DiscoverBackstage Chats with Women In MusicDonna Jean Godchaux MacKay, Part 2
Donna Jean Godchaux MacKay, Part 2

Donna Jean Godchaux MacKay, Part 2

Update: 2022-09-22
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This is Part II of Thea Wood’s chat with Donna Jean Godchaux McKay. In this episode, the Alabama native leaves a promising musical career in Muscle Shoals for uncharted waters in California. She got more than she bargained for!

 

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In this episode, Donna Jean Godchaux Mackay covers:

— Why she left a lucrative music career in Muscle Shoals

— Her life-changing decision to join the Grateful Dead 

— Forming female friendships while on the road

— Regrouping after tragedy strikes 

— Why she re-recorded “Shelter” and its importance in today’s world 

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Donna Jean Godchaux MacKay, Part 2

Donna Jean Godchaux MacKay, Part 2

Guest: Donna Jean Godchaux McKay, Host: Thea Wood, Production/voiceover: Chloe Brown, Photo (feature):, Song credits for “Shelter”: Donna Jean Godchaux McKay, Theme song: Pond 5