Country Joe McDonald
Biography
Joseph Allen "Country Joe" McDonald (January 1, 1942 – March 7, 2026) was an American singer, songwriter, musician and film composer, who was the lead singer and co-founder of the 1960s psychedelic folk-rock group Country Joe and the Fish. He wrote some of the group's most well-known songs, including "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" and "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag", the latter a protest song against US involvement in the Vietnam War. After the group's breakup in 1971, McDonald performed as a solo artist and in the spirit of Woody Guthrie, continued to musically espouse his political views through his original songs.
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Movies (19)
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
as Self
2019
Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
as Self
2019
What is Classic Rock?
as Self
2018
This Ain't No Mouse Music!
as Self
2014
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
as Self
2014
Born In Chicago
as Self
2013
Woodstock: Untold Stories
as Self
2009
Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances
2002
Woodstock Diary
as Self
1994
More American Graffiti
as Country Joe and the Fish
1979
What Is to Be Done?
Music (Sound)
1972
Stamping Ground
as Self
1971
Zachariah
as Member of The Crackers
1971
Woodstock
as Self - Country Joe and the Fish
1970
Light and the City
Music (Sound)
1970
How We Stopped the War
as Self
1969
Monterey Pop
as Self - Country Joe and The Fish
1968
Revolution
as Himself
1968
From Protest to Resistance
Music (Sound)
1968
