Talk:Country Joe McDonald

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Bananadine Hoax

Donovan has stated that the hoax that bananas skins are a psychoactive substance (called Bananadine). Shouldn't this be part of Joe's biography? --Python911 23:10, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Importance

Rated high due to significance for pop culture and politics of the 1960's. Pustelnik (talk) 20:45, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Veteran?

The article states the Joe is a veteran though the source cited says only that he was a veteran of the Berkeley scene (referring to musical endeavors). I think this deems a change —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.101.151.60 (talk) 01:52, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Compared McDonald to Fidel Castro?

From the radio show,"let's get Country Joe to be the Veterans Day guy. That's a good idea. You know, why don't you ask Fidel Castro? All right, is he busy?"

I don't think O'Reilly was comparing McDonald to Castro. On his program, O'Reilly, probably ignorant of McDonald's naval service, was implying McDonald was a ridiculous choice to head the Veterans Day committee and that to get more absurd they would need to get someone like Castro. O'Reilly was saying very insulting things about Joe but he wasn't comparing him to Castro. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TL36 (talk • contribs) 00:59, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Fish Cheer

I'm not sure if there's a way to cite this, you have to listen to old recordings. Nobody gets it right. I added: "The "Fish Cheer" was the band performing a call-and-response with the audience, spelling the word "fish", followed by Country Joe yelling, "What's that spell?" twice, with the audience responding, and then, the third time, "What's that smell?", followed immediately by the song. The "Fish Cheer" evolved into the "Fuck Cheer" after the Berkeley free speech movement." It was a joke. The article on the Free Speech Movement needs to include the ridiculous "filthy speech movement" that followed it, which caused Joe and the band to change the cheer, but that's another matter. (Later)... I was wrong, one of the posts here: http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=84307 gets it right (or almost right, the audience didn't have a chance to yell "FISH" after "What's that smell?" because that was the cue to start playing the song). I forgot to sign earlier, so I'm signing now. 24.27.25.87 (talk) 20:10, 14 November 2010 (UTC) Eric

Copyright infringement suit

This article states that Kid Ory's daughter was ordered to pay McDonald $395,000 for attorney fees, etc. The article on "Muskrat Ramble" states the amount as $750,000. Both state that she had to sell her copyrights [sic] to pay the fees. Neither article provides a reference for either statement and I can't find one on the net that doesn't quote Wikipedia as the source (if one is given at all). That she was ordered to pay fees is certain; that ruling is explicitly upheld in the Ninth Circuits ruling on her appeal.

Unless someone can find a solid reference for these statements, I suggest that this portion of the article should simply reflect that Orly was ordered to pay McDonald's attorney fees, without stating an amount or that she had to sell copyrights to raise the money.-- John W. Pierce (talk) 20:59, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Feel free to add a "cn" tag. I just did. GA-RT-22 (talk) 12:56, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

Fuck Cheer

In that paragraph, the Isle of Wight Fest is being mentioned, next to Woodstock. This is incorrect; Joe never played IoW in those years, so I took it away. But it is true that he toured Europe in 1970, and famously appeared on great gigs like the Kralingen Music Fest (aka Stamping Ground), and the Bath Blues & Progrock Fest. "Cheer(s)", AlterBerg (talk) 08:02, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Seven McDonald

Seems to me that there is enough here on McDonald's daughter Seven (and enough to establish her notability) that it ought to be split out into a separate article about her. - Jmabel | Talk 01:36, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

Documentaries

The following section was removed from the article as lacking sources. It's probably fairly easy to document so should be retained here pending further work. I'm going to start by adding links to the works. Andrew🐉(talk) 22:43, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Documentary

• Revolution (1968) as Country Joe and the Fish
• A Day in the Life of... (1967) directed by Robert Zagone
• Monterey Pop (1969) as Country Joe and the Fish, dir. D. A. Pennebaker
• How We Stopped the War (1969) as Country Joe and the Fish, dir David Peoples
• Woodstock (1970) as Country Joe and Country Joe and the Fish and Country Joe McDonald
• Playboy After Dark (1970) as Country Joe and the Fish
• Top of The Pops (1970) as Country Joe and the Fish
• Aquarian Rushes (1970) as Country Joe and the Fish
• Stomping Ground (1971) as Country Joe McDonald
• The Weekend Starts Now (1971) as Country Joe McDonald
• The Old Grey Whistle Test (1972) as Country Joe McDonald
• In Concert (1973) as Country Joe and the Fish
• The Midnight Special (1973) as Country Joe McDonald
• The Old Grey Whistle Test (1973) as Country Joe McDonald
• Musikladen (1974) as Country Joe Mc Donald
• The Midnight Special (1974) as Country Joe McDonald
• The Old Grey Whistle Test (1974) as Country Joe McDonald
• The Old Grey Whistle Test (1976) as Country Joe McDonald
• All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music (1977) as Country Joe McDonald
• Today (1984) as Country Joe McDonald
• Our World (1986) as Country Joe McDonald
• Children of the Left (1989) as Country Joe McDonald
• 20 Years After: A Woodstock Reunion (1989) as Country Joe McDonald
• Woodstock: The Lost Performances (1990) as Country Joe McDonald
• The Peace Tapes (1991) as Country Joe McDonald
• Woodstock Diary (1994) as Country Joe and the Fish
• Woodstock '94 (1994) as Country Joe McDonald
• The History of Rock n' Roll (1995) as Country Joe McDonald
• Vietnam: Coming to Terms (1995) as Country Joe McDonald
• Dancing in the Streets (1996) as Country Joe McDonald
• Feed Your Head (1997) as Country Joe McDonald
• Behind the Music (1998) as Country Joe McDonald
• Cold War (1998) as Country Joe McDonald
• Monterey Pop: The Outtake Performances (1998) as Country Joe and the Fish
• The Drug Years (2006) as Country Joe McDonald
• Queens of Heartache (2006) as Country Joe McDonald
• Mulatschag (2006) as Country Joe McDonald
• Hippies (2007) as Country Joe McDonald
• American Music: Off the Record (2008) as Country Joe McDonald
• Folk America (2009) as County Joe McDonald
• Woodstock: Now & Then (2009) as Country Joe McDonald
• On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On...Still Searching for America (2009) as Country Joe McDonald
• This Ain't No Mouse Music (2013) as Country Joe McDonald
• Sweet Blues: A Film About Michael Bloomfield (2013) as Country Joe McDonald
• A Venue For the End of The World (2014) as Country Joe McDonald
• Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015) as Country Joe McDonald
• The Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho (2015) as Country Joe McDonald
• The Resurrection of Viktor Jarro (2015) as Country Joe McDonald
• What is Classic Rock? (2018) as Country Joe McDonald
• Rock is Dead? (2019) as Country Joe McDonald
• Woodstock: 3 Days That Changed Everything (2019) as Country Joe McDonald
• You Say You Want a Revolution (2019) as Country Joe McDonald
• Guitare: une Arme a six cordes (2019) as Country Joe McDonald
• Born in Chicago (2020) as Country Joe McDonald
• Like A Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres (2022) as Country Joe McDonald
• Summer of Revolution (2022) as Country Joe McDonald
• Cover Your Ears (2023) as Country Joe McDonald
• San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time (2023) as Country Joe McDonald

References

Clarify girlfriend

The article says:

• McDonald was married to Kathe Werum from 1963 to 1966.

Next paragraph:

• McDonald noted that his girlfriend at the time was Janis Joplin.

His girlfriend at the time he was married to Werum? Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 03:03, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

According to his web site, he split up with Werum in 1966 and first met Joplin in 1967. Andrew🐉(talk) 18:18, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, then "at that time" needs to be clarified. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 22:59, 12 March 2026 (UTC)