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Photo from Country Joe's 1968 marriage to Robin Menken. McDonald was married to Kathe Werum from 1963 to 1966. McDonald has noted that his girlfriend at the time, Janis Joplin, showed much anger for breaking up with her to be with Robin Menken but asked him to write a song about her; the result was "Janis".
Janis Joplin and Big Brother performed there along with the Hare Krishna founder Bhaktivedanta Swami, Allen Ginsberg, Moby Grape, and the Grateful Dead, donating proceeds to the Krishna temple. [50] [51] [52] In early 1967, Joplin met Country Joe McDonald of the group Country Joe and the Fish. The pair lived together as a couple for a few ...
All songs by Country Joe McDonald, except where noted. "Janis" is the first song on side two of the original LP. "Janis" is the first song on side two of the original LP. " The "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag " – 3:44
Janis Joplin thrilled rock fans with her soulful music. As she burst onto the scene in the late 1960s, she was known for songs that were a unique mix of rock, folk, and blues. After her death in ...
After Joplin and Sam Andrew left Big Brother, Dave Getz and Peter Albin joined Country Joe and the Fish and toured the U.S. and Europe and played on the Country Joe album Here We Are Again (Vanguard Records 1969). [20] Getz and Albin left Country Joe in May 1969 with the intention of re-forming Big Brother with guitarist David Nelson. [20]
The first lineup of Country Joe and the Fish formed in mid-1965, when Country Joe McDonald (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Barry "The Fish" Melton (lead guitar, vocals) came together as a duo. [1] The two musicians had a background rooted in folk music , were enamored with the recordings of Woody Guthrie , and worked on the local acoustic ...
Janis Joplin – 13 Deliverin' Poco: Live 15 Hooker 'n Heat: ... Country Joe McDonald – November. Day Album Artist Notes 1 Cold Spring Harbor: Billy Joel –
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival held on a 600-acre (2.4-km 2) dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969.Thirty-two acts performed during the sometimes rainy weekend in front of nearly half a million concertgoers.