Every time I see a news item like this I feel a little older. He was a thrid-tier artist who I remember being booed off stage at the Capital Theater in Passaic back in the day. Anyway, this popped today up in a news feed I follow.
Country Joe McDonald, the lead singer of Country Joe and the Fish, has died. The iconic singer, who co-founded the band known for its psychedelic folk rock and legendary 1969 Woodstock performance, died Saturday evening. His cause of death is unclear. Born Joseph Allen McDonald, was 84 years old.
Country Joe and the Fish was one of the most influential groups in the San Francisco music scene in the mid to late ’60s, addressing counterculture issues like protesting the Vietnam War and recreational drug use.
They’re known for songs like “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag,” (above) - one of the the era’s most recognizable anti-Vietnam War protest songs.
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weirdest concert I ever saw was Country Joe and Melanie. At Morris County CC in '71(?). I knew the guy who booked the gig. He was a huge fan of her Leftover Wine album. She was touring on the pop hit I've got a brand new pair of roller skates. Half the audience was Tween girls with their moms. The rest was...well, us. Country Joe jumped right in with the fish cheer. Shock and Awe brother.
ReplyDeleteHeard him perform it at "The Celebrastion of Life Festival" in New Roads, LA in Summer 1971. Sweetie's late husband lived on the same dorm floor in Berkeley around 1960 or so.
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