His wife recommended him as a keyboardist for the group around the time their first keyboardist was in the hospital. Tuesday, Aug 31 The Dead managed to get through five tracks before their amps overloaded during "Turn on Your Love Light" and they finally called it quits for the night. So I said to Jerry, Well, Keiths your piano player, so I want your home telephone number so I can call you up and come to the next Grateful Dead practice. And he believed me! In 1982, Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir appear on Late Night With David Letterman.. Guitarist Bob Weir landed in hot water with the police for tossing water balloons off the roof, but things took an uglier turn when the house was raided that October. (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns), Historic Chronicle page August 10, 1995 Front page of Datebook covering the death of Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia. McKay is an instrumentalist playing the bass guitar. Stephen, China Cat Sunflower and Cosmic Charlie.. Lesh was quite impressed with Keith: He was so brilliant at the beginning. Godchaux sustained massive head injuries in an automobile accident while being driven home from his birthday party in Marin County, California, on July 21, 1980. Amazingly enough, the band was back to performing live by December 15, 1986, five months after he emerged from the coma. So those are the things that if I was with the Grateful Dead, I couldnt do. May 5: Warlocks play Magoos: Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron Pigpen McKernan, Dana Morgan Jr. and Bill Kreutzmann play at Magoos Pizza Parlor in Menlo Park as the Warlocks, an electric band that took shape at Dana Morgans Music Store in Palo Alto. Aug. 17: Woodstock shock: The Dead give a famously poor performance at Woodstock. By then, though, bad press and ill-tempered fans had roundly criticized the shows. They were finally given the "all-clear" around 10:30 p.m. after a delay of several hours and being assured by the stage crew they wouldn't be electrocuted. But note: the jerrysite lists the New Riders playing the Friends & Relations Hall in San Francisco on Sept 17-19, which wouldnt preclude daytime rehearsals. After moving to California, Thatcher married keyboardist Keith Godchaux in 1970 and then in 1972 Mr and Mrs. Godchaux (pronounced "god show") joined improvisation rock band the Grateful Dead, and . Dec. 10: Fillmore first: The Grateful Dead, still known as the Warlocks, perform at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco for the first time, as part of Bill Grahams S.F. A year after she and Keith left the band, in 1980, the couple formed The Heart of Gold Band. The couple managed to quickly bounce back. He also formed The Ghosts (later rechristened The Heart of Gold Band) with his wife; this aggregation eventually came to include a young Steve Kimock on guitar. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images), The Grateful Dead performing at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on June 19, 1995. He had apparently stopped playing at the Matrix when too many people started coming to see Garcia! He was previously married to Donna Godchaux. The Deads spring 72 newsletter recounted: Jan. 14: First signs of the Summer of Love: At least 20,000 including some Hells Angels gathered at Golden Gate Parks Polo Field for the Gathering of the Tribes, the prelude to the Summer of Love that came to be known as the Human Be-In. The tribes gathered early in the day. Constanten contributes on keyboard, Dan Healy becomes sound man and Robert Hunter provides the lyrics to Alligator., June 20: The Dead release Aoxomoxoa: With Aoxomoxoa, a hugely expensive studio album, the Dead bring keyboardist Constanten and lyricist Hunter on full time with the band. The other members asked the Godchauxs to leave in early 1979, and only a year later, a car accident would take Keith Godchaux's life at the age of 32. Or, the traditional story could be true: the Dead suddenly discovered after the 17th that they needed a new player; Garcia met one that very week, and they snatched him up immediately; and he learned all their songs in a week or less. As noted on Woodstock Story, a website devoted to recounting all the festival's various incarnations over the decades, the 1969 event's infamous rainstorms had turned the stage into a literal deathtrap around the time the Dead were originally scheduled to perform on the second night. Donna Jean would eventually re-marry when she met another Bay Area musician, bass player David MacKay, and the two moved back to her hometown of . Possibly they could have moved to a studio to tape some of the sessions, though.) There had also been problems at several recent concerts. Pigpen was extremely ill, and unable to travel. Backup singer Donna Jean Godchaux once woke up under husband Keith Godchaux's piano. Over the course of the tour, though, he gradually dropped the organ altogether, and played it only rarely thereafter. 9, putting the Dead in the Top 10 for the first and last time. The word is that the first gig was sensational, and a few days later they went into the Deads Front Street Studio. http://archive.org/details/gd1971-09-29.unsurpassed-masters-vol4-vol6.116951.flac16 bootleg comp; different mixes, sometimes very trebley, but Keith comes out more (for instance Brokedown #2, where he takes over). Serendipity in action, A closer listen may reveal more, but for now it sounds to me like there is not one attempt to teach Keith a single new song in these rehearsal tapes, only practiced run-throughs of already-learned songs. Bikers, blow and Belushi: As usual when the Grateful Dead took Manhattan, the band's five-night stand at . The Grateful Dead had a fair number of run-ins with the law back in the '60s and '70s. Keith Godchaux replaced him at keys until 1979, when drug use forced his departure. In fact, it sounds like hes already settled in. So Garcia told us to come backstage, but we were both too scared, so we didnt. Ned Lagin had played on American Beauty, and guested with them at the Berkeley shows in August 71, along with several other 71 shows and backstage experiments. A few years later, the band ran into trouble in New Orleans during a drug raid that, according to Ultimate Classic Rock, didn't really surprise anyone. After Godchauxs departure from the Grateful Dead, he cleaned up and remained in the bands extended orbit, performing alongside Kreutzmann in the Healy-Treece Band (a venture for Dan Healy, the bands longtime live audio engineer) and on at least one occasion with lyricist Robert Hunter. We wanted to write music to the Lord, because it didnt seem like there was much out there that was spiritual. Shortly before the accident, he professed to . He died on 23rd July 1980,at 32 years of age. A four-block stretch of fabled Haight Street yesterday was voluntarily surrendered to thousands of hippies and hippie-watchers. I would guess there must have been more rehearsals over the next couple weeks (they had to have tried out some of the deep jams), but no more tapes have come forth. Godchaux's father was a musician, and Godchaux himself showed an early interest in music and began playing at various venues in his teens. June 2: Welnick commits suicide: Suffering from depression, Welnick takes his own life. : (July 19, 1948 - July 23, 1980) was a pianist best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979. The poorly organized event was meant to be the Woodstock of the West. Instead it turned into what some fans call the concert that ended the 60s. The Dead were supposed to play before the Rolling Stones, but never took the stage. And there does seem to have been a spiritual tie this moment prefigures not just Keiths time with the Dead, but the later Keith & Donna band with Garcia sitting in, and the Garcia Band circa 76 with Keith & Donna, bringing gospel music into the shows. But when they asked me to come in and do their thing to join them I didnt really want to join the band. Donna remembered the Dead rehearsal being scheduled for the following Sunday, but the Dead canceled and only Jerry came. Keith died in July 1980. Recordings of the set reveal long breaks between the band's songs, lots of drug-fueled banter, and overall confusion that led to a sloppy, 50-minute performance of a single song. It had a quality that was magical, ethereal, spiritual, and thats part of what was so attractive about it. I remember when we auditioned him. The lineup also includes the John Handy Quintet, Jefferson Airplane and the Mystery Trend. Eventually, according to Donna Jean Godchaux, Keith and I decided we wanted to get out and start our own group or something else anything else. Blair Jackson observes that Keith had also played on a James & the Good Brothers record (a band the Dead were friends with) Kreutzmann played drums on one track, and the album was recorded by Betty Cantor, so Keith may not have been a complete unknown to Garcia. Allow bottle-throwing gate-crashers to keep on thinking theyre cool anarchists instead of the creeps they are. In St. Louis that summer, the deck at a campground where many fans were staying for a Dead show collapsed, sending 108 people to the hospital. News of Mydlands death spread quickly through the close-knit Deadhead community, which follows the bands every move. He was replaced by Keith Godchaux from Dave Masons band, who together with his wife Donna on vocals compensated for the tragic loss. : . Donna Jean and Keith Godchaux were in the Dead until 1979, and Keith died in 1980 following a car accident. Not exactly a choir of angels, but some incredibly holy, pure and beautiful spiritual light. I wanted to be myself and go the direction I wanted. Back in the '60s, his regular usage of LSD earned him the nickname "Captain Trips" and he later developed a nasty heroin habit. Note that Pigpen went into the hospital the next day. Faced with the choice to crash into the Grateful Dead's house and a Hells Angels house, he chose the Hells Angels as his landing pad. July 23: Keith Godchaux dies in car crash: Keith Godchaux dies in a car accident in Marin County, at age 32, about a year after leaving the band. That era in the band's history was riddled with countless incidents, both delightful and madcapped. The Grateful Dead's music has often been described as "mellow," but front man Jerry Garcia's earlier years were the exact opposite. Over 100,000 fans witnessed the band's return at Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey on September 3, 1977 and then the Dead launched a fall tour with two nights in Seattle on September 28 and. She remarried again to her present husband David McKay in 1980. In 1994, Godchaux was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Grateful Dead. Weir (no doubt rolling his eyes) recalled: We spurred him towards new heights of weirdness and he spurred us towards new heights of weirdnessmuch too weird much too quickeverybody backed off, scratched their head and said, Well, maybe, uh, next incarnation. (I would imagine Lesh might also have liked to play with Wales more back in 69 he had complained to Constanten: Phil pointedly remarked how much he preferred Howard Waless playing when he sat in with the band.) It no longer had that sparkle and imagination that marked his best work ('72-'74). He notes (from a different Donna interview) that after meeting Jerry, she tried calling the Deads office a few times with no luck she called the office and left several messages, but was ignored. Despite occasional flirtations with synthesizers (most notably a Polymoog during the groups spring 1977 tour), this tendency was foregrounded by the reintegration of second drummer Mickey Hart, resulting in a heavily percussive sound with little sustain beyond Garcias leads. Jan. 31: Dylan and the Dead: Dylan & the Dead CD by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead released. We went home, looked in the paper and saw that Garcias band was playing at the Keystone, so we went down, of course. Even though hed never played any Grateful Dead tunes before[he] picked up the songs practically the first time througheverything he played fit perfectly in the spaces between [our] parts. (It also may explain why Donna had a hard time reaching Jerry on the phone that week, though there doesnt seem enough time for multiple phone calls.) Apparently Waless free-flowing weirdness, which Garcia enjoyed fitting into, was a bit too strong for a band that was now more focused on shorter normal songs. Lowell George, Keith Godchaux: Little Feat: November 1979: Covered by Vilperin Perikunta: Spanish Moon: Lowell George: Little Feat: April 1974: Covered by : Straight from the Heart: Lowell George, Bill Payne: Little Feat: November 1979: Covered by Chris Hillman and Jennifer Warnes: Teenage Nervous Breakdown: To add to the strangeness of his demise, Brent's final performance on July 23rd, 1990 came 10 years to the day after the death of Keith Godchaux, the former Dead keyboardist who Mydland had. Rock radio was never too kind to them, either. Following the groups extended touring hiatus, he primarily used a baby grand piano in 1976 and early 1977 before switching exclusively to the Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano in September 1977. July 27: Terrapin Station: After 15 albums on Warner Bros., their own Round label and United Artists, the Grateful Dead release their first album for Arista Records, Terrapin Station. Arista remained their label for the rest of their recording career. He would not be alone. He had a side gig as a preacher and often insisted that people call him "reverend." There's no question, however, that the quality of Keith's playing in the Dead fell off in '78 and early '79. http://archive.org/details/gd71-09-29.sbd.cousinit.16891.sbeok.shnf Keith mostly on organ It was charged with a very high voltage, and thus was very cantankerous to set up and use. Vince Welnick carried the band behind the keyboard until Jerry's death in 1995. From their first show as the Warlocks at a pizza place in Menlo Park to their farewell stand with three sold-out 50th anniversary shows at Chicagos Soldier Field stadium, here are some key dates on the Grateful Deads incredible journey. Detectives were attempting to determine whether Allen had fallen before he was hit. Tragically, Keith Godchaux was a passenger in an automobile accident on July 21, 1980 forty years ago today and died two days later. He is the fourth Grateful Dead keyboardist to die. The Grateful Dead in Boston, with singer Donna Jean Godchaux. April 16: Mydland joins on keys: Keyboardist Brent Mydland replaces Keith and Donna Godchaux. The interesting thing is that when he saw the Dead, he thought they needed more energy: When Id heard them play a couple of times, they really got me off; I was really high. A warrant was put out for Hart's arrest, and the law finally caught up with him in 1971. The decision was made quickly. After jamming with Jerry and Billy at a small club, and getting together with the Dead to work out some tunes, he joined the band in September of 1971. Pretty speedy, for the Dead! Concert in Golden Gate Park with Grateful Dead and Jefferson Starship 9/28/1975 The couple began bickering heavily as lots of touring and drug use took their toll. And Mr. Godchaux had replaced the band's original keyboard player, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, who died at 27 . In the days leading up to the shows, however, the prices for tickets on the secondary market dropped dramatically. 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 . Oct. 24: Grateful Dead: The Deads seventh album, known as Skull and Roses, includes a callout to Dead Heads. The albums sleeve included a message to fans: Dead Freaks Unite: Who are you? Keith Godchaux was born in Washington. Someday, Godchaux. July 19 Horoscope More Rock Singers Arnel Pineda Jon Bon Jovi David Byrne Robert Smith His final appearance with the Dead was during their performance at the Hollywood Bowl in June 1972. Dec. 6: Deadly Altamont: The Dead are scheduled to play the infamous Altamont Speedway Free Festival. 9 on the Billboard charts. He was replaced by Keith Godchaux from Dave Mason's band, who together with his wife Donna on vocals compensated for the tragic loss. How much is Jerry Garcia worth now? Godchaux sustained massive head injuries in an auto accident while being driven home on his birthday by noted tie-dye artist Courtenay Pollock (who was hosting the Godchauxs at his home in San Geronimo, California as they worked with their new band) in July 1980. From then on I was super turned-on that such a thing existed. Watch the Dead live in '77 at Winterland on 12/31/78 Video unavailable Watch on YouTube Watch on The Grateful Dead did a fine set with some marvelously exciting and interesting guitar solos by Jerry Garcia and a great demonstration of their tightness and swing, Gleason wrote. Its also interesting to hear him on organ on songs like Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed & Truckin on 9/29. They can be heard onEurope '72,Wake of the Flood, and Terrapin Station, three of their most popular '70s albums. Just 32 years old. July 6: In the Dark LP: The Dead release In the Dark, a comeback album featuring Touch of Grey, Hell in a Bucket, West L.A. Fadeaway and Throwing Stones.. After two weeks there, he would continue his treatment at the Serenity Knolls clinic. Aug. 13: Deadheads pay respect: Garcia is celebrated by family and thousands of friends in Golden Gate Park. 1978 is different. July 10: Garcia in a coma: Garcia collapses at his Marin County home and falls into a diabetic coma. Did this affect the others? While they did only five shows in Chicago and Santa Clara, the band made over $52 million in revenue and a few waves in the process. Donna has returned to live in the Shoals area and is active in the Christian ministry. And the band was exhausted with us." Nov. 10: Live/Dead out: Live/Dead, the first of many live albums by the Grateful Dead, is released. From the Deads perspective, Godchaux came out of nowhere. http://www.digitalinterviews.com/digitalinterviews/views/saunders.shtml They left before their set after learning that a member of the Hells Angels, who were hired as security guards, knocked out Jefferson Airplane singer Marty Balin during his performance. Never mind the trauma of being fired . A statement issued by the band said: Jerry Garcia is in a hospital receiving treatment for the sudden onset of diabetes and a general systemic infection as a result of an abscessed tooth and exhaustion following a road tour. The bands publicist denies that drugs are involved. They dug turning me on to bebop and where it came from. But the Grateful Dead's transformation from Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, a fairly obscure band based in Palo Alto, California, in the early '60s, to one of the most beloved touring acts in the world was definitely a "long, strange trip." In 1980, Keith Godchaux, former keyboards player with the Grateful Dead, died from injuries suffered in a car crash two days earlier in Marin County, California.Godchaux and his wife, Donna, a background vocalist, joined the Dead in . Aug. 9: Jerry dies: Jerry Garcia dies at a drug treatment center in Marin County at age 53. Not that a lack of Grammy Awards hurt their sales. Keith Godchaux was born on July 19, 1948 in San Francisco, California, USA. The next two in line: "Uncle John's Band" (No. Like [they] didnt quite have the strength to pull the load, As far as I know, all the accounts of Keiths joining the Dead come from Donnas story as told to Blair Jackson for the Golden Road magazine in 1985. After the band splits up, the band members form several (sometimes overlapping) side projects, including RatDog, Bobby and the Midnites, the Other Ones, the Dead, Furthur, Dark Star Orchestra, Rhythm Devils, Missing Man Formation, Move Me Brightly and others. Still in 1977, Carly Simon's future chart-topping ballad "Nobody Does it Better" was released, as was Foreigner's future Top Ten single "Cold As Ice". Enough to shut down every resort. But McNally tells the story of Wales auditioning with the Dead around this time. When he was asked why he hadnt joined the band in 1990, he said, Ive always done my own thing. Godchaux was sometimes chided for her off-key vocals during her shows with the Grateful Dead, which she blamed on inebriation and poor stage acoustics many years later in a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone. What started as a sunny day in the Haight turned dark and somber as people learned of Garcias death. Following the Grateful Deads 1975 hiatus, he largely yielded to a simpler comping-based approach with the group that eschewed his previously contrapuntal style in favor of emulating or ballasting Garcias guitar parts. Guide Prices. Although I did record with the Dead. Is it possible there was a lost Jerry & Keith jam at the Keystone sometime in September 71? Our first rehearsal tape comes from the 28th, and it by no means sounds like Keiths second day with the band. They had several other keyboard players they had been working with, who could have joined: Following the dissolution of this ensemble, the Godchauxes performed as part of the Jerry Garcia Band from 1976 to 1978. http://www.levity.com/gans/Donna.980328.html Send us your name and address, and well keep you informed. The Lionel Hampton Band. The couple's work helped to fundamentally shape the sound of the band during what. 42 yrs ago, Keith Godchaux lost his life as the result of a car crash. With Saunders' help, Garcia slowly but steadily recovered. Garcia was nabbed again for drug possession during a traffic stop in New Jersey in 1973. 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