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Donna Jean Godchaux supplied steel and soul to the Grateful Dead in their prime


Godchaux sang on classics by Elvis and Otis Redding and had a long solo career, but it’s as a member of the Dead’s classic, acid-drenched 70s lineup – and as the band’s only female member – that she will be remembered

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