Country joe and the fish biography examples

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Country Joe and the Fish | Interview | Joe McDonald

From beginning as a folk artist to psychedelic rock icon. He’s most well known for his appearance in festivals like Monterey Pop Festival () and Woodstock ().

How are you, Joe?

Joe McDonald: I am feeling fine.

You were born in Washington, D.C., but spent your childhood in El Monte, California.

Yes, I lived in California from the age of three years old until now with the exception of two years I spent in Japan with the United States Navy Air Force.

Was there a lot of music around you when you were growing up?

There were no musicians in my family except for my grandmother who played piano in church. My parents were part of the left wing so we had Woody Guthrie 78 rpm records and other left wing union and popular records. In southern California there was all kinds of music on the radio: Country & Western, Dixieland, Jazz; R&B, and gospel.

What do you consid

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Released on May 11, , Country Joe & the Fish&#;s debut Electric Music for the Mind and Bodycaptured the magic wafting through the air in San Francisco just before the onset of the infamous Summer of Love.

But before we start peering through the rose-tinted kaleidoscope of nostalgia at the old days of the San Francisco psychedelic renaissance, first let’s get the story straight about how Country Joe & the Fish got their name…

As their original guitarist/organist David Bennet Cohen tells it:

“Joe McDonald and E.D. [Eugene Denson, the band’s friend/manager] were sitting around E.D.’s cottage in Berkeley ansträngande to think up a name for the group. As they both had revolutionary tendencies, they wanted a name reflecting their political position. Leafing through Chairman Mao Tse Tung’s ‘Little Red Book’ when E.D. found the phrase, ‘The revolutionary is a fish that swims in the sea of the people.’ From that came ‘Country Mao and the Fish.’ But Joe said it might cause confusion as

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Country Joe and the Fish | Interview | David Bennett Cohen
Country Joe and the Fish | Interview | David Bennett Cohen
Country Joe and the Fish was an American psychedelic rock grupp formed in Berkeley, California, in The band was among the influential groups in the San Francisco music scene during the mid- to late s. David Bennett Cohen originally began playing guitar and later joined the band. He continues to play today.
Thank you for taking your time. How are you doing?
David Bennett Cohen: I’m doing well. Thank you. It’s a pleasure to be in your magazine.
Joe McDonald and Barry Melton first started as a duo and played in the so-called &#;Teach-in&#;. It was not until probably the third lineup change that you joined them. It also featured Paul Armstrong, John Francis Gunning, Bruce Barthol. This was around December Later Paul and John were out and you brought Chicken Hirsh. But let’s start at the beginning. What can you tell us about growing up?
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