Country Joe McDonald, anti-war singer who electrified Woodstock, dies at 84
Country Joe McDonald, whose Vietnam War protest song "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" became a 1960s counterculture anthem, died at 84 in Berkeley from Parkinson's disease.
'Country' Joe McDonald, '60s rock star, counterculture icon, dies in Berkeley at 84
Country Joe McDonald, whose anti-Vietnam War song 'I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag' became a Woodstock anthem, died at 84 from Parkinson's disease complications.
'Country' Joe McDonald, '60s rock star, counterculture icon, dies in Berkeley at 84
Country Joe McDonald, whose anti-Vietnam War song 'I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag' became a Woodstock anthem, died at 84 from Parkinson's disease complications.
Country Joe McDonald, leader of 1960s psychedelic band Country Joe & The Fish and Woodstock performer, died at 84 from Parkinson's Disease complications.
Fugs Film! chronicles America's most subversive band of the sixties, from folkways to FBI files amNewYork
The Fugs were an East Village 1960s band mixing anarchic, theatrical rock, poetry, and protest, influential on underground culture and controversial for explicit, satirical songs.
A 1960s artist navigated and bridged Black cultural nationalism and the white counterculture while collaborating with multicultural avant-garde artists.
The Illustrated Version of "Alice's Restaurant": Watch Arlo Guthrie's Thanksgiving Counterculture Classic
Arlo Guthrie's 18+ minute song 'Alice's Restaurant' recounts a 1965 littering arrest and satirically protests the Vietnam War, ultimately affecting his draft status.
Underground Music Thrives in San Jose - Let's Keep It Going
San Jose's rich musical and counterculture history, preserved by figures like the McKays, deserves recognition through exhibits, plaques, and promotion.
In Bed With Mick Jagger and Anita Pallenberg on the Set of Performance
"It was the post-war period in England when everything came back to life and suddenly had a different energy primarily expressed through music. Music was the great driver," says documentary filmmaker and screenwriter Andrew Maclear.
Allen Ginsberg embodies the American poet-buffoon: swashbucklingly vulnerable, politically provocative, influential in Beat culture, and a vocal advocate for marijuana legalization.