Country Joe McDonald, Woodstock Antiwar Icon, Dies at 84
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Country Joe McDonald, the Bay Area psychedelic rocker who led Country Joe and the Fish and became synonymous with Woodstock through the provocative 'Fish Cheer' and antiwar anthem 'I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag,' died at 84 from Parkinson’s complications in Berkeley. A pioneering but politically sharp musician, his career spanned the band’s influential 1967 Electric Music for the Mind and Body, a long solo run, and later works such as the 1986 Vietnam Experience and the 2017 album 50. He is survived by his wife Kathy and five children.
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- Country Joe McDonald dead at 84: Lead singer of famous 60s band passes after battle with Parkinson's Daily Mail
- Woodstock legend and anti-war activist dies aged 84 The Independent
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