re: Donna Jean Godchaux

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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!

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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.