Sunday, May 24, 2009

Country Joe McDonald

Country Joe McDonald (born Joseph Allen McDonald, January 1, 1942 in Washington, DC) was the leader and lead singer of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Country Joe & the Fish.

Country Joe has recorded 33 albums and has written hundreds of songs over a career spanning 40 years. He and Barry Melton co-founded Country Joe & the Fish which became a pioneer psychedelic rock band with their eclectic performances at The Avalon Ballroom, The Fillmore, Monterey Pop Festival and both the original and the reunion Woodstock Festivals.

Their best-known song is his "The "Fish" Cheer / I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag," a black comedy novelty song about the Vietnam War, whose familiar chorus ("One, two, three, what are we fighting for?") is well known to the Woodstock generation and Vietnam Veterans of the 1960s and 1970s. He is also known for "The Fish Cheer" which was a cheerleader-style call-and-response with the audience where Joe spelled out "fish" ("Give me an F!").

"Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die" (A sing along from what wound up to be 450,000 people)

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