elcome to my home on the web. I'm a singer and songwriter, I used to be in Country Joe & the Fish, and I live in Berkeley, California, Planet Earth. Joe at 75. Photo by Steve Read, from the crew of the BBC documentary on the Summer of Love. On July 10th my old pal Phil Marsh will play in Berkeley outside at the Back Room. Phil was member of the Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band and played with me in the All Star Band. He will perform with Richard Saunders on bass. Also, Mark Hummel and I will make guest appearances. Get info on my upcoming gigs and booking. My new CD titled simply 50 is out. Preview the songs, notes, and musicians, and order your copy from the Country Store. Read a review. And another review. Craft Recordings has announced The Wave of Electrical Sound deluxe vinyl box set, celebrating the groundbreaking music of Country Joe and the Fish. The limited-edition, 4-LP box set offers both mono and stereo versions of Electric Music for the Mind and Body and I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die, pressed on 180-gram vinyl, plus replicas of The Fish Game, a Fish Fan Club book and a Fish calendar; a 30-minute documentary and a 24-page book, featuring rare photos, artwork and new liner notes. Here's the package. You can order your copy here. Read about my "farewell performance" from the San Francisco Chronicle. At last proof that I improved the health of my generation: The Case for Cursing. Read a timely message from the Veterans for Peace. Speaking of whom, the group has announced a competition called the "Climate Crisis and the War Machine Music Video Contest." Details here. The UCSF School of Nursing is planning to archive my Tribute to Florence Nightingale website so that its information will be saved for posterity. (But the site will still be available in its current location.) They are also taking over my collection of Nightingale memorabilia. Read an interview with me by the UCSF archivist. Writer-director Aaron Sorkin's long-delayed The Trial of the Chicago 7 is playing on Netflix. Read my testimony in the trial. Arlo Guthrie has decided to join me in retirement. Read his explanation. They're making a documentary about the late Paul Krassner. Learn more about it, and how you can help fund it here. My son Devin has bought Berkeley's beloved Mr. Mopps' toy store. You can visit Mr. Mopps' on the web and on Facebook. Older posts Who is Sister Ignatia? Listen to her address the AA. East Bay AA (S.F. Bay Area) Al-Anon and Alateen for Friends and Families of Alcoholics Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization, Inc AA Online Intergroup Read a short story by Joyce Renwick.

Here are some videos of me folks have put up: "Sweet Lorraine" from Monterey Pop "Section 43" from Monterey Pop "Janis" from Danish TV in 1968. "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" from Woodstock A half-hour set from German TV in 1969. "The World that We All Wanted" from Roger Corman's Gas-s-s-s "Fixin-to-Die/I Got Love/Who Am I" at the Bitter End "Sing Sing Sing" by the Golden Gate in 1970 On Playboy After Dark, 1970 [Cognitive dissonance alert] A full set from the All Star Band at Winterland in 1973. "Save the Whales," "Our Wedding Day," "Breakfast for Two" on the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test from 1976 "This Land is Your Land" at the Marin Music Festival in 2003 A rap about the F-word at B.B.King's in New York "Starship Ride" with the Flying Other Brothers at the Chet Helms memorial An interview in Germany My new song "Support the Troops." "Rock and Roll Again" outside the Melody Tent in Cape Cod, 2007. A "Yankee Doodle" take on the energy situation A rap about the Great Banana Affair 40+ songs on the Music Vault YouTube channel "Not So Sweet Matha Lorraine" with the Electric Music Band ...or listen to fan tapes of my live shows from the Internet Archive.

A discography
Lyrics and album notes
"I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" -- everything you want to know about the song and much, much more!
The story of the notorious Fish Cheer.
Hear some early recordings of my old group, the Berkeley String Quartet.
My earliest musical collaborator was Blair Hardman, and we recorded an album in '65, The Goodbye Blues.
My guitars.
Listen to Country Joe In Space, a virtual compilation of my science-fiction oriented songs. Available only in cyberspace!
Looking for a particular CD? Here's the scoop on all the titles.
Joe's Jukebox

War music
Vietnam and war news
Healing from the War, my account of the making of Berkeley's Vietnam memorial
The Great Springfield Pig Roast

Fun with Gunz!
Music and psychedelic links
Animal/ecology links and news
Pot news
Berkeley links
A Sixties Scrapbook
Amazing stories that folks have sent me.
"Country Joe collects dolls!?" Yeah, what's it to ya? See my nurse doll collection.
The attic, where we store old junk.

My site dedicated to the accomplishments of Florence Nightingale
My record company's site, <Rag Baby .com>, featuring the Rag Baby On-line Magazine
Country Joe & the Fish
Dave Diamond's Country Joe & the Fish Fish Rapper
Barry "The Fish" Melton Web | Facebook
David Bennett Cohen
Bruce Barthol
Gary "Chicken" Hirsh
Mark Kapner
ED Denson Web | Facebook
Zone Recording Studio (Sonoma County) -- Blair Hardman's studio
The Jabberwock
Berkeley's Vietnam Vets' Memorial