In this chat, Donna Jean Godchaux Mackay covers:

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• Meeting and working with a young Cher in the studio
  
• The homemade “instrument" her mother came up with so she could make music as a child
  
• How Muscle Shoals became a safe haven for musicians amidst societal turmoil
  
• How Elvis treated her in the studio and his last words to her before his death
  
• What surprising outfit teen Donna Jean wore to the recording studio --  they still talk about today!
  
• Cultivating lifelong friendships through music
  

Credits:

Song "Shelter" courtesy of Donna Jean & The Tricksters

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