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Keith Richard Godchaux (July 19, 1948 – July 23, 1980) was an American pianist best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979.
Jul 23, 2015 · Grateful Dead keyboardist Keith Godchaux died on July 23, 1980.
Keith was brilliant for the first three years or so he was in the band, but he was sensitive and prone to depression, and the road ate him alive. Eventually, he and Donna left the band in 1979. A year later, Keith died as the result of a car accident.
Jul 19, 2022 · Whether you think that’s Europe ’72 or Cornell ’77, Godchaux’s contributions helped solidify the 1970s as the Grateful Dead’s golden era. Throughout his tenure in the 1970s, keyboardist Keith Godchaux brought a level of technical skill that elevated the Grateful Dead into their golden era.
Jan 27, 2019 · 40 Years Ago this month, Keith and Donna Godchaux played their last ever show with the Grateful Dead. Their nearly eight run with the band encompassed the golden era of the band, about half in the one drummer Monster years of 1972-1974 and the marvelous 1976-1977 run as well.
JESSE: Keith Godchaux, the Grateful Dead’s brilliant piano player who dropped into their music and could pick it up perfectly by ear, was raised by a serious musician who, in fact, had written his own course in piano ear training. For his career as a mail order music teacher, Harold Godchaux became….
Jul 23, 2020 · 40 years ago today (7/23/80), the late Keith Godchaux died from injuries sustained in an automobile crash. During most of his tenure with the Dead (1971-1979), Godchaux contributed to the Dead’s most creatively fruitful period, where marathon peformances were rampant and his acoustic piano contributions served as springboard and ...
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May 25, 2017 · “We had been seeing the Grateful Dead whenever we could,” explains Donna Godchaux, whose husband, classically trained pianist Keith Godchaux, joined the band in 1971.
Jul 19, 2022 · Keith sadly died on July 23, 1980 — four days after his 32nd birthday — from injuries sustained in a car crash. In honor of Keith’s birthday today, JamBase takes a look...
The Deadcast opens its 4th season with one of the most unlikely but totally true stories in Grateful Dead history: how Keith & Donna Jean Godchaux approached Jerry Garcia at a bar and announced that Keith was the Dead’s new keyboardist, going deep into Godchaux family history.
