Country Joe McDonald Country Joe And The Fish Singer Dies At 84 – Entertainment News
By Karen Beishuizen
Another Great One Gone.
Country Joe McDonald died on 7 March from complications related to Parkinson’s Disease. He was 84.
He was best known for anti-Vietnam War anthem “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag” which became a rallying cry for Vietnam War protesters.
The song reached a global audience during his solo appearance at the 1969 Woodstock festival.
During an interview years later he said: “The important thing about the song was that it had a new point of view that did not blame soldiers for war. It just blamed the politicians, and it blamed the manufacturers of weapons. It didn’t blame the soldiers.”
Born Joseph Allen McDonald on Jan. 1, 1942, he rose to fame as the frontman of Country Joe and the Fish, a San Francisco Bay Area psychedelic rock band.
Before launching his music career, he served in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1962.
He is survived by his wife Kathy and five children.
Ringside Report sends their condolences to The McDonald Family in their time of grief.
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