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NEW CD OUT NOW AND AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE !!! |
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| Location: | United States |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Feb 21, 2008 (673 days back) |
About Me |
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| Donna Jean Thatcher (Godchaux MacKay) was born to sing, and over the course of time she’s done so with people like Elvis Presley, Percy Sledge, Boz Scaggs, and Jerry Garcia. Now she has a new band that she’s quite certain is on a creative par with anything she’s ever done. “This band is a perfect fit for me as a singer/songwriter,” she said recently, “and I hope to be doing this for a long time to come. We’re having so much fun with this music!”The Grateful Dead alumna has joined up with six members of the next musical generation – Mookie Siegel (David Nelson Band; formerly Phil & Friends, RatDog), Wendy Lanter (Hope in Time), and Jeff Mattson, Tom Circosta, Klyph Black and Dave Diamond (Zen Tricksters) to form Donna Jean and the Tricksters. Look out! Things have come full circle and anything’s possible. Oh, sure, they’re gonna jam. But the band has seven vocalists and an incredible array of songwriting talent, and DJ&tT is going to make waves in ways you’d never anticipate.Born in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Donna Jean was a vocalist at both Muscle Shoals Sound Studios and Fame Studios, home of the legendary “Muscle Shoals Sound,” on records like Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds,” Percy Sledge’s “When A Man Loves a Woman,” and Boz Scagg’s eponymous first solo album. She moved to San Francisco, married Keith Godchaux, and spent the 1970s as a vocalist in the Grateful Dead as well as the Jerry Garcia Band. After life with the Dead, she and Keith created the Heart of Gold Band with drummer Greg Anton. Following various side trips, she resumed serious focus on her singing in the ‘90s, recording a new Heart of Gold Band album, At the Table, and singing with Phil & Friends and her own Donna Jean Band. But it was at a benefit concert for the Dead’s Rex Foundation in 2006, The Black Tie-Dye Ball, that she bonded with the Tricksters and decided that she’d found her future.The Zen Tricksters began on Long Island in the early 1980s. Lead by guitar wizard Jeff Mattson, the ZT have played for more than 20 years, establishing records at the legendary Wetlands Preserve and taking part in every Gathering of the Vibes. With Klyph Black on funky, blues-based bass and vocals (and slide and dobro), Tom Circosta on rhythm guitar and vocals, and Dave Diamond on drums, percussion, and vocals, the ZT rapidly became known as the best Dead-oriented band around – and a great deal more. After a substantial career doing session work, Wendy Lanter joined with Tom Circosta to create the band Hope in Time as a platform for their original music. She is a fabulous vocalist, adding angelic harmonies to Donna Jean’s work. Finally, Mookie Siegel (keyboards and vocals) emerged from Baltimore in the ‘80s to become a member of such bands as the David Nelson (New Riders of the Purple Sage) Band, Bob Weir’s RatDog, and Phil Lesh & Friends.Yet this band – a felicitous combination of experience and youth, with skills that cross all musical genres and defy category – is a great deal more than even the sum of its parts. Something happened when they met – and DJ&tT is now (3/07) going into the studio to show you what that was. | |
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Music:Member Since: 8/2/2006Band Website: donnajeanandthetricksters.com Band Members: Donna Jean Godchaux - Vocals; Jeff Mattson - Vocals, Guitar; Mookie Siegel - Vocals, Keyboards; Tom Circosta - Vocals, Guitar; Klyph Black - Vocals, Bass; Wendy Lanter - Vocals; Dave Diamond - Drums, Vocals Record Label: DIG Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Americana / Jam Band / Other) |
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DONNA JEAN & THE TRICKSTERS NEW CD OUT NOW !!! |
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| new cd available everywhere online and in stores now !!!!! Posted by Donna Jean and the Tricksters on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:30:00 PST |
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DJ&tT ALL OVER YOUTUBE.COM |
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| need a fix of live Donn Jean & the Tricksters? they are all over youtube.com.wow !!!! Posted by Donna Jean and the Tricksters on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:59:00 PST |
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DJ&tT’s Western Swing |
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| Donna Jean and the Tricksters kicked off their western swing on Wednesday with a visit to David Gans' "Dead to the World" show on KPFA, Berkeley, followed the next night by a truly stunning show at th... Posted by Donna Jean and the Tricksters on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:01:00 PST |
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THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS DONNA JEAN AND THE TRICKSTERS |
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| yes my friends you are reading this right. the name of the band has changed to donna jean and the tricksters. a little shorter and more concise ... don't you agree ? Posted by Donna Jean and the Tricksters on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:41:00 PST |
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DJ&TT in the studio |
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| So as this is written very late/early in the am. DJ&TT are in the studio recording. Be on the look out for a release in '07 Posted by Donna Jean and the Tricksters on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:31:00 PST |
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DONNA JEAN & THE TRICKSTERS |
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| yes that's right , you read it right. look out for Donna Jean & the Tricksters formerly known as Kettle Joe's Psychedelic Swamp Revue... Posted by Donna Jean and the Tricksters on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:27:00 PST |
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