FISH FAMILY REUNION

In 1977 the original lineup reformed for a slight reunion as such.

Tracks

• Come To The Reunion (Hirsch)
• Time Flies By (McDonald)
• Stateline, Nevada (Melton)
• Love Is A Mystery (Melton)
• Dirty Claus Rag (McDonald / McDonald / Charters / Marsh)
• Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine (II) (McDonald)
• Thunderbird (McDonald)
• Gibson's Song (Bennet Cohen)
• No One Can Teach You How To Live (Melton)
• Insufficient Funds (Barthol / Marsh)
• Dreams (Cohen / Richardson)

Musicians

• Country Joe McDonald - acoustic guitar, harmonica (on Insufficient Funds), trombone (on Stateline, Nevada), vocals
• Barry Melton - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, dobro, synthesizer (on No One Can Teach You To Live), vocals
• David Bennett Cohen - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards
• Bruce Barthol - bass, vocals (on Insufficient Funds)
• Gary 'Chicken' Hirsh - drums, percussion, sandblocks (on Dirty Claus Rag)
• John Otis - congas
• Sam Charters - jug (on Dirty Claus Rag)
• Jim Price - horns
• Bobby Keyes - horns
• Trevor Lawrence - horns
• Steve Madaio - horns 

FISH STORIES

 

Off to a slow start here. The holidays bogged me down a bit but alas we are back for another year. I decided to revisit this post from a couple of years ago. I updated the songs included and added 9 more to make it my usual standard of 24. I also reworked the cover image. This is of course is  a self - made Lp that really did not exist but the songs are a great mix coming from different sources. And of course it is nice to begin the year with a little Country Joe & the Fish. ....

 

From The Monterey Pop Festival

01  Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
02  The Bomb Song

From The Zachariah Film Soundtrack

03  All I Need
04  We're The Crackers

From the Roger Corman Gas Soundtrack
as Johnny and the Tornados

05  Cry A Little
06  Juke Box Serenade
07  Castles
08  The Pueblo Pool
09  Bubble Gum Girl
10  Gas Man (also known as Barry's Caviar Dream)

 From The First Rag Baby EP

11  Free Some Day
12  Johnny's Gone To The War
13  Fire In The City

From The Life And Times LP

14  Marijuana

From The San Francisco Nights Collection

15  Private Party Jam

Outtake from LP CJFish featuring John Cipollina

16  Captain Sunshine

From the Acid Sounds bootleg( 1st Lp Outtakes)

17  Section 43
18  Grace
19  Masked Marauder
20  Bass Strings

Live from Stockholm November 1968

21  Rock and Soul Music
22  Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine

Live from The Bitter End 1968

23 Love
24 Who Am I?

CJ FISH - CAROUSEL FEB 14-68

Country Joe And The Fish:
Carousel Ballroom,
S.F., California.
Feb 14 1968 (FM Radio Broadcast on KMPX)

Fish Cheer
I Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die Rag
LSD
Thursday
Rock Coast Blues
Masked Marauder
Death Sound Blues
Flying High
Rock & Soul Music
Tom Donahue Outro for KMPX

CJ FISH - EARTH TAVERN 9-16-78

Earth Tavern, Portland, OR 16 September 1978
Country Joe McDonald, Barry Melton, Bob Flurie, Harold DeCevus?, Peter Albin

Set 1

Here I Go Again
Fuck Cheer/I Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die
Mojo Navigator
Section 43
Save the Whales (cut)
Rock & Soul Music
Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine

Set 2

Rock & Soul Music
Love
Flying High
Oh Jamaica
LSD
Superbird
FUCK Cheer/I Feel Like I'm Fixing to Die
Section43 (Cut)

CJ FISH - RAINBOW 9-18-78

Personnel:

Country Joe McDonald
Barry Melton
Bob Hogins - Keyboards
Bob Flurie - Guitar
Harold Aceves - drums,
Peter Albin – Bass

Setlist: (Runtime about 95 minutes)

CD 1

Intro/Rock And Soul Music
Love
Flying High
Colorado Town
FUCK cheer
I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die
Bass Strings

CD 2

"Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?" (joke time)
Coyote
Butchers Boy
Section 43
Save The Whales
Closer
Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
Rock And Soul Music (reprise)

The backing band have played in Country Joe and The Fish and also with Barry Melton:

Bob Hogins and Bob Flurie played on Barry's 1977 LP We Are Like The Ocean

Harold Aceves (Quicksilver Messenger Service 1st drummer) along with Bob Hogins and Bob Flurie played on Barry's 1979 LP Level With Me also appeared in More American Graffiti as Country Joe and the Fish

Peter Albin – a member of Big Brother and The Holding Company, Played with CJ & The Fish from Feb – June 1969 and played on Here I Go Again LP. He also played with Barry from 1980s

FROZEN FISH

4/26/70
Frost Amphitheater

• Country Joe McDonald - guitar, vocals
• Barry Melton - guitar, vocals
• Greg Dewey - drums
• Mark Kapner - keyboards
• Doug Metzner - bass

1. Babylon
2. Silver and Gold
3. Not so Sweet Martha Lorraine
4. Sing, Sing, Sing
5. Baby, You’re Driving Me Crazy
6. Crystal Blues
7. Rockin’ All Around the World
8. Love Machine
9. Feel Like I’m Fixin to Die Rag
ENCORE:
10. Untitled Jam
11.The Return of Sweet Lorraine

CJ FISH - NEW YORK

Country Joe & The Fish
March 25, 1970
Suffolk, NY


01 intro 00:42
02 Babylon 02:40
03 Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine 04:13
04 Crystal Blues 06:30
05 Sing Sing Sing 03:04
06 Mara 04:09
07 Do The Fish > 11:11
08 Love Machine > 07:24
09 drums > 02:14
10 Love Machine > 03:03
11 Rockin' Round The World 10:26

CJ FISH - ACID SOUNDS

 

FANTASY FISH

   One of the earliest recordings of the original band. Quality is average but hey what do you want for 1967.


 Country Joe and the Fish

Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Festival
Marin County, California, USA
June 11, 1967

01 Thing Called Love (3:56)
02 Bass Strings (7:59)
03 The Masked Marauder (4:51)
04 Super Bird (5:49)
05 Acid Commercial (2:24)
06 Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine (6:12)
07 Porpoise Mouth (4:40)
08 I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag (4:24)

"Country" Joe McDonald - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Kazoo
Barry "The Fish" Melton - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Bruce Barthol - Bass Guitar
David Cohen - Keyboards
Gary "Chicken" Hirsh - Drums

JOE MCDONALD HAD SOME FISH

 As I repost the Fish material from previous postings I will try to add some other shows or selections from Country Joe and Barry the Fish Melton The Country Joe band in 84 included all members from the original band except for Barry. Below r to l are Joe, David, Bruce and Chicken.

 

Country Joe McDonald Band

1984-10-12
Cotati,ca.
Cotati Cabaret


01.Flyin' High
02.Masked Marauder
03.Superbird
04.You And I
05.Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag
06.LSD Rag
07.Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
08.Rock And Soul Music
09.Intros/Save The Whales
10.Peace On Earth


Band:
Dorgi Moskowitz
David Cohen
Peter Walsh
Gary "Chicken" Hirsch
Gee Stewart
Bruce Barthol

FISH STOMP

Country Joe and Barry Melton played with with Bob Flurie, Bob Hogins, Peter Albin and Harold Aceves as Country Joe and the Fish 

 

Disc 5

Country Joe And The Fish

01. Chet Helms Introduction
02. Rock and Soul Music
03. Love
04. Flying High >
05. Colorado Town
06. Here I Go Again (A Psychedelic Waltz)
07. Mojo Navigator >
08. Section 43 >
09. Save The Whales >
10. The FISH Cheer >
11. Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag
12. Rock and Soul Music

CJ FISH - ACID COMMERCIALS