Country Joe McDonald
- Acting
- January 1, 1942 · Washington, DC, USA
- March 7, 2026
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation · Self
- Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 · Self
- What is Classic Rock? · Self
- This Ain't No Mouse Music! · Self
- Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited · Self
- Born In Chicago · Self
- On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America · Self
- Woodstock: Untold Stories · Self
- Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances · Country Joe and the Fish
- Woodstock Diary · Self
- Tales of the City · Joaquin
- More American Graffiti · Country Joe and the Fish
- The Midnight Special · Self
- What Is to Be Done? · Music
- Stamping Ground · Self
- Zachariah · Member of The Crackers
- Woodstock · Self
- Light and the City · Music
- How We Stopped the War · Self
- Monterey Pop · Self
- Revolution · Self
- From Protest to Resistance · Music