Country Joe McDonald RIP

[Cattledog]

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[Ptah]

2. Be the first one on your block

to have your boy come home in a box.

[LSparkle]

27. A bunch of us kids used to sing that song in the late 60 s

We were piled into our station wagon — me and my sisters and the 3 girls who lived across the street — by our mothers for a shopping trip to Goodwill, singing that song at the top of our lungs. We loved the cuss words and yelled them out, to our moms’ mortification. Rest in peace, Country Joe (and any Fish who have passed on).

[Henry203]

3. I was there

For that song.

[debm55]

15. So was my husband. His brother was drafted. Rich went to Air Force center to sign up, He was and is partially blind

in his right eye. He was turned down.

[1WorldHope]

4. This song has never been far from my heart.

Vietnam could be changed to Iran easily. And a group of protestors could go from bar to bar getting everyone on there too join in. I'm going to start working on it.

[niyad]

33. "Old iran". and "your kid in a box" brings it current.

[1WorldHope]

36. Wish you were here!

[niyad]

37. ???

[1WorldHope]

40. To sing with us.

[niyad]

5. He has been on my mind since last Saturday.

[quaint]

6. Threw me a bit deeper into the swamp of bad news. 🕯😞

Rest easy, you earned it.

[BigmanPigman]

7. I love the set with Barry Melton at Monterey Pop

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[NBachers]

18. I just saw Barry at the Gathering of the Tribes n event up in Arcata Northern California in December.

He put on a phenomenal show.

[BigmanPigman]

24. He still performs?

I thought he went on to be a lawyer.

[quaint]

30. He did, he does, yet he still performs.

[BigmanPigman]

39. I wish I could see him perform.

[NBachers]

41. Barry and I are friends on the much reviled around here Facebook. He frequentlyi posts where he's playing.

Facebook haters here on DU are invited to contact Barry and command him to get off Facebook NOW!

https://www.facebook.com/barry.melton.fan.page

[Demnation]

8. Bummer. Rest easy, beautiful soul.

Long ago, but I remember like it was yesterday.

[calimary]

9. That song. It became an anthem.

Back when many of us realized that we HAD TO start speaking up. Some of us did it with our music.

Bless you, Country Joe. You gave our discontent a big loud - and VERY tuneful - voice.

[generalbetrayus]

10. His "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag" became especially special to me when my draft lottery number came up # 5

in 1972. I spent all of 1972 and the beginning of 1973 depressed before Tricky Dick ended the draft. An entire year wasted.

[Figarosmom]

11. My favorite album

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Although the war chant is the one that is pertinent now.

[surfered]

12. This makes me feel old and soon will be singing "I feel like I'm fixing to die"

[BidenRocks]

14. I always remember that song

when we are 'doing it again'!
Gimme an F!

[debm55]

16. RIP Country Joe.

[Solly Mack]

17. ...

We were so close, there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace

Some came to sing, some came to pray
Some came to keep the dark away

Melanie, "Lay Down" (Candles in the Rain)

[quaint]

31. Thanks, Solly, now I'm bawling.

[Solly Mack]

38. You're welcome.

Seems the candles keep going out. We can't let that happen.

[Tanuki]

19. "1, 2, 3, what are we fighting 4?"

Eternal question!

[area51]

20. RIP

[greblach]

21. Fish

RIP... the more things change the more they remain the same...we need a modern day version of you!

[2naSalit]

22. ...

[proud patriot]

23. I got to meet him back in 87

He was very nice. I watched his amp backstage at a peace festival while he set up . Rest in power Joe.

[Nasruddin]

25. Next stop is Tehran Iran

[lastlib]

26. Prompted my memory of this song---

from the same event:

"He's a drugstore, truck-drivin' man,
He's the head of the Ku Klx Klan,
When summer comes rollin' around,
We'll be lucky to get out of town."

[WestMichRad]

28. RIP Joe

[sop]

29. I remember reading years ago that both his parents were members of the Communist Party,

and they named him after Joe Stalin. RIP

[cksmithy]

32. My soon to be husband and I saw Country Joe at least 5 times

at various concerts on the west coast during the 1969-1971 years. There is nothing more exhilarating than shouting out f-u-c-k. what does that spell, when you're 18/19 years old. I loved him, I have his lp, I listen to it every few years. I am so sad.

[TexLaProgressive]

34. Sorry he is gone, but

https://m.

[niyad]

35. The commentary from this week, and especially today, is gut-wrenching.

[electric_blue68]

42. RIP Country Joe