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23K views · 579 reactions | 45 years ago today, Jerry, John Kahn, Buzz Buchanan, Keith & Donna Jean Godchaux, and Maria Muldaur tore up the Keystone in Berkeley, CA — released on Pure Jerry: Bay Area 1978. | Jerry Garcia | Facebook

Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals John Kahn - bass Keith Godchaux - keyboards Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals Maria Muldaur - vocals Buzz Buchanan - drums | Who Are The Grateful Dead

Donna Jean Godchaux, Grateful Dead Legend and Elvis Backup Singer, Dies at 78 The music world is mourning the loss of Donna Jean Godchaux, the soulful singer who helped define the Grateful Dead’s sound in the 1970s. Godchaux passed away at 78 after a long fight with cancer. Before joining the Dead in 1971 alongside her husband, Keith, she sang backup on timeless hits like Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds” and Percy Sledge’s “When a Man Loves a Woman.” Her passionate voice powered iconic Dead al