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Country Joe & The Fish

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acid rock, contemporary folk, folk rock

Country Joe & The Fish

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  • A guest 80% at Miami Pop Festival - December 1968, Hallandale Beach on Sat, 28 Dec 1968

    It was the first time I saw Country Joe and the Fish, one of my favorite bands of the era. At the time I didn't know that bassist Bruce Barthol had left the band and that the fabulous bass player who sat in with them that night was the Airplane's Jack Casady. I loved the set because I loved the band's music, although it became obvious at one point that keyboardist David Cohen was pretty ripped because Joe had to go over and show him the correct fingering on the keyboard for the opening chord of their next song. They were the last band of the night to play on the racetrack stage, and we ran into David in the parking lot afterward holding a car key straight out trying it on different car doors in an effort to locate his rental. I spoke to him briefly as he explained what he was doing. Hearing them for the first time was something of a revelation for me, although a friend who was with me said he had heard them before and thought they were a little off at the festival. I caught them at Fillmore West a few weeks later (on the same show with Led Zeppelin) as they were breaking up before re-forming later that summer with Country Joe and lead guitarist Barry Melton from the original band along with three new members who played Woodstock.

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Miami Pop Festival - December 1968 in Hallandale Beach, US
Sat, 28 Dec 1968 - 80% · 1 rating
Crowd favorite No. 3617302
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Where the music took them

Tour passport

Statistics

1,615 concerts tracked
Played in 17 countries - show on map
Played in 470 cities
First concert · 08.02.1966 - 61 years ago
Last concert · 10.10.2009 - 17 years ago
Career span · 5 years

Most played countries

  1. 1 US 1368
  2. 2 UK 108
  3. 3 Germany 50
  4. 4 Canada 41
  5. 5 Ireland 11
  6. 6 Denmark 7
  7. 7 Netherlands 7
  8. 8 Italy 6
  9. 9 Austria 4
  10. 10 Sweden 3

Most played cities

  1. 1 San Francisco, US 254
  2. 2 Berkeley, US 206
  3. 3 New York, US 39
  4. 4 San Anselmo, US 34
  5. 5 West Hollywood, US 29
  6. 6 London, UK 25
  7. 7 Seattle, US 25
  8. 8 Vancouver, Canada 22
  9. 9 Santa Cruz, US 18
  10. 10 Portland, US 17
Past concert Upcoming Density 470 cities in the archive
Concerts 1,615
Countries 17
Cities 470
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About Country Joe & The Fish

Country Joe & The Fish formed in Berkeley, United States, in 1965, and split up in 1970, after 5 years.

Last updated: 7 months ago