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 elcome to my home on the web. I'm a singer and songwriter, I used to
be in Country Joe & the Fish, and
I live in Berkeley,
California.
At the Newport Beach Fair Grounds in 1968. A helicopter overhead dropped flowers just as Char Martin snapped a picture.
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 Get info on my upcoming gigs and booking.
Visit my page about the 40th anniversary of Woodstock.
Read Greg Dewey's reminiscenses about playing Woodstock.
When I was in Ohio on November 15 I was lucky to see Woodstock: Back to the Garden, a musical performance by Shadowbox. This excellent musical brings to the stage the entire Woodstock Music Festival in a entertaining way I would not have thought possible. And it is an honor to have someone play me and sing "I Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die." This show belongs on Broadway! Shadowbox is bringing it back by popular demand starting February 7, 2010. I suggest you all go and see it. (Although it may not be called "Woodstock": get the story.)
Here's a nice review of the last "Heroes of Woodstock" show.
Speaking of concerts, The Monterey County Herald has a reminiscence of the 1970 Big Sur Folk Festival. And it's the 40th anniversary of the Palm Beach Pop Festival. Check out the poster.
Peter Donohoe has posted a blog article about his favorite song, "Here I Go Again."
Read an article about my early collaborator Blair Hardman.
Nancy Schimmel invites you to celebrate her 75th birthday on March 20 at Berkeley's Freight and Salvage.
Still more "lost recordings" by Woody Guthrie have been discovered. I periodically perform a 90 minute song-and-spoken word Tribute to Woody Guthrie.
I am advising on a box set of music that covers the history of the Vietnam War. It's called Next Stop Is Vietnam: The War on Record: 1954-2008 and it's coming out next year on Bear Family Records. The set is 13 discs including two that are specifically devoted to Vietnam vet singer-songwriters. Also included is a book that features an essay on the history of the war and extensive text on the music and artists. Full lyrics of each song will also be in the book. So these aren't just liner notes -- this is a real book! Bear Family is known for the care and effort they put into their sets and I'm very excited about this project. Note: Bear Family is having problems contacting artists for permission to include songs in the box set. If you are or know these artists please contact Bear Family.
Laurel Krause has started a campaign to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Kent State killings this May 4 by convening a "Truth Tribunal."
A year ago I had a guitar busted by United handlers flying back from a gig. (Check out the story.)
The same thing happened to Dave Carroll. But he took drastic action -- he wrote a song and made a video.
The City of Berkeley is continuing to work on the bronze plaque commemorating Berkeley's casualties in World War II. There is a now revised list of names. If you know of someone from Berkeley who died in that war, please check the list to make certain that person's name is on it.
Fan Jake Brutman has started an on-line petition calling for the induction of Country Joe and the Fish and Canned Heat into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. You can sign it here.
Bobby Roth's film Berkeley, featuring 10 Country Joe and the Fish songs, is available on DVD from Amazon.
The DreamWorks Studios film about the Chicago Seven trial, originally to be directed by Steven Spielberg, is now penciled in for 2010 with Ben Stiller at the helm. Read my testimony in the trial.
More Wuzzup...
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I have put together a fifty-minute "Tribute To Florence Nightingale And Nursing" using spoken word and song. I have tried to tell the story of the Lady With The Lamp and my interest in her life in an entertaining and educational way. The listener will gain much new information about the founder of modern nursing from her own words and the words of experts on her life and my songs about her and nursing and my own words. If you are interested in having me come and perform this tribute please e-mail me. Read a story about the show from NurseWeek, and another about my performance at Samuel Merritt University.
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Here are some videos of me folks have put up:
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A biography
A timeline -- listing my performances and other events
Movies, TV, and stage
G.I. Joe -- me in the service
Look at my secret FBI file
Read my testimony at the Chicago Seven trial
About Woodstock
A discography
Lyrics and album notes
"I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" -- everything you want to know about the song and much, much more!
The story of the notorious Fish Cheer.
My guitars.
Listen to Country Joe In Space, a virtual compilation of my science-fiction oriented songs. Available only in cyberspace!
Looking for a particular CD? Here's the scoop on all the titles.
Joe's Jukebox
War music
The Great Springfield Pig Roast
Would you like to rent a one-half scale
replica of Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC? It is 240
feet long and five feet high and fits in a trailer. Contact the Lake County Vetz, (847) 336 3825, 535 N. Pioneer Court, Waukegan, IL 60085-3259.
Vietnam and war news
Vietnam veteran-related links
Fun with Gunz!
Music and psychedelic links
Animal/ecology links and news
Pot news
Berkeley links
A 2010 Country Joe appointment calendar, in Acrobat format. (The 2009 calendar is here.)
A Sixties Scrapbook
Amazing stories that folks have sent me.
"Country Joe collects dolls!?" Yeah, what's it to ya? See my nurse doll collection.
The attic, where we store old junk.
My site dedicated to the accomplishments of Florence Nightingale
My record company's site, <Rag Baby .com>, featuring the Rag Baby On-line Magazine
Country Joe's Cafe
Country Joe & the Fish
"Wildman" Dave Diamond's Country Joe & the Fish fan page
Barry "The Fish" Melton
David Bennett Cohen
Bruce Barthol
Gary "Chicken" Hirsh
Mark Kapner
ED Denson
The Jabberwock
Berkeley's Vietnam Vets' Memorial
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