Country Joe and the Fish, from the cover of Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die

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At first, the band membership was open and fluid but by 1967 the group was as follows: "Chicken" Hirsh, (drums) (born Gary Hirsh, in 1940, in Chicago, Illinois, USA); David Cohen (keyboards) (born David Bennett Cohen, 8 April 1942, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA) and Bruce Barthol (bass) (born 11 November 1947, at Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley, California, USA). Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country United States State Illinois Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... NY redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

The lead singer was "Country" Joe McDonald. The lead guitarist was Barry "The Fish" Melton. Co-founders McDonald and Melton added musicians as needed over the life of the band. Country Joe McDonald Country Joe McDonald (born Joseph McDonald, on January 1, 1942 in El Monte, California) was the leader and lead singer of the 1960s rock & roll group Country Joe and the Fish. ... Barry The Fish Melton (born June 14, 1947 in New York City) was the co-founder (1965) and original lead guitarist of Country Joe and The Fish. ...

The band came to perform an early example of Psychedelic music. The LP "Electric Music for the Mind and Body" was very influential on early FM Radio in 1967. Long sets of psychedelic tunes like "Section 43", "Bass Strings", "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine", "Janis" (for and about Janis Joplin) and "Grace" (for singer Grace Slick) (all released on Vanguard Records) were often played back to back on KSAN and KMPX in San Francisco and progressive rock stations around the country. Their first album charted at #39 on September 23 of 1967, their 2nd album at #67 on 2/3/68 and their third at #23 on 8/31/68. Country Joe and The Fish were regulars at Fillmore West and East and Chet Helms's Avalon Ballroom. They were billed with such groups as Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Led Zeppelin, and Iron Butterfly. They played at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and at the Woodstock Festival in 1969. In 1971 the band appeared in a Western film starring Don Johnson as an outlaw gang called the Crackers. The film, entitled Zachariah, was written by the Firesign Theatre and was billed as "The First Electric Western". They also appeared in the George Lucas film More American Graffiti and in the 1971 Roger Corman film Gas-s-s-s. Psychedelia in music (or also psychedelic music, less formally) is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles, genres and scenes, that may include psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, psychedelic pop, psychedelic soul, psychedelic ambient, psychedelic trance, psychedelic techno, and others. ... Electric Music For The Mind And Body by Country Joe and the Fish was one of the first psychedelic albums to come out of San Francisco in 1967. ... Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – 4 October 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. ... Grace Slick (born October 30, 1939) is an American singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starship, and also as a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s. ... Vanguard Records was a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. ... The Fillmore (also known as the Fillmore Auditorium or, for several years, The Elite Club), is a historic music venue in San Francisco, California made famous by Bill Graham (1931–1991). ... Fillmore East was promoter Bill Grahams rock palace in the East Village area of New York City. ... Chet Helms, or Chester Leo Helms, (August 2, 1942 to ~June 25, 2005), born in Santa Maria, California, was the eldest of three sons born to Chester and Novella Helms. ... The Avalon Ballroom is a legendary music venue in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco that operated briefly from 1966 until 1968, and again from 2003 to the present. ... Jefferson Airplane is an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement. ... Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco, California. ... Quicksilver Messenger Service was one of San Franciscos original psychedelic bands of the late 1960s. ... Led Zeppelin were an English rock band that formed in September 1968. ... For other uses, see Iron Butterfly (disambiguation). ... Poster promoting the festival The Monterey International Pop Music Festival took place from June 16 to June 18, 1967. ... The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was a historic event held at Max Yasgurs 600 acre (2. ... Donald Wayne Don Johnson (born December 15, 1949) is an American actor well known for his fame in film and television. ... Zachariah is a 1971 film starring John Rubinstein as Zachariah and Don Johnson as his best friend Matthew. ... The Firesign Theatre are a comedy troupe consisting of Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman, and Philip Proctor. ... George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... More American Graffiti (1979) is the little-seen follow-up film to George Lucass hit film American Graffiti (1973). ... Roger Corman Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926), sometimes nicknamed King of the Bs for his output of B-movies (though he himself rejects this appelation as inaccurate), is a prolific American producer and director of low-budget exploitation movies. ... Gas-s-s-s (also known as Gas! or It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It) was a 1971 motion picture produced and released by American International Pictures, and was producer Roger Cormans final film for AIP, before leaving to found his own New...

Their biggest hit was the anti-war "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag", which debuted the same year of the band, but became best known after Country Joe's solo acoustic performance of it at Woodstock. Country Joe was sued in 2001 by Kid Ory's daughter, Babette Ory, who claimed Joe's "Fixin" Rag infringed her copyright to Kid Ory's Dixieland jazz standard "Muskrat Ramble". In August of 2003, the court case was decided in Joe's favor, since Kid Ory, Babette Ory, and the Muskat Ramble publisher had all known of Joe's song in the late 1960s but no complaint was made for decades. Finding the complaint objectively unreasonable, the court awarded McDonald some of his attorney's fees and costs. Due to the long delay and prejudice, including death of key witnesses, the court did not even reach the lack of substantial similarity issue. Babette Ory and her attorney appealed, and the appellate court affirmed the decision in favor of Joe McDonald. The Fish Cheer / I-Feel-Like-Im-Fixin-To-Die Rag is a popular protest song from the band Country Joe and the Fish from their 1967 album of the same name. ... The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was a historic event held at Max Yasgurs 600 acre (2. ...

Barry Melton was later a founding member of The Dinosaurs and has recently released new recordings of that band whose members included Peter Albin from Big Brother and The Holding Company and John Cipollina from Quicksilver Messenger Service and Copperhead. Melton returned to school and obtained his law degree in 1982. He is currently a public defender in Yolo County, California. The Dinosaurs, formed in 1982, was the only Bay-Area supergroup to emerge from the psychedelic music era of San Francisco. ... Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the psychedelic music scene that also produced the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. ... John Cipollina (August 24, 1943 – May 29, 1989) was a lead guitarist best known for his work with the San Francisco rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service. ... Quicksilver Messenger Service was one of San Franciscos original psychedelic bands of the late 1960s. ... Copperhead is the name given to multiple music bands. ... Yolo County is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California, bordered by the counties of Sacramento, Solano, Napa, Lake, Colusa, and Sutter. ...

Jeff Taylor played with the band in mid-July.

Discography

EP's

1. Talking Issue #1, Rag Baby (1965)
2. Country Joe and the Fish, Rag Baby (1966)

Studio & live albums

1. Electric Music for the Mind and Body, Vanguard (September 1967)
2. I Feel Like I'm Fixin to Die, Vanguard (1967)
3. Together, Vanguard (1968)
4. Here We Are Again, Vanguard (1969)
5. CJ Fish, Vanguard (1970)
6. Reunion, Vanguard (1977)
7. Live! Fillmore West 1969, Vanguard (1996)

Electric Music For The Mind And Body by Country Joe and the Fish was one of the first psychedelic albums to come out of San Francisco in 1967. ... Vanguard Records was a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. ... The second album by Country Joe and the Fish. ...

Compilations

1. Greatest Hits, Vanguard (1969)
2. Life and Times of Country Joe and the Fish, Vanguard (1971)
3. Collector's Items: The First 3 EPs, Rag Baby (1980)
4. Collected Country Joe and the Fish, Vanguard (1988)

External links

• Country Joe & The Fish Page
• Country Joe McDonald's Website
• Barry "The Fish" Melton's Homepage
• Country Joe & The Fish Legacy