The Grateful Dead will celebrate their 60th anniversary this year not only with a massive 60-disc live collection but also with a just-announced Best Of compilation. Fittingly titled Gratest Hits, the ...

When a group of Bay Area beatniks set out to find their sound in the spring of 1965, few would have assumed their convergence would result in a 30-year tenure, 13 studio albums, and a devoted ...

The keepers of the Grateful Dead vault, overseen by chief archivist David Lemieux, must have been hard pressed to adequately commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the iconic band's formation. After ...

The Grateful Dead produced a ton of amazing original music in their heyday. They also took on quite a few covers through the years, and rarely were those covers ever not up to par. Rather, The ...

The Grateful Dead were not, by most people’s definition, a band fit for the studio. To condense their songwriting and ...

Robert Hunter successfully turned a delightful acid trip into a song with “Dark Star”. This is one of Grateful Dead’s deepest songs, and it manages to blend together what an acid experience is like ...

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a singer who performed on hits such as “When a Man Loves a Woman” by Percy Sledge and helped ...

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a former member of the Grateful Dead who also sang on No. 1 hits for Elvis Presley and Percy ...

Donna Jean Godchaux, the singer best known for her work with the Grateful Dead during the 1970s, has died aged 78.

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who sang with the Grateful Dead in 1970s as well as appeared on a number of hit records in the ...

The singer also performed backing vocals on hits including Elvis Presley’s ‘Suspicious Minds’ and Percy Sledge’s ‘When A Man ...

Nashville, November 3 2025 — Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, best known for her time as vocalist with the Grateful Dead during ...