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Donna Jean Godchaux
Posted on 5/20/20 at 3:20 pm
Posted on 5/20/20 at 3:20 pm
I just can't stand her screeching. I feel like she takes away from more Grateful Dead songs, than she adds. It is a shame because this time of the band was one of the best, but a lot of times her singing is unbearable.
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Posted on 5/20/20 at 3:33 pm to Dale Sturtevant
She ruined all ‘72-‘79 for me...the last 20 years I pretty much just go to my favorite eras...’69-‘71 and ‘89-‘91.
Whenever I am driving and a killer Playin’ is peaking, and I think, “Damn these guys are on fire”, as the jam comes to its crescendo, “it” rears it’s ugly head and has me scrambling to quickly change the station off the GD Channel...
Jerry was too nice and avoided confrontation at all costs, so he didn’t deal with giving her the boot.
Whenever I am driving and a killer Playin’ is peaking, and I think, “Damn these guys are on fire”, as the jam comes to its crescendo, “it” rears it’s ugly head and has me scrambling to quickly change the station off the GD Channel...
Jerry was too nice and avoided confrontation at all costs, so he didn’t deal with giving her the boot.
Posted on 5/20/20 at 3:37 pm to Marco Esquandolas
quote:
Jerry was too nice and avoided confrontation at all costs, so he didn’t deal with giving her the boot.
you discussed this with him?
Posted on 5/20/20 at 4:15 pm to Marco Esquandolas
FYP
quote:
Jerry liked to chase the dragon with her husband, so he didn’t deal with giving her the boot.
Posted on 5/20/20 at 5:34 pm to cgrand
quote:its a fairly well-known characteristic of Jerr. Dont be a douche canoe.
you discussed this with him?
Posted on 5/20/20 at 6:12 pm to CaptainPanic
if you can find even a vague reference to Garcia admitting that he did not care for Donna being in the band, I will Venmo you $100 dollars.
all you need do is link to it and post your email address
all you need do is link to it and post your email address
Posted on 5/20/20 at 8:22 pm to Marco Esquandolas
quote:
She ruined all ‘72-‘79 for me...the last 20 years I pretty much just go to my favorite eras...’69-‘71 and ‘89-‘91
I enjoy some her stuff and yes other stuff is quite annoying, but im not gonna not listen to the best years of the band because of her.
Its also pretty funny that someone with a phish screen name Is complaining about singing, i mean, even in the years i loved phish, their singing was always like nails on a chalkboard.
Posted on 5/20/20 at 9:03 pm to cgrand
quote:he also would have fired weir if this wasn't the case
you discussed this with him?
Posted on 5/20/20 at 9:17 pm to Dale Sturtevant
Let's face it, while the Dead are now on my Mt Rushmore but it wasn't because Lucio Pavarotti was in the band. None of them had great voices but they had the some of the best lyrics, melodies, songs instrumentals etc ever. John Mayer may be the best singer in the band history!
Posted on 5/20/20 at 9:22 pm to cgrand
quote:
if you can find even a vague reference to Garcia admitting that he did not care for Donna being in the band, I will Venmo you $100 dollars.
all you need do is link to it and post your email address
Are you going to pay up or be a welcher?
LINK
This post was edited on 5/20/20 at 9:23 pm
Posted on 5/21/20 at 5:06 am to Marco Esquandolas
quote:I am the same way with her. Something about her pitch. It must be similar to why my wife can't stand Radiohead because of Tom's voice.
Whenever I am driving and a killer Playin’ is peaking, and I think, “Damn these guys are on fire”, as the jam comes to its crescendo, “it” rears it’s ugly head and has me scrambling to quickly change the station off the GD Channel...
Posted on 5/21/20 at 5:13 am to rutiger
quote:Phish singing ? Donna Godchaux singing. And this is coming from someone with a disco biscuits handle :)
Its also pretty funny that someone with a phish screen name Is complaining about singing, i mean, even in the years i loved phish, their singing was always like nails on a chalkboard.
Posted on 5/21/20 at 6:09 am to 14&Counting
post the quote of Garcia saying he didn’t like donnas singing voice and I will absolutely pay up. there’s a copy of that book next to my shitter BTW
Posted on 5/21/20 at 7:25 am to cgrand
quote:
if you can find even a vague reference to Garcia admitting that he did not care for Donna being in the band
quote:Keep on changing your demand, bub. You'll be right eventually.
post the quote of Garcia saying he didn’t like donnas singing voice
It's widely known that Jerr avoided confrontation. You're not going to find a quote from Jerry Garcia expressing his distaste for Donna's singing voice. That would've caused a confrontation.
Posted on 5/21/20 at 7:26 am to Crow Pie
quote:Well he was never in the band so..
John Mayer may be the best singer in the band history!
Posted on 5/21/20 at 7:29 am to CaptainPanic
quote:
You're not going to find a quote from Jerry Garcia expressing his distaste for Donna's singing voice
so from that, ignoring that he also invited her to sing in his solo band, you’re comfortable that Garcia disliked donnas singing and only kept her around because he was too passive to do otherwise
got it
Posted on 5/21/20 at 7:35 am to cgrand
quote:Yet once her and her husband got butthurt & left, she didn't play with any member until after Jerry died. You'd think if he liked her singing so much she wouldn't have taken a 15+ year hiatus from every member of the band...
ignoring that he also invited her to sing in his solo band
Posted on 5/21/20 at 7:57 am to CaptainPanic
quote:
You'd think if he liked her singing so much she wouldn't have taken a 15+ year hiatus from every member of the band...
she found religion, remarried and retired
and what were these bands she could have been singing with before Garcia died? Bobby and the midnites?
LOL
This post was edited on 5/21/20 at 7:59 am
Posted on 5/21/20 at 8:00 am to Crow Pie
quote:
Let's face it, while the Dead are now on my Mt Rushmore but it wasn't because Lucio Pavarotti was in the band. None of them had great voices but they had the some of the best lyrics, melodies, songs instrumentals etc ever. John Mayer may be the best singer in the band history!
Pigpen was pretty decent. Also a reminder that Donna was one of the back up singers on Elvis's Suspicious Minds. The only songs she ever really bothered me on were Playing in the Band and pre Fire on the Mountain versions of Scarlet Begonias. She was also a big reason why the best versions of The Music Never Stopped and Comes a Time were when she was in the band. I always had a bigger problem with Brent's Casio sounding dinky keyboards than with Donna.
Posted on 5/21/20 at 8:05 am to Dale Sturtevant
Unlike the others in the frontline, Donna had only one job. Near the end, it was becoming pretty clear she couldn't handle the grind. Many songs, she complemented nicely IMO. Other songs, like Playin, Ramble On Rose, or sometimes even Deal, umm, not so much, lol... that said, when she was at her best, there's no denying she had a hall of fame voice.
I remember reading an interview with her from the 80's, and she still seemed a bit in denial about getting pink slipped. Hopefully she's listened to some of the tapes since then
I remember reading an interview with her from the 80's, and she still seemed a bit in denial about getting pink slipped. Hopefully she's listened to some of the tapes since then
This post was edited on 5/21/20 at 8:08 am
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