Donna Jean and the Tricksters (album)

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Donna Jean and the Tricksters
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Studio album by Donna Jean and the Tricksters
Released January 29, 2008
Genre Rock, jam band
Label Dig
Producer James Brooks
Donna Jean and the Tricksters
Donna Jean Godchaux chronology
At the Table
(2004)		Donna Jean and the Tricksters
(2008)		 Back Around
(2014)
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Donna Jean and the Tricksters is an album by Donna Jean and the Tricksters, a rock band led by former Grateful Dead singer Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay. The group, which later changed its name to the Donna Jean Godchaux Band, also features lead guitarist and singer Jeff Mattson, who wrote or co-wrote several songs on the album, along with other members of the Zen Tricksters.

Grateful Dead American rock jam band

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. Ranging from quintet to septet, the band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, bluegrass, blues, gospel, modal jazz, reggae, experimental music, psychedelia, and space rock, for live performances of lengthy instrumental jams, and for their devoted fan base, known as "Deadheads". "Their music", writes Lenny Kaye, "touches on ground that most other groups don't even know exists". These various influences were distilled into a diverse and psychedelic whole that made the Grateful Dead "the pioneering Godfathers of the jam band world". The band was ranked 57th by Rolling Stone magazine in its The Greatest Artists of All Time issue. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and a recording of their May 8, 1977, performance at Cornell University's Barton Hall was added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2012. The Grateful Dead have sold more than 35 million albums worldwide.

Donna Jean Godchaux musician

Donna Jean Thatcher Godchaux-MacKay is an American singer, best known for having been a member of the Grateful Dead from 1972 until 1979.

The Donna Jean Godchaux Band is an American rock music group. Originally named Kettle Joe's Psychedelic Swamp Revue, and later Donna Jean and the Tricksters, the band was originally formed in 2007 and made up of Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay and members of the Zen Tricksters. The group released their first album in 2008 - a self-titled under their previous name Donna Jean and the Tricksters.

Contents

Donna Jean and the Tricksters was by released Dig Records in 2008.

Track listing

  1. "All I Gotta Say" (Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay) – 4:59
  2. "So Hard" (Dave Diamond) – 5:49
  3. "No Better Way" (Will McFarlane) – 4:34
  4. "Weight of the World" (Dave Diamond) – 5:26
  5. "Shelter" (Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Jeff Mattson) – 5:38
  6. "Travelin' Light" (Jeff Mattson, M. Marston) – 7:07
  7. "He Said/She Said" (Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Jeff Mattson) – 5:14
  8. "Moments Away" (Tom Circosta) – 4:27
  9. "Farewell Jack" (Keith Godchaux, Brian Godchaux) – 4:22
  10. "A Prisoner Says His Piece" (Jeff Mattson) – 6:57
  11. "Me and Kettle Joe" (Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay) – 13:24
  12. "Reno" (Klyph Black, John Edward McNeill) – 4:00

Credits

Donna Jean and the Tricksters

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References

  1. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Review Donna Jean & the Tricksters - Donna Jean & The Tricksters". Allmusic . Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  2. ↑ Donna Jean and the Tricksters, The Best Of Website, January 29, 2008. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  3. ↑ Donna Jean and the Tricksters CD liner notes
  4. ↑ Donna Jean and the Tricksters Overview, allmusic.com, Retrieved May 20, 2008.
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