Country Joe McDonald
January 1, 1942 (84 years old) in Washington, DC, USA
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.
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- 2019 · Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation as Self
- 2019 · Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 as Self
- 2018 · What is Classic Rock? as Self
- 2014 · This Ain't No Mouse Music! as Self
- 2014 · Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited as Self
- 2013 · Born In Chicago as Self
- 2011 · On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America as Self
- 2009 · Woodstock: Untold Stories as Self
- 2002 · Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances as
- 1994 · Woodstock Diary as Self
- 1993 · Tales of the City as Joaquin
- 1979 · More American Graffiti as Country Joe and the Fish
- 1972 · The Midnight Special as Self
- 1971 · Stamping Ground as Self
- 1971 · Zachariah as Member of The Crackers
- 1970 · Woodstock as Self - Country Joe and the Fish
- 1969 · How We Stopped the War as Self
- 1968 · Monterey Pop as Self - Country Joe and The Fish
- 1968 · Revolution as Himself