The hardships of the never-ending grueling tour and travel schedule (that had always been for The Dead) had taken its toll on Keith and his wife Donna Jean Godchaux, a talented Muscle Sholes-alum vocalist. The first surprise is to read that Keith had jammed with Jerry & Bill at the Keystone. E-mail: avaziri@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @MusicSF. We were constantly playing records for him and so forth, but that wasnt his gift. I played with Miles Davis for about a year. 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Aidin Vaziri is The San Francisco Chronicles pop music critic. Keith Richard Godchaux. Summer: Tour from hell: The bands summer of 1995 tour would become known to Deadheads as the Tour From Hell. At the time, Garcia was having issues with drugs and had also been receiving death threats, according to No Simple Highway: A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead. To make matters worse, thousands of fans crashed a gate at one of the bands shows in, prompting the cancellation of the subsequent show because local police refused to work it. His wife recommended him as a keyboardist for the group around the time their first keyboardist was in the hospital. At least when they rolled the tapes, Keith was ready to go on every song. He was still eager to rejoin the Dead, though, and went back on tour perhaps sooner than was wise. Police believe his caretaker did not realize Allen was behind the car when she began to back it up, police spokeswoman Judy Altieri said. ', Surprisingly to anyone who ever saw him, Keith said in 72 that what Ive contributed to the band as a whole is an added amount of energy which they needed, for my taste I have a super amount of energy. The incident landed on the cover of The Chronicle and both Weir and founding member Ron "Pigpen" McKernan were arrested. After two weeks there, he would continue his treatment at the Serenity Knolls clinic. 6. Map & Directions. He would not be alone. But as far as we know, he wasnt considered, or turned them down. When he regained consciousness, he'd lost the ability to play the guitar. The Dead may have been considering a new keyboard player even before Pigpen succumbed, and if Keith had already been playing with Garcia informally, their next candidate was right in front of them. What was the location of death? Its also interesting to hear him on organ on songs like Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed & Truckin on 9/29. Keith Godchaux (1971 - 1979) . Prior to that, he'd done time in Bob Weir's solo band and had recorded an album with Silver, a country-rock band based in Los Angeles. http://archive.org/details/gd71-10-01.sbd.rehearsal.cousinit.16896.sbefail.shnf very little Keith can be heard It raises $15,000. Jerry Garcia fell into a coma and forgot how to play guitar Shutterstock Garcia struggled with three heavy addictions throughout his adult life: smoking, drugs, and overeating. The Heart Of Gold Band name was resurrected in 2004, for the group organised by Donna Jean Godchaux Mackay and David Mackay, after they decided to ask Greg . The same year Jerry lost his finger, his father tragically drowned during a fishing trip, and he and his brother were eventually sent to live with their maternal grandparents for five years. The truth about the Trips Festival is that it was a three-night, weekend-long rock n roll dance with light effects. Oct. 19: Keith on the keys: Keith Godchaux plays his first show with the Dead as keyboardist. 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 . When he was asked why he hadnt joined the band in 1990, he said, Ive always done my own thing. In a backstage interview with Mickey Hart years ago, he smiled when I suggested that the core members of the Dead may have precipitated their passing with their hazing. Mydland also managed to perform in several other bands throughout the '80s including Go Ahead, a short-lived side project with members of Santana. 81 comments 498 Posted by 2 days ago Miss Ya Brent! 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. Brent Mydland's House (former) Lafayette, California (CA), US. 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. The neckwear, nonetheless, became popular with the 9-to-5 set. Then Jerry called Kreutzmann and got him to come down, and the three of them played some. They managed to get back $63,000 of the lost cash, and Hart died of natural causes in 1975. 42 comments 458 Posted by 3 days ago Just got to Hilton Head for a beach getaway. If this is the best from their tour, what can the outtakes sound like?. Then, according to his official website, he fell ill in August 1992 due to exhaustion, forcing the band to cancel an upcoming fall tour. Its also a curious detail that Keith initially got with the Dead to work out some tunes. This is frustratingly vague it may mean nothing; or it may mean that the initial intention was not to actually join the Dead. July 23, 1980 Keith RichardGodchaux (The Grateful Dead) was born on July 19th 1948 born in Seattle, Washington, but grew up in Concord, California where he commenced piano lessons at five at the instigation of his father (a semiprofessional musician) and subsequently played Dixieland and cocktail jazz in professional ensembles as a teenager. 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. Rock radio was never too kind to them, either. Tragically, after only 1 concert, Keith Godchaux was wiped out in a vehicle accident on July 23, 1980, in Marin Region, CA. This destructive trio began to get the better of him in the mid-'80s. ' This seems to have entirely slipped Donnas memory! Concert in Golden Gate Park with Grateful Dead and Jefferson Starship 9/28/1975 But McNally tells the story of Wales auditioning with the Dead around this time. It was Godchaux, though, who showed up at just the right moment and grabbed the baton. The powers-that-be at the Grammy Awards were never big fans, either, but the Dead won an honorary Hall of Fame Award in 1999 and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. The Keith highlight is the first few tracks of 9/30, with Keith in full barrelhouse mode. He was very strong but he couldnt handle that sort of thing. He'd been dead for two days, according to Rolling Stone. The years on tour wouldnt be kind to Keith either indeed, the damage Dead keyboardists inflicted on themselves would become well-known but Keith started out feeling cosmically optimistic. By then, they were pretty far gone on LSD (and who knows what else), according to John Fogerty, the former Creedence Clearwater Revival front man who recalled the incident during an interview in 2015. The 2015 Fare Thee Well tour includes shows in Santa Clara and Chicago, with with Phish singer-guitarist Trey Anastasio and keyboardist Bruce Hornsby along for the bands final ride. From 11.00. The band would not last long, as Keith died tragically in a car accident soon after the band's first show. And Godchaux had . May 19: Avalon Ballroom: The Dead play their first show at Avalon Ballroom, located at Sutter Street and Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco. The album was recorded at their home in Stinson Beach, California, where they lived in the 1970s. Guide Prices. Donna Jean Godchaux McKay Interview of Donna Jean Godchaux MacKay for the Roots of American Music Trail Donna has returned to live in the Shoals area and is active in the Christian ministry. Despite their reversal of fortune, Keith tragically died in a car accident on July 23, 1980. Although I did record with the Dead. I was musical director forMuhammad Ali. He was involved in an automobile accident, colliding with another car, and was ejected from the vehicle (he wasn't wearing a seatbelt). Some came in their 20th century teepees, old school buses, caravans and VW buses, and lined the embankment, overlooking the field. During his tenure with the Dead, his only lead vocal was Let Me Sing Your Blues Away, from Wake of the Flood (1973). He began piano lessons at age five at . As she told Rolling Stone: "Keith and I, we were wasted. Despite their reversal of fortune, Keith tragically died in a car accident on July 23, 1980. During a family vacation when Garcia was 5 years old, he decided to help his older brother chop wood. Nineteen members of the band's touring party were arrested and the incident was immortalized in the song "Truckin'." We just danced right along on top. The Great Pyramids of Giza have survived all kinds of visitors over the centuries, from the Roman legions to Napoleon. He was in a car being driven by renowned tie-dye artist Courtenay Pollock when a truck cut in front of their vehicle. Despite his early death, the music that Godchaux created during his time with the Dead would become some of the band's most beloved. Meanwhile, his alcoholism increased and his doctor told him to stop touring with the Dead in 1970 to fight his addiction. Shortly before the accident, he professed to . Jan. 31: Dylan and the Dead: Dylan & the Dead CD by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead released. Musically, the band sounded as fresh and inventive as ever, if not more so. So Garcia told us to come backstage, but we were both too scared, so we didnt. A rumor went around claiming that it was simulated and had cost $50,000 to slap up in the sky during a 17-minute version of "Viola Lee Blues." McNally has but a few details to add: The head Deadhead is immortal. The Deads spring 72 newsletter recounted: Or, if Donnas memory is right, possibly Sunday the 26th was the first day Keith played with Jerry. A year later, Keith died as the result of a car accident. This was the second time Pigpen had been replaced by another player; but he probably took it in stride, as he had more serious things to worry about. 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. He returned to his home in Lafayette, California, in July 1990 following the completion of the band's summer tour. The turning point came during a visit to their friends Pete & Carol (who had introduced them and turned them on to the Dead, and so played a hidden part in Dead history). ), In early 1972, the Dead had a little promotional flurry, releasing a few band biographies for the press & fans. On the other hand, from Wales perspective, the Dead might have been a little too big for him. McKay is an instrumentalist playing the bass guitar. It hit No. Admittedly, Keith was quite familiar with the Deads music before playing with them; also, some of these songs were as new to the Dead as they were to Keith! We were exhausted. Mydland had succeeded Keith Godchaux, who died in a car crash shortly after leaving the band. Car crash; How old was Keith Godchaux when died? The only direction. But there were still a lot of ups and downs. Brandeis gave me a fellowship that included all expenses, plus recording tape and all sorts of stuff to work with in their electronic music studio. Many college students wouldnt think twice between the option of another year at school or joining the Grateful Dead; but Lagin was on his own path. The Lionel Hampton Band. Kreutzmann later told Blair Jackson, I loved his playing. All of that was reportedly behind him as he welcomed a newborn baby daughter, his fourth and youngest child, in December 1987. Id never sung before an audience before, really, and Keith had done only very small gigs. 91. 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. Keith Godchaux, pianist of the Grateful Dead from 1971 through early 1979, would have been 65 years old today. http://www.tonibrownband.com/donnajg24-4.html. The only studio album to make into the Top 10 on Billboard's album charts was the one that featured "Touch of Grey," 1987's In the Dark. As Donna said, Keith would practice his rock & roll piano at home, and I was basically supporting the two of us. Hed had no rock experience at all, and apparently listened to little rock music. Their devoted legions of "Deadhead" fans kept them on the road for decades, and countless T-shirts, stickers, posters, and other ephemera made the band widely successful from a financial standpoint. 42 yrs ago, Keith Godchaux lost his life as the result of a car crash. Keith in happier times. Jerry Garcia Bob Weir Bill Kreutzmann Phil Lesh Mickey Hart Robert Hunter Ron "Pigpen" McKernan Keith Godchaux died in a car accident in July 1980. Share. In 1970, Keith Godchauxmarried Donna Jean Thatcher,a session vocalist. Three members have died: Brent Mydland in 1990 of a drug overdose, McKernan of liver disease in 1973 and Keith Godchaux in a 1980 highway crash after he left the group. Keith and Donna Godchaux issued the mostly self-written Keith & Donna album in 1975 with Jerry Garcia as a member of their band. Keith Godchaux was born on the 19th of July, 1948. News of Mydlands death spread quickly through the close-knit Deadhead community, which follows the bands every move. Eager to see the world, he decided to enlist in the Army at the age of 17 in April 1960. Jan. 22: Trips Festival: Kesey brings in the Dead to play the Trips Festival, held at the Longshoremans Hall in San Franciscos North Beach. Just playing cocktail lounges and clubs., He played jazz piano & cocktail music in a Walnut Creek club, but was just starting to get into rock & roll. Brent Mydland occupied the role for the next eleven years, until he died of a drug overdose. They. Pretty speedy, for the Dead! The Grateful Dead's set wasn't one of them. The decision was made quickly. So Pigpen stayed at home until December, while Keith went out and surprised Dead audiences. Keith Godchaux was born on July 19, 1948 in San Francisco, California, USA. Thats it! We were just so high and in love! Keith was also quoted in the Book of the Dead: We went into this club in San Francisco where Garcia was playing, and just talked to him. I never had the pleasure of meeting him -although I came very close to it- met his wife, and had many occasions to be in close proximity during concerts by both the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band. Local narcotic officers found a pound of marijuana and hash inside. http://archive.org/details/gd71-09-29.sbd.cousinit.16891.sbeok.shnf Keith mostly on organ Aug. 13: Deadheads pay respect: Garcia is celebrated by family and thousands of friends in Golden Gate Park. At the time, Godchaux was largely supported by his wife and irregularly employed as a lounge pianist in Walnut Creek, California. That whole day, Keith never put a foot (or a finger) wrong. December: Grateful Dead born: The band changes its name after learning of another group called Warlocks. Sept. 14: Alive in Egypt: The Grateful Dead begin three days of shows at the Egyptian pyramids. This makes him the second Grateful Dead keyboard player to suffer a tragic death at an age . And I remember thinking, "Wow, this is really . (Theres also an oddly assertive moment before Cold Rain & Snow on the compilation, where Keith channels Keith Jarrett for a little solo riffing.) McKernan returned to the band in late 1971 and managed to stick around through their 1972 European tour. Why would I want to work in the Dead and just be the way they worked? He was proud of doing music theater: During the late 60s, I was doing a Broadway play in New York at the George Abbott Theatre. By then, though, bad press and ill-tempered fans had roundly criticized the shows. (I think she has mentioned how she, Keith & Jerry would listen to lots of gospel music at home circa 76.) Garcia struggled with three heavy addictions throughout his adult life: smoking, drugs, and overeating. Killed in a car accident July 23rd, 1980. He is the fourth Grateful Dead keyboardist to die. But their time with the band took a nasty turn toward the end of the decade. The cause of death was "acute. In 1997 she released a CD titled "Donna Jean", a positive rock album utilizing the many talented musicians of Muscle Shoals. Aidin Vaziri is a staff writer at The San Francisco Chronicle. The decline of 1970's Grateful Dead piano player Keith Godchaux was sad but not entirely unexpected. John Kahn remembered, One night there were a lot of people out there, and Howard realized that thats not what he wanted to do, and he stopped doing it. Garcia also said, Howard went offperiodically he gets this thing of where he just cant deal with the music world any more, and he just disappears., Of course there were plenty of other keyboard players around San Francisco who might have auditioned. According to sound engineer Owsley Stanley, The Countryman pickup worked by an electrostatic principle similar to the way a condenser mic works. Detectives were attempting to determine whether Allen had fallen before he was hit. The incident also inspired "He's Gone," a tune about the not-so good reverend's wicked ways. Aug. 9: Jerry dies: Jerry Garcia dies at a drug treatment center in Marin County at age 53. July 19 Horoscope More Rock Singers Arnel Pineda Jon Bon Jovi David Byrne Robert Smith According to a Rolling Stone clipping from the Grateful Dead's official archives, he was found "baptizing Jesus freaks" in San Diego. In 1994, Godchaux was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Grateful Dead. Saunders helped him regain not only his musical skills, but hisstrength and confidence as well. The group becomes a staple at author Ken Keseys Acid Test parties. . By all accounts, he was a shy, nice person and no Dead members were much interested in publicly discussing in detail their musical frustrations with him, not wanting to speak ill of the dead. Did a lot of recording with Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne. The Grateful Dead were undeniably popular, but they never enjoyed what you might call "mainstream success." It was also one beset by a series of unfortunate incidents, controversies, and the tragic deaths of several of its key members. After Godchaux's departure from the Grateful Dead, he cleaned up and formed The Heart of Gold Band with his wife; the ensemble included a young Steve Kimock on guitar. 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 . 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