More Wuzzup
 Ed Palm has written a column for the Kitsap (Washington) Sun about me and the all-volunteer military.
 Author Farley Mowat has died at 92. It was Farley Mowat's book A Whale for the Killing that got me started on the journey of learning about whales and writing songs about whales. RIP Farley.
Read an interview with me on Woody Guthrie and other things in the Huffington Post.
Bill Mankin has written a thoughtful history of rock festivals.
Check out pictures from Mr. Mopps' 50th birthday party.
Lincoln Cushing writes:
Spain Rodriguez, fantastic illustrator, underground cartoonist, and artist, passed away today [November 28].Read an obituary. The Hugh Thompson Foundation has been formed in honor of the hero of My Lai. It will devote itself to issues of veterans' welfare and military ethics.
Our pals in the record business, Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records and Germany's Bear Family Records, have both won richly-deserved Grammy Awards. Check out a video about Chris and his work.
A video snippet of me backstage at Woodstock has surfaced.
Watch a video of my song "Power Plant Blues."
Jean Yamashita -- "Mrs. Mopps" -- has died. Read an obituary.
Read about my performance at the SF county jail.
There's an interview with me by the folks at Songwriters Marketplace.
I visited the Chilean village of Copiapó, where the miners were trapped, in 1970. Hear a song I wrote about it. How I came to be there.
"Fixin'-to-Die" has ended up on Rosario Dawson's protest song playlist at BlackBook magazine.
The Ventura County I am going to be listed as one of the Famous Toastmasters by Toastmasters International. I joined and participated in the organization a while back and found it to be extremely helpful in improving not only my speaking but performing also.
Peter Donohoe has posted a blog article about his favorite song, "Here I Go Again."
You can download Evelyn Miller's two-hour radio program on Country Joe and the Fish here.
Visit my page about the 40th anniversary of Woodstock.
New information that emerged in connection with the recent 40th anniversary commemoration of the Kent State killings has raised calls for a new investigation. More info.
In 2008 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.
Still more "lost recordings" by Woody Guthrie have been discovered.
Bob Gordon, internationally known entertainment lawyer, has a long history of helping Country Joe and The Fish and Country Joe McDonald. He is a friend and he has started his own entertainment career and in support we post his bio here and link to a video of his show.
Robert E. Gordon ("Bob") has been an Entertainment Lawyer in California since 1960, first in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, and since 1972 in the San Francisco Bay Area. His primary interest has been in all phases of the music industry, including representation of record companies, music publishing companies, managers and agents, and various performing and recording artists, including many "superstars." His clients over the years include A&M Records, the Kingston Trio, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Janis Joplin, Ray Charles, The Doobie Brothers, Van Morrison, Bobby Darin, the Kronos Quartet and many others.Watch Bob Gordon and his All-Star Review. Pete Seeger turned 90 on May 3, 2009; his birthday concert at Madison Square Garden sold out in two hours. There's a petition to nominate Pete for a Nobel Peace Prize. You can sign it here. You may not know that Pete was involved in the founding of the Clearwater environmental organization.
Barry "The Fish" Melton has retired from his job as Yolo County public defender. Maybe he'll become a scientist.
Sadly, Country Joe's Cafe and the Cafe de la Paz have closed, a victim of the economic downturn. Learn more here. The Open Mic Nights, however, will continue at a new venue -- more info here.
An article in the April, 2009 NurseWeek magazine describes Country Joe's new "Tribute to Florence Nightingale and Nursing" show.
See Sarah Palin as President.
Check out my classic 58 Oldsmobile:
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Country Joe McDonald was in Canada the first weekend in June playing a benefit for Corey Glass, who fled to Canada to escape being court-martialed for desertion from Iraq. Glass is being deported to the United States.
When McDonald returned, his baggage claim ticket for his guitar case had "Luv Yr Stuff" written on it in marker, apparently by a baggage handler. But when he opened the case, it looked as though his 1960s Gibson guitar had been bashed with a hammer. A supervisor at United told him, "I have decided not to file your claim for damage as the case is not really harmed ... just the guitar."
An airline representative confirms this practice, although she says the situations are reviewed "on a case-by-case basis .... The airlines do not open bags and inspect them. Has your reader filed a complaint with the TSA? That is what we recommend travelers do in these scenarios."
Fortunately, I took it to Pete Webster at Guitar-o-Rama (6116 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, 510-547-2009) and he was able to fix it up good as new.
But the story didn't end there. Leah Garchik's column in the August 14 San Francisco Chronicle:
