Donna Jean Godchaux, Grateful Dead vocalist in the 1970s, will return to Philadelphia on March 7th to host a table at the annual WXPN Beggar�s Banquet fundraiser to be held at Penn�s Landing Caterers, 1301 S. Columbus Blvd. For more information, go to http://www.xpn.org/support-xpn/2009beggarsbanquet.
And since Philly Dead Heads are never satisfied, there�s more. After the Dead�s May 1st concert at The Spectrum (their 51st at the venue), Dead Heads will be able to stroll across Pattison Avenue to McFadden�s, a club located inside Citizen�s Bank Park, where they can � for FREE � see the brand-new Donna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Mattson. Good deal, huh.
This band is a new one, having morphed out of the former Donna Jean and the Tricksters. Donna Jean Godchaux was of course a member of the Grateful Dead. Jeff Mattson is a founding member of the Zen Tricksters, Long Island�s legendary Dead-oriented band, and has played with Phil Lesh and Friends. Together with David MacKay (a member of Muscle Shoals favorites, The Fiddleworms), Joe Chirco (Long Island�s hardest-working drummer), and Mark Adler (a member of Donna Jean�s original Heart of Gold Band), they�ll keep folks dancing �til the wee, wee hours.
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