Hedge & Donna: Where are they? (2019 Obit: Donna)

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,coldjam
Date: 08 Jun 07 - 12:29 PM

Me too me too! Clyde can you contact me?
Judy

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Peg
Date: 12 Jun 07 - 05:36 PM

I knew Hedges when he was living in La Jolla in the 1980' and 1990's.
I knew his wife and saw her last at the Del Mar Fair. They were divorced by then. Nancy was his wife then.

Hedges was singing at the "Old Time Cafe" located in Leucadia California
a town located in North County San Diego.
Hedges was still writing and singing but working as a therapist at that time.

I have some tapes of his work that is not on CD or albums.

Peg

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Barry Zimmerman
Date: 13 Jun 07 - 08:13 PM

I believe there are enough loyal fans to encourage the re-release of the albums. I love the guitar work on the earlier albums. My favorite was "(I've got a) Long Way to Go."

I rode the train from Philadelphia to see them at a coffee shop called "Main Point" in Bryn Mayr about 1970. The small group of fans would have stayed all night. After many encores, the show ended. It ended after the last train returned to Philly. We walked back Lancaster Ave however far it was to 34th and Powelton Ave. We had our own "long way to go."

If either Hedge or Donna are reading these replys, we miss your songs and harmonies.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Sandi
Date: 19 Jun 07 - 05:17 PM

I would just love to get CDs of their albums. Yes, their songs STILL ring in my head -- one line especially "just can't breathe here" still haunts me.....
Years ago, I let my teenage brother, who at that time was going through his first puppy love breakup, go through my extensive record album collection to cheer him up and he walked off with over half of them (including my beloved Hedge and Donna records)...........
If there's any way to get copies of their CDs, please contact me!
Thanks!

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Jul 07 - 10:36 PM

Clyde III I am VERY interested in the CD's - how do I contact you?

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Judy
Date: 03 Aug 07 - 04:29 AM

Have you guys tried ebay? Two years ago I got 3 albums in perfect condition. they are packed away someplace, as we moved from San Diego to another state shortly after tHat. And, our stereo, record player or whatever we used to call them, is also packed and in need of a needle. I also just went to ebay and bought an album after they change their profession name to Capers and Carson. Thanks to whoever posted that. I never knew they recorded under a different name. Anyway, if you check ebay, don't forget ebay has several place to look, they have half.ebay.com      ebay express, ebay stores and regular ebay. Some of them might overlap, but just know that sometimes ebay isn't as simple as you thnk.
Always loved H & D after a friend told me about them in the early 70's. Always wondered about them. I checked the internet as soon as we got a computer. Hardly any mention at all back then. Now interesting to see how many people remember them.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,cflpeace
Date: 07 Aug 07 - 09:53 PM

I just googled "hedge and donna" and was amazed to find all these aficionados for a duo that I thought I only knew because I went to Whittier College with them; yes, of course, I knew they had sold seven albums on a major label and, yes, I knew (because I was there) that they once opened for Nina Simone at the Troubadour, but I have so rarely found others who knew them that I was delighted to find so many asking the same question - How do we get their music?
(By the way, you know that amazing solo Donna does on H/D2, "Four Women"? That's Nina's, and Nina and Donna each sang it that night at the Troub.)
Also anyone of you who has their albums on mp3 or cd - especially the first three albums - I would love to get it from you. (How do I contact you?) But I also want someone who knows how to do it to get them made into commercially available cds. I have every one of their records stored away but no functioning record player.
I was a freshman in the senior year of Hedge Capers and Donna Carson. Because Hedge and I were both in the theatre arts department (Donna was sociology/psychology), I met him and hung out with a group he often hung with in the on-campus lunch place. I was fortunate to be asked by a student to be in her one-act play - with Hedge playing my daddy. This student director had never seen me act and had barely met me, so I couldn't figure out how I got the honor till I found out I was to play a fourteen-year-old brat (part of the benefits of looking fourteen when you're nineteen.)
I was aware of Hedge for two reasons before I met him: He did campus concerts, sometimes with Donna and sometimes with the group called "The Capers," which had two other guys, including Arnie Moore (who was mentioned earlier in this thread); and also because I saw him play the young Buddhist priest in the student-directed "Rashamon" - with the same Arnie Moore as the wigmaker. Both were phenomenal. Arnie's bass is also heard on Richie Havens' stunning "Richard P. Havens 1983" which came out in the 1969.
Anyone who knows Hedge or Donna, please tell them I said "hi."

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Guest *Julie Hines*
Date: 09 Aug 07 - 09:37 PM

Another person who saw H&D at the Troubadour who still has "Please Understand Me" running around my brain. I loved their sound and have been looking for old albums for years. I'd love to have a CD or DVD or even MP3 files of their stuff. I keep hoping it will turn up on the newsgroups.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Janice K.
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 02:08 PM

I was one of the early H&D fans from shows at the Main Point (they crashed at a neighbor's who was a manager at the club). When my husband and I spent 10 days in San Francisco in '69 before he shipped out to VietNam and I returned to Bryn Mawr, we were excited to see that H&D were playing at(I think it was) The Hungry I. Because the audience that night was small they couldn't have helped but notice we knew the words to every song they performed. We went backstage after to say hello and one of their backup musicians sold us a little weed which made our last days together even sweeter. Husband didn't make it back from V.Nam--well, he came back in a box (we were so naive)-- and I've always been thankful we could share that beautiful music together. It's bitter-sweet to hear, but I still play their records; bringing back good memories of a romance that ended too soon.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: Wesley S
Date: 17 Aug 07 - 01:43 PM

All the Friendly Colors

Special Circumstances

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Tom
Date: 20 Aug 07 - 06:25 PM

I had thought about uploading a couple of Hedge and Donna mp3's that were mentioned in prior posts (recorded from vinyl) but the site does not allow it and besides there may be copyright issues.

In any case it appears the vinyl is available from ebay and possibly other sources. So get the vinyl. Obtain a good turntable (quality matters). Buy good quality cables from Radio Shack or elsewhere that have RCA type plugs on one end and computer (mini) plug on the other - looks like the smaller type plug on the end of headphones. Your computer must have a sound card for this to work. Plug the RCA into the sound out of your stereo rack system with phono selected. Plug into your sound in on your computer. Obtain sound recording software if you don't have. I like Audacity which is free - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
Now the software may seem imposing - but don't use any of the bells and whistles - leave that for a sound engineer. Just record. It takes a while to even get how to do that - but worth it.

While you are at it - check out Compton and Batteau and also Tim Dawe all on vinyl but not didgital.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: bobad
Date: 20 Aug 07 - 07:17 PM

Three Hedge and Donna LP's available here.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Aug 07 - 04:15 AM

However, you may wish to use Music Match or Nero Wave Editor as you may find them easier to use than Audacity at least for the line in recording. Audacity still works best imo for splitting the tracks. I record one side of the LP at a time and then split with Audacity.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Bill in Kansas
Date: 31 Aug 07 - 09:52 PM

Incredible read! A friend recorded them to cassette tape for me back in 1978 when we were living in Crete, Nebraska. I've lost most everything since, but I KNOW where that tape is! Time to listen to 4 Women again. When I had a cat named Peaches, I thought of that song constantly. The song about the young man (?) who couldn't keep living (?) still haunts me. I loved their harmonies.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Trish
Date: 01 Sep 07 - 06:32 PM

Didn't one of their kids die?

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Michael in Portland
Date: 06 Sep 07 - 07:17 PM

OK everybody - found 3 albums in mp3 format!

http://playitagainmax.blogspot.com/2007/07/hedge-donna-all-friendly-colours-1969.html

Back in the 70's when my brother decided to give away all his belongings to simply his life, he gave away a bunch of mine as well . . . including all my H&D vinyl. Never forgot and did occasional Google searches. Until today nothing had turned up.

But, as of today, I'm revisiting some very old familiar memories and music.

Enjoy!

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 06 Sep 07 - 09:46 PM

Amazing.

I got two of 'em OK but not sure how to get the third.

~S~

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Michael in Portland
Date: 07 Sep 07 - 10:59 AM

Third is on a link from the same page as the other two - http://lix.in/c09da2 - from this site choose the free download, enter the free user code and click on download.

The albums are;
All the Friendly Colors
Revolution
Special Circumstances

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 07 Sep 07 - 12:29 PM

Thanks.

Never saw that .RAR format before. How do I split it into individual MP3s?

~S~

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: Bill D
Date: 07 Sep 07 - 12:36 PM

The is a program called WinRar...but it is not free...

I think there is a free thing called UnRar...and maybe more than one that will do it.
here is one link I found: http://www.philipp-winterberg.de/software/rarzilla_free_unrar.php

You usually just point the program to the .001 file, and if there are others in the list...(.002, .003) it will find them automatically.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 07 Sep 07 - 12:47 PM

The albums play fine as .RAR in KMP Player, BTW. Drag, drop, and watch KMP automatically load the audio player which displays album and track name.

~Susan

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Michael in Portland
Date: 07 Sep 07 - 03:46 PM

RAR is a compressed (zipped) file format. I use 7-zip to unzip them into individual mp3 files.

You can find 7-zip here;
http://www.7-zip.org/

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,TomH
Date: 08 Sep 07 - 02:26 PM

Great links! I'm a great fan of the first album, which seems to be the least known. It was mostly just acoutic guitar. Anybody have a line to that one? BTW they appeared at my high school circa 1969.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Sister
Date: 10 Oct 07 - 06:29 PM

Hey, Just accidentally found this website. I'm Donna's youngest sister. Just wanted to let you all know that Donna is alive and well. She lives and works in Los Angeles, and though singing is no longer her line of business it still remains a vital part of her soul. She remains a talented, lovely, dear person.
Her son has grown up well and is married with children of his own.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Tamina
Date: 11 Oct 07 - 06:00 PM

I saw Hedge and Donna regularly in the early 70's at the Troubador.
I have 4 of their albums, Hedge & Donna, Special Circumstances, All the Friendly Colors and Evolution, and would LOVE to have them on CD.
Jamie was my favorite song

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 11 Oct 07 - 06:40 PM

GUEST,Sister - PM
Date: 10 Oct 07 - 06:29 PM

I am from the other side of the globe, and until I read this thread I had never heard of Hedge and Donna.

Obviously they were very special in the folk community in the US, do you think you could persuade your sister to come onto this thread and communicate with some of the people who were so moved by her music ?

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Kat
Date: 13 Oct 07 - 01:43 PM

Hedge & Donna were and remain my favorite all-time duo! I had the great joy of seeing/hearing them at The Folk Center in San Clemente, CA eons ago! Sad they broke up, but still love to play their music!

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Guest, richaard
Date: 21 Oct 07 - 04:19 AM

CD re-issues of H & D's albums would be the cat's pajamas!
I would like it to be nice and legal though, that is,...like
where the artists receive royalties and all.
   It's great to come across so many fans of Hedge and Donna.
CD's are a good thing. However, would there maybe be some video
out there in googleland? Perhaps a DVD release of extant
performance footage? ... (a nice dream).
   Artists release an energy into the world. Like ripples in
a pond, the energy expands, weaves, and blends into the fabric
of our being. It is clear to me that Hedge and Donna sang not
merely memorable and moving songs but they as well released
something of themselves into the world. It is because of that
"something" that we are all here harmonizing on this thread.
   I have never met either Hedge or Donna. I was not fortunate
enough to have seen them perform. However, just as you, I am
forever touched by them.
   A good thought for Hedge and for Donna...

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Guest- Natjo
Date: 08 Nov 07 - 01:16 AM

What a revolation to find this site! I first learned of Hedge @ Donna from an awesome performance they gave on the Smothers Brothers TV Show about 40 years ago.It remains in my memory as perhaps the most inspiring and passionate music video I have ever seen, and have been trying to find a video copy of that performance for years. I wrote reviews of their albums for my college paper in the early 70's, and have turned on a lot of people to their music over the years; but had never encountered another soul who heard of them except through me. Now, I am not alone anymore. Their music continues to stay with me wherever I go, and I have sung "Always and Endless" from the mountaintops of the Swiss Alps, to the deserts of California. If the highest virtue is to add goodness to life, they have certainly done that to mine.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,stick
Date: 08 Nov 07 - 10:33 PM

Used to see them at the troubador and golden bear. Can't think of anyone who could impress me more. Just hearing them now and then gives me goose bumps. Great blog by the way.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,jeanne_in_florida
Date: 14 Nov 07 - 04:52 PM

Hi Folks. Thank you all for the info. I went to http://playitagainmax.blogspot.com/2007/07/hedge-donna-all-friendly-colours-1969.html and downloaded the 2 albums. Then went to http://www.pewtersoftware.com/winunrar.html and got UnRar for a free trial (5 file limit) and now I'm listening to this beautiful music!

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,ggrumpy
Date: 02 Dec 07 - 07:16 AM

I'm listening to Hedge and Donna on a LP I've had for a very long time. So I thought I'd look them on Google. I had Hodgkins disease back in 89 stage 4 (terminal). I spent a lot of time listening to music that I loved. Hedge and Donna was one I played constantly. I believe the music helped cure me, obviously I didn't die :-)To Donna's sister the next time you talk to her, please pass along my thanks for the music.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 02 Dec 07 - 12:47 PM

I'd like to encourage all the guests who have found Mudcat (and who WILL find Mudcat) via a search for these great artists, to look around the site a little more fully and join us if you like what you find. In the same way Mudcat has made it feasible to extend H&D's legacy, there are many, many more treasures sprinkled through the place, and new ones added every day.

And you may be the next one to bring some other long-ago "great" back into people's ears and minds.

~Susan

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Caleb5412
Date: 10 Dec 07 - 11:30 PM

Wow...I saw Hedge and Donna at the Celler door in Washington DC. Fell in love with them and still have their vinyl. Great duo but as always it is ashame when good things have to come to an end.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Veronica
Date: 13 Dec 07 - 11:50 PM

HI...

I too have been a Hedge and Donna fan for years. I saw them 3 or 4 times in Los Angeles at the Troubadour. They were wonderful. She was so sweet and gentle and he was just loving and adorable.

I have all five albums - not in bad shape. However, I did just purchase a Audio-Technic turntable from Costco for $70.00. What is great about this...the turntable hooks up to your computer and you install the software for the tabletable on to your computer. It converts the music into MP3's and other files. Then one can transfer them into their Ipods.   This is the best solution that I could find to still hear their music until Capitol finally issues their music onto CD's if they ever do.   

It's great hearing all of their music...and how their music was so important to me and how it affected my life. I have often wonder where they are today as well and would check on the internet once a year to see if anyone has heard from them.

Great reading all of the above messages!!!

Veronica

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Kat
Date: 18 Dec 07 - 04:21 PM

LOVE Hedge and Donna! My fave duo of all time! I saw them more than once at the Folk Center in San Clemente, CA. No others like them.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Beth
Date: 25 Dec 07 - 12:04 AM

It gave me chills and brought tears to my eyes to hear Hedge and Donna again (downloaded from links above.) After so many years without a turntable I'd forgotten how deeply their music has affected me.

Like many of you, for years I imagined that knowing about them was my precious secret, and I tried to share them with anyone who would listen. Then, sometime in the 90s my friend Mike mentioned how much he'd always loved H & D, too, and our relationship revealed a deeper layer we hadn't previously known about. I can't explain it, but that's what this music does.

Now I join the others in expressing my wish that these songs could be remastered for cd and the royalties could go where they should, to the artists.

To Sister - tell Donna I love her music beyond description -- and always will. There's something heavenly about it. Thanks a million!

:)

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Sharmagne
Date: 08 Jan 08 - 05:19 PM

hippups I am interested!

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Jan 08 - 05:42 PM

I went to the website but i don't understand how to download? There is no info there on how to do it..

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Sharmagne
Date: 10 Jan 08 - 07:33 AM

Someone just sent me a MP3 of Sunshine!

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: Sharmagne
Date: 10 Jan 08 - 08:02 AM

Susan,
I noticed a lot of sites which offer CDs made from the vinyl, but you have to buy the vinyl and then they make a CD copty of the "record" you bought.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,LeeAnn
Date: 14 Jan 08 - 09:26 PM

Also interested in CD's of their work...particularly Special Circumstances.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Rita Mcknight
Date: 18 Jan 08 - 05:10 PM

Please tell Where to get a copy of "Four women", and if Ican play a sample to friends?

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Chas
Date: 29 Jan 08 - 04:45 PM

Very interesting thread. Read a lot but not all. Stumbled across the thread because I am in the process of digitizing to mp3 three of their albums that I've had in storage for ever. (Special Circumstances, 2, and All The Friendly Colours) I may have a forth but haven't come across it yet.I use the internet to date the music so I can include that in my iTunes library.

The three albums still have the plastic wrappers on them and probably were only played once or twice way back when. I have a lot of LP's. Even if there's a snap or pop the software will clean it up Just finished doing Paul Siebel's Woodsmoke and Oranges (for those that can remember that far back).

Thanks for all the information. It sure is good music.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,Sharon Fisher
Date: 31 Jan 08 - 02:52 AM

"Oh, I love you," said the sparrow to the tree. "I will always let you be what you would be." "In the autumn, in the spring, I will give you songs to sing."

This was a H&D lullaby that I sang to my children as they were growing up. There are more verses that I forgot... I lost my vinyl moving from Canada back to the States. I'm encouraged by this thread to FIND their wonderful songs again.

Thanks for everyone's sharing,
Sharon

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,guest--dc
Date: 16 Feb 08 - 09:25 PM

Just found this. H&D helped me through a troubled year as a teen. I would love to find the first album on cd and I'd love it to be legal and pay royalties. does anyone know of a way to contact their label to request that?

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: ratliffj
Date: 24 Feb 08 - 07:07 PM

Wow-- let me add to those who have said how wonderful it is to find this thread. And let me add my own H&D experience/connection:

My father was a psychology professor at Whittier College in the early/mid-60's and became aware of Donna's talent. I actually still have two reel-to-reel tapes of Donna and Steve Hennesey (on guitar) recorded in our living room, including a beautiful version of "who can I turn to" with just Donna singing. I believe this was intended as a demo tape. (This is also a neat personal recording for me-- listening closely I can hear our dog's collar jingling and the ice cream truck's tune playing from outside.)

I grew up listening to Hedge and Donna and even got a chance to vist backstage when I was 8 years old at the Troubador in LA (about the time the Special Circumstances album was released). I've introduced countless people to their music over the years and my own kids fell in love with 'Jamie' the same way I did. [My personal favorite song is 'Please Understand Me' ('yes your birds of stone are still resting in my hair / I do not mind')-- the song always brings tears to my eyes.]

I did an Internet search years ago to try and find either or both of them just to say "thank-you." This is the first time I've encountered a thread with posts by people who have been touched the same way. If those of you on the list who know either Hedges or Donna and are able to pass along this note, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks. [e-mail]

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,2gr8gifts
Date: 16 Mar 08 - 11:02 PM

I did a search for Headge and Donna quite some time ago, but never found this thread. My sister and I saw them at The Golden Bear in Huntington Beach. Weren't they playing with Seals and Crofts? Or was that another visit? "Jamie" is the only one that has never left my head. I also remember a "Guava Jelly" song. I can't figure out all the downloads mentioned above. I would love to own their CD's. My turntable is in dire need of a needle and speakers. Somehow I just can't seem to part with it however. Please e-mail me if you have any suggestions. I too would like to do this in a ligit manner.

Thanks,
[e-mail]

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST,mulvaney
Date: 19 Mar 08 - 11:08 PM

I first heard Hedge and Donna on the Smothers Brothers, and was fortunate to hear them in concert and listen to their albums after that. The albums are long since gone, but I still remember bits and pieces from them. I have often wished that their music would be reissued -- I think I wore out the first couple of albums even before they disappeared. I had heard about Hedge, but am glad to read in this thread that Donna is doing well.

Subject: RE: Hedge and Donna - Where are they now ?
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Mar 08 - 01:48 PM

I had the opportunity to work with Hedges as a consultant in 2005. Unfortunately this was a difficult time for him since his son (who he was very close to) had just died in a sporting accident. I have not spoken to Hedges since shortly after that incident.