One of the starring acts at Woodstock, he and his band, the Fish, came out of the Bay Area’s psychedelic rock scene. He went ...

Country” Joe McDonald, a hippie rock star of the 1960s whose “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” was a four-lettered rebuke to the Vietnam War that became an anthem for protesters and a highlight of ...

"Country" Joe McDonald, irreverent folk singer and countercultural icon, died March 7 at age 84 in Berkeley, California.

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American singer, songwriter, and film composer Country Joe McDonald, whose real name was Joseph Allen McDonald, died from Parkinson’s disease-related complications in Berkeley, California, on March 7.