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Books about Country Joe McDonald

This page lists books about, or partly about, Country Joe McDonald and the members of Country Joe & The Fish. The list is not intended to be comprehensive

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Books about Country Joe McDonald

Goldstein's Greatest Hits: A Book Mostly About Rock'n'Roll, Richard Goldstein, 1970

This collection of articles and essay that includes an article about Country Joe & The Fish.

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The Life, the Times, the Songs of Country Joe and the Fish, Alfassy Leo, 1971

A Country Joe & The Fish songbook with the words and music for 53 songs. Includes a long introduction about the group and its place in rock history.

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The Rolling Stone Interviews Vol. 2, Ben Fong-Torres, 1973

A collection of interviews from Rolling Stone magazine. Interviewees include Country Joe McDonald.

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An Old Guy Who Feels Good: The Autobiography of a Free-spirited Working Man, Worden McDonald, 1983

Autobiography by Worden McDonald the father of Country Joe McDonald.

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Long Time Gone: 60s America Then and Now, Alexander Bloom (Ed), 2001

This book includes a chapter called Everything Seemed Beautiful: A Life In The Counterculture by Barry Melton of Country Joe & The Fish.

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I Was Elvis Presley's Bastard Love-Child: And Other Stories of Rock'n'Roll Excess, Andrew Darlington, 2001

This book includes an articles, based on interviews, titled Country Joe and the Fish: Return Of The Superbird: From Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock . . . and Leeds.

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Country Joe and Me, Ron Cabral, 2004

"Ron Cabral chronicles his 40+ year friendship with Country Joe McDonald. It's a journey that weaves through the Vietnam conflict, the psychedelic 60's of San Francisco, the peace movement, and of course, some highflying rock 'n' roll."

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Remembering Woodstock, Andy Bennett (ed), 2004

This book about the Woodstock festival includes an afterword by Country Joe McDonald.

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Sixties Radicals, Then and Now: Candid Conversations with Those who Shaped the Era, Ron Chepesiuk, 2007

Barry Melton of Country Joe & The Fish is one of interviewees in this book.

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Generation on Fire: Voices of Protest from the 1960s : An Oral History, Jeff Kisseloff, 2007

This book includes a chapter based on an interview with Barry Melton of Country Joe & The Fish.

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Rebels Wit Attitude: Subversive Rock Humorists, Iain Ellis, 2008

This book includes a chapter about Country Joe & The Fish.

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33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History Of Protest Songs, From Billie Holiday To Green Day, Dorian Lynskey, 2011

This book includes a chapter on Country Joe & The Fish and the song I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag.

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Last updated February 2020