22. Keith and Donna Godchaux led their own band for about 8 months in 1975, while the Grateful Dead were on hiatus. I have a poster for Kresge College's Keith and Donna and Friends on May 11, 1975. August 29-30, 1975 The Orphanage, San Francisco Keith and Donna with Jerry Garcia November 20, 1975 Fieldhouse, Sullivan County Community College, South Fallsburg, NY: Kingfish/Keith and Donna He began piano lessons at age five at the instigation of his father (a semi-professional musician) and subsequently played Dixieland and cocktail jazz in professional ensembles as a teenager. Thanks for this fascinating detail. Keith Godchaux and Donna Godchaux were married for 9 years before Keith Godchaux died, leaving behind his partner and 1 child.. January 1976 they got bought out and the two new owners Bob Kiefer and Bruce Cassasa started to book bigger rock acts. If Hoddinott played with the band--and was audible--it would have probably sounded pretty good. Brent had a technically prettier voice; just right for the Doobie Brothers. [added]. Brent had a technically prettier voice; just right for the Doobie Brothers. The Keith and Donna band showed their chops by cruising along nicely with Garcia on an extremely difficult song, showing how musical they really were. Thanks. We showed up expecting a Dead show type crowd experience but instead were greeted by a practically deserted sleepy college town and equally sparsely populated theatre! How common were guitars before the modern day? Fri, June 6, 1975: River City, Fairfax, CA. This seems strange, since Garcia wasn't there, but the writer points out that was at least Keith's explanation at the time. May 15, 1975 The Longbranch, Berkeley Keith and Donna Grateful Dead, (left to right) Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Donna Godchaux, Keith Godchaux (seated), Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzman, ca. This would seem to lend credence to the view that the "Jerry Garcia Band" that played on the 20th at GAMH wasn't the one with Hopkins playing piano, and was probably, in fact, the Keith & Donna band. The Kingfish/Keith and Donna bill played medium sized theaters that neither band could have played at home. There were early and late shows. The comments about Donna are opinion without recognizing sufficient data, i.e., listening to enough Grateful Dead between 1972 and 1979. This comment has been removed by the author. Over 1974-75 new owners updated the dining room to fit 700. Explain how to sort shapes based on parallel and perpendicularsides? The Santa Cruz show was at Kresge Auditorium at UC Santa Cruz campus. September 19-21, 1975: Harvey Mandel/Keith and Donna Godchaux with Bill Kreutzmann at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach. November 6, 1975 Elting Gym, SUNY, New Paltz, NY Kingfish/Keith and Donna Identifying and illuminating live Grateful Dead shows (and shows by band members) that are unknown or poorly documented. unanimous decision that the Godchauxs should leave the band at a an internet search turns up a ticketron ticket on worthpoint.hard to read but quite sure it say Saturday Nov 15, 1975.it is at the student union. The Story Of The Grateful Dead, Grateful Dead, 2020 Dave's Picks Volume 37: Williamsburg, 4/15/78, Grateful Dead, 2021 Playing contributions to other performer recordings Before joining the Grateful Dead Donna Jean Godchaux (Donna Jean Thatcher) worked as a backing singer on many recordings. Its the already known June 27 date, Minor addition.Add opener to June 23June 23, 1975 Yellow Brick Road, San Francisco Keith and Donna/Fiends On The Loose w/ Snooky FlowersHere is the adhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/75194349/keith-and-donna-concert-yellow-brick-roa/, Minor change to the name listed on the adFrom the LA Times (11 May 1975) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75287711/keith-donna-band-concert-golden-bear-m/May 16-17-18, 1975 Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, CA Keith & Donna & Friends, Found a Slade's ad that listed the address as "Lansing and Ukiah", "Town of Mendocino", 10470 Lansing St Mendocino CAThe building still stands. Second act was Maltese Turkey, which seems to have featured James Ackroyd of James and the Good Brothers fame.Saturday, July 12, 1975. Godchaux was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up in Concord, California, a regional suburban center within the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. They were being loved to death, and … The Grateful Dead : Keith and Donna – Post Retirement Years 1976 – February 17, 1979. "GD The Illustrated Trip" has the Dead's calendar for May/June 1975 on p 180 and the plan for 75-6-11 was "GD Session, Garcia - Keystone, Keith - Sophies". Somewhere between Nov 22-29, 1975, Kingfish & Keith & Donna played a small college (Thiel Coll) in rural western PA. And for our little coterie of Deadheads adrift in northeast Ohio at the time, it WAS A BIG DEAL! I saw Donna Jean perform live with the Dead many, many times, and like all of the respondents here, have listened to her vocals on tape several billion times. I wonder if Keith or Donna sat in with the Riders? [update] Sophie's was at 260 South California in Palo Alto. The Odyssey Room, at 799 El Camino Real in Sunnyvale, was another South Bay saloon, a jumping place that featured local bands and probably sold a lot of drinks. Kingfish and Keith and Donna toured the East Coast in November. The small auditorium was about 2/3 full, not bad for a Monday night in New Jersey in November. November 23, 1975 Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA Kingfish/Keith and Donna Keith then came out and played with the band for the remainder of their set. December 2, 1975 Lisner Auditorium, GWU, Washington, DC Kingfish/Keith and Donna (early and late) In the East, however, the chance to see 4 members of The Dead (Weir, Kreutzmann, Keith and Donna) plus an ex-New Rider (Dave Torbert) in the same night was somewhat of a big deal. $2.50. By the way, he and Garcia and I think Keith and Donna and others used to practice together in his room at night when we were in college. Fellow scholar @GratefulSeconds found some intersting gigs on the Mendocino Coast, August 11 and August 14-16 1975. I was there. Why did Keith and Donna leave the grateful dead? And started booking jazz bands. I suspect Bill Kreutzmann started playing with the band at this show. It was november 25, 1975 and there was an early and late show with both bands. The writer interviewed Keith, who said that Scott had been fired at Garcia's recommendation. I have updated the post to reflect it. They lived in a boarding house in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district during the fabled Summer of Love in 1967, as drummer Bill Kreutzmann recalled in a 2015 article for the San Francisco Chronicle.That era in the band's history was riddled with countless incidents, both delightful and madcapped. American Musician Keith Godchaux was born on 19th July, 1948 in Seattle, Washington, United States and passed away on 22nd Jul 1980 Marin County, CA aged 32. Yes, he's modest about his talent. We NEVER put up fake images or stock copy images. June 7, 1975 The Longbranch, Berkeley Keith and Donna Perhaps Kreutzmann didn't join until June. Donna Jean Thatcher was born in Florence, Alabama. Thanks to @GratefulSeconds for the ad. I added the flyer to the post. Miss Keith an awful eyeful, too, these days maybe more than ever. What are all the magic tree houses books? People love to talk about how she "ruins" shows or songs, like you can have your … Mike Larscheid recently departed this world. November 25, 1975 Student Union, U Mass-Amherst, Amherst, MA Kingfish/Keith and Donna I have updated the post. This is near the end of Keith and Donna's involvement in the band, and Keith's playing is lethargic. Thansk. Cheers,Don Scott. November 9, 1975 Pritchard Gym, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY Kingfish/Keith and Donna See August 29-30 '75 (below) for more about the venue. Marin stalwarts Clover opened the show (Clover guitarist John McFee had played pedal steel on "Pride Of Cucamonga"). (added). what is the molarity of a solution that contains 3 moles of solute in 3 liters of solution? Nov.7, 1975 had early and late shows. [update] Commenter runonguinness spotted this listing in the Illustrated Trip. 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