BANDS:
- Joe Cocker Band
- Leonard Cohen Band
- Dillard & Clark
BIOGRAPHY:
DILLARD & CLARK
She joined Dillard & Clark in February 1969.
Bernie Leadon leaves in May 1969, and Byron Berline arrives:
They released their 2nd album, Through the morning, through the night. But, in December 1969, co-leader Gene Clark leaves, and a new lineup is quickly assembled:
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DILLARD & CLARK #? |
Feb 69-May 69 |
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Doug Dillard (vocals, banjo) | Gene Clark (vocals, guitar) | Donna Washburn vocals, guitar | Bernie Leadon (guitar) | David Jackson (bass) | Jon Corneal (drums) |
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DILLARD & CLARK #? |
May 69-Dec 69 |
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Doug Dillard (vocals, banjo) | Gene Clark (vocals, guitar) | Donna Washburn vocals, guitar | David Jackson (bass) | Byron Berline (violin) | Jon Corneal (drums) |
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DILLARD & CLARK #? |
Dec 69-Mar 70 |
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Doug Dillard (vocals, banjo) | Donna Washburn vocals, guitar | Don Beck (pedal steel guitar) | Billy Ray Latham (banjo, guitar, vocals) | Roger Bush (bass) | Byron Berline (violin) |
JOE COCKER BAND
When Joe Cocker dissolved The Grease Band, he teamed with Leon Russell in a new, almost-crazy project, Mad Dogs & Englishmen.
They stayed together just for 2 months, until May 1970, when Joe Cocker retired for a while.
A double live album was released, Mad dogs and Englishmen.
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JOE COCKER BAND #? |
Mar 70-May 70 |
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Joe Cocker vocals | Leon Russell guitar, keyboards | Don Preston guitar, keyboards | Carl Radle bass | Chris Stainton keyboards | Jim Price trumpet | Bobby Keys sax | Sandy Konikoff percussion | Bobby Torres percussion | Chuck Blackwell percussion, drums | Jim Keltner drums | Jim Gordon drums | Rita Coolidge backing vocals | Claudia Lennear backing vocals | Donna Washburn backing vocals | Daniel Moore backing vocals | Donna Weiss backing vocals | Pamela Polland backing vocals | Matthew Moore backing vocals | Nicole Barclay backing vocals | Bobby Jones backing vocals |
They stayed together just for 2 months, until May 1970, when Joe Cocker retired for a while.
A double live album was released, Mad dogs and Englishmen.
LEONARD COHEN BAND
After Joe Cocker, she joined Leonard Cohen. And I haven´t been able to find more info about Donna, except for albums where she appears.
DISCOGRAPHY: (14 albums known to me - Status: Quite advanced)
ALBUMS AS A BAND MEMBER (5 credits)
- Through the morning, through the night - Dillard & Clark (1969)
- Members: Byron Berline, Jon Corneal, Doug Dillard, David Jackson, Donna Washburn (RIP: Gene Clark)
- Mad dogs and englishmen - Joe Cocker (09/1970)
- Members: Nicole Barclay, Chuck Blackwell, Joe Cocker, Rita Coolidge, Jim Gordon, Bobby Jones, Jim Keltner, Bobby Keys, Claudia Lennear, Daniel Moore, Matthew Moore, Don Preston, Jim Price, Leon Russell, Chris Stainton, Bobby Torres, Donna Washburn, Donna Weiss (RIP: Carl Radle)
- Live songs - Leonard Cohen (1973)
- Members: Leonard Cohen, Ron Cornelius, Charlie Daniels, Corlynn Hanney, David O´Connor, Jennifer Warnes, Donna Washburn
- Producer: Bob Johnston
- Gene Clark and Doug Dillard - Dillard & Clark (1975)
- Members: Don Beck, Byron Berline, Jon Corneal, Doug Dillard, David Jackson, Bernie Leadon, Donna Washburn (RIP: Gene Clark)
- Guests: Chris Hillman (RIP: Sneaky Pete Kleinow)
- The Last of the British blues - John Mayall (1978)
- Members: John Mayall, Soko Richardson, James Quill Smith, Steven Thompson, Donna Washburn, Pepper Watkins, Bernie Watson
- Guests: Judy Brown, Marilyn Scott
- Greatest hits - Joe Cocker (1978)
- Members: Rick Alfonso, Virginia Ayers, Nicole Barclay, Chuck Blackwell, Joe Cocker, Rita Coolidge, Cornell Dupree, Beverley Gardner, Jim Gordon, Neil Hubbard, Bobby Jones, Jim Keltner, Bobby Keys, Sandy Konikoff, Claudia Lennear, Henry McCullough, Daniel Moore, Matthew Moore, Pamela Polland, Don Preston, Jim Price, Bruce Rowland, Leon Russell, Fred Scerbo, Chris Stainton, Bobby Torres, Donna Washburn, Donna Weiss, Alan White (RIP: Tommy Eyre, Felix Flaco Falcon, Nicky Hopkins, Carl Radle, Alan Spenner, Viola Wills, B J Wilson)
- Guests: Madeline Bell, Ben Benay, Bonnie Bramlett, Merry Clayton, Joe Correro, Gloria Jones, Sunny Leslie, Shirley Matthews, Dave McDaniel, Jimmy Page, Sam Rivers, Sid Sharp (RIP: Milt Holland, Patrice Holloway, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Clarence White)
- The Anthology - Joe Cocker (08/1999)
- Members: Virginia Ayers, Nicole Barclay, Chuck Blackwell, Mitch Chakour, Rita Coolidge, Cornell Dupree, Gordon Edwards, Steve Gadd, Beverley Gardner, Cliff Goodwin, Jim Gordon, Howie Hersh, Jim Horn, Neil Hubbard, Jim Keltner, Bobby Keys, Sandy Konikoff, Ann Lang, Albert Lee, Claudia Lennear, Henry McCullough, Daniel Moore, Matthew Moore, Pamela Polland, Don Preston, Jim Price, John Riley, Bruce Rowland, Leon Russell, Kenny Slade, Chris Stainton, Bobby Torres, Donna Washburn, Donna Weiss (RIP: Tommy Eyre, Felix Flaco Falcon, Eric Gale, Nicky Hopkins, Carl Radle, Alan Spenner, Richard Tee, Viola Wills, B J Wilson)
- Guests: Wally Badarou, Adrian Belew, Madeline Bell, Ben Benay, Stu Blumberg, Bonnie Bramlett, Gary Brown, Ollie E Brown, Artie Butler, Clem Cattini, Mikey Chung, Merry Clayton, David Cohen, Joe Correro, Sly Dunbar, Wilton Felder, Venetta Fields, Matthew Fisher, Jay Graydon, Phil Guilbeau, Rosetta Hightower, Stix Hooper, Carol Kaye, Mike Kellie, Clydie King, Trevor Lawrence, Sunny Leslie, Steve Madaio, Shirley Matthews, Dave McDaniel, Jimmy Page, David Paich, Bernard Purdie, Chuck Rainey, Barry Reynolds, Sam Rivers, Joe Sample, Robbie Shakespeare, Sid Sharp, Big Jim Sullivan, Jennifer Warnes, Steve Winwood, Mona Lisa Young (RIP: Barry Beckett, Leroy Cooper, Hank Crawford, Milt Holland, Patrice Holloway, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Jeff Porcaro, Clarence White)
- Producer: Chris Blackwell, Stewart Levine, Allen Toussaint (RIP: Denny Cordell, Mike Leander, Alex Sadkin)
- Technical: Glyn Johns, Eddie Kramer, Tony Visconti (RIP: Henry Lewy)
- Douglas Flint Dillard - Doug Dillard (1974)
- Members: Doug Dillard
- Guests: Linda Dillard, Buddy Emmons, David Jackson, Joe Osborn, Herb Pedersen, John Raines, Rick Ruskin, Ron Starr, Donna Washburn, Pepper Watkins (RIP: Vassar Clements, Sneaky Pete Kleinow)
- Heaven - Doug Dillard (1979)
- Members: Doug Dillard
- Guests: Byron Berline, Linda Dillard, John Hobbs, David Jackson, John Raines, Donna Washburn
- Into the purple valley - Ry Cooder (1972)
- Members: George Bohanon, Ry Cooder, Van Dyke Parks (RIP: Jim Dickinson, Milt Holland)
- Guests: Chris Ethridge, Gloria Jones, Jerome Jumonville, Claudia Lennear, Donna Washburn, Donna Weiss
- Less than a song - Hoyt Axton (1973)
- Members: (RIP: Hoyt Axton)
- Guests: Ron Cornelius, Tim Drummond, Mac Gayden, Karl Himmel, Claudia Lennear, Linda Ronstadt, Donna Washburn, Donna Weiss (RIP: Sammy Creason)
- Cunha songs - Rick Cunha (1973)
- Guests: David Briggs, Larry Carlton, Jerry Carrigan, Larry Muhoberac, Weldon Myrick, Joe Osborn, Randy Scruggs, Donna Washburn, Donna Weiss, Reggie Young (RIP: Don Brooks, Tommy Cogbill, John Guerin, Waylon Jennings)
- Brenda Patterson - Brenda Patterson (1973)
- Guests: Arthur Adams, Jose ´Chepito´ Areas, John Barbata, Bobby Bruce, Ry Cooder, Tony Dey, Chris Ethridge, Wilton Felder, Venetta Fields, Chuck Findley, Warren Gale, Ed Greene, Jim Horn, Carol Kaye, Clydie King, Mingo Lewis, Jay Dee Maness, Shirley Matthews, Clarence McDonald, Robbie Montgomery, Armando Peraza, Wayne Perkins, Michael Rubini, Louie Shelton, Jessie Smith, Donna Washburn, Donna Weiss, Rusty Young (RIP: Lee Baker, Jim Dickinson, Martin Fierro, John Kahn, Merl Saunders)
- Road songs - Hoyt Axton (1977)
- Members: (RIP: Hoyt Axton, Nicolette Larson)
- Guests: Jeff ´Skunk´ Baxter, Ben Benay, Max Bennett, James Burton, Ernie Carlson, Larry Carlton, Gary Coleman, Ron Cornelius, Hank DeVito, Tim Drummond, Mac Gayden, Emory Gordy, Karl Himmel, Dick ´Slyde´ Hyde, David Jackson, Howard Kaylan, Jim Keltner, Claudia Lennear, Larry Muhoberac, Michael Omartian, Linda Ronstadt, John Rotella, Joe Sample, Jerry Scheff, Tom Scott, Leland Sklar, Mike Utley, Mark Volman, Donna Washburn, Donna Weiss (RIP: Mike Botts, Sammy Creason, Jeff Porcaro, Orville ´Red´ Rhodes)
RELATED MUSICIANS:
Donna Washburn mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
Donna Weiss (8)
Claudia Lennear (6)
David Jackson (5)
Doug Dillard (4)
Jim Keltner (4)
Sneaky Pete Kleinow (4)
Nicole Barclay (3)
Ben Benay (3)
Byron Berline (3)
Chuck Blackwell (3)
Page created by Miguel Terol on: 22/December/2009 - Last modified on: 22/December/2009
She actually worked with Leon Russell and was romantically involved with him, from 67 until he met Rita Coolidge. She co-wrote a couple songs with Leon, Raspberry Rug and I can hear the Darkness, recorded by Harpers Bizarre.
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