caption current_members website associated_acts years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
heart : greg anton , david mackay , donna jean godchaux of , mark adler , steve kimock . wednesday , 16 gold december 2009 july 2011 band circa 1981 -lrb- l-r -rrb- donna david mackay kinsman mackay mark adler russ randolf jean godchaux-mackay greg anton zion godchaux brian godchaux -lsb- http://www.heartofgoldband.com/ www.heartofgoldband.com -rsb- grateful , boombox , fiddleworms dead , donna jean godchaux band , zero 1980 -- 1981 , 2004 -- present heart of gold records heart of gold band
 keith godchaux steve kimock dexter lablanc greta rose group_or_band rock san francisco , california heart of gold band
heart of gold band

the heart of gold band is an american rock band formed by keith and donna jean godchaux in 1980 following their departure from the grateful dead .
the band took its name from a line in the dead song `` scarlet begonias . ''
