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In reply to bearister • 12:48p, 3/8/26
apologies B, after accidentally posting the very same video elsewhere hereabouts
# classic lyrics
sighned, not dead yet # funk trunk
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6:23p, 3/8/26
Country Joe and the Fish's lead guitarist, Barry Melton, now 78, is a criminal defense attorney in Petaluma.




At Woodstock, 1969


Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection
Send my credentials to the House of Detention
I got some friends inside

“I love Cal deeply, by the way, what are the directions to The Portal from Sproul Plaza?”
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5:15p, 3/9/26
Imagine you have less than 1 month to go before turning 100 and this happens.

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6:27p, 3/9/26
https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/obituaries/woodstock-singer-country-joe-mcdonald-dies-at-84-2026-03-08

~ great forgotten, under-rated, unknown album of the '70s

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXyNFPTqSB4nnenjmTD7A3IfzA-aESX1L



- does anyone hear any Mick Taylor in the guitar stylings of Barry 'the Fish' Melton . . . , asking for Miles D
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In reply to bearister • 7:18p, 3/9/26
bearister said:
Country Joe and the Fish's lead guitarist, Barry Melton, now 78, is a criminal defense attorney in Petaluma.




At Woodstock, 1969




I met Country Joe my first year at Cal in the late 90s.
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In reply to okaydo • 12:26a, 3/10/26
okaydo said:
Imagine you have less than 1 month to go before turning 100 and this happens.


OK. I give up. What is "this" which happens?
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In reply to SFCityBear • 3:04a, 3/10/26
SFCityBear said:
okaydo said:
Imagine you have less than 1 month to go before turning 100 and this happens.


OK. I give up. What is "this" which happens?


You become the subject of a new movie?


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In reply to okaydo • 8:24a, 3/10/26
> Country Joe..
tnx Bearister, things change
sighned, not dead yet # funk trunk
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In reply to SFCityBear • 8:31a, 3/10/26
SFCityBear said:
okaydo said:
Imagine you have less than 1 month to go before turning 100 and this happens.

> OK. I give up. What is "this" which happens?


umm, he died?
sighned, not dead yet # funk trunk
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In reply to SFCityBear • 8:53a, 3/10/26
SFCityBear said:
okaydo said:
Imagine you have less than 1 month to go before turning 100 and this happens.


OK. I give up. What is "this" which happens?


look at the date of his death.
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7:45p, 3/12/26
My mother
About an hour and a half ago
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In reply to Aunburdened • 7:53p, 3/12/26
For real?

Condolences.
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In reply to Aunburdened • 8:06p, 3/12/26
Ah **** man. So sorry to hear this. I hope she went peacefully
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In reply to okaydo • 9:35p, 3/12/26
okaydo said:
SFCityBear said:
okaydo said:
Imagine you have less than 1 month to go before turning 100 and this happens.


OK. I give up. What is "this" which happens?


look at the date of his death.

I liked my answer better.
The 99 and 11/12th year old virgin.
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In reply to Aunburdened • 9:36p, 3/12/26
Aw gee, I'm really sorry!

That's very real.
I came in here and posted about my brother in mid 2024.

We're here for you if you want to share.
We're all in this together.
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In reply to Aunburdened • 11:43p, 3/12/26

my deepest condolences
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In reply to Aunburdened • 5:26p, 3/13/26
You have my condolences as well. Losing a parent hurts. The pain lessens over time but it never completely goes away.
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In reply to Eastern Oregon Bear • 5:40p, 3/13/26
Its the worst.

My Dad died at 76 of a heart attack.
I thought he was gonna live to 100 like his Dad.
I was doing CPR on him and I knew he wasnt coming back.

My condolences.
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6:16a, 3/14/26
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In reply to Aunburdened • 6:19a, 3/14/26
sorry but. dude, come ON, take a day off from work to grieve, or more, in my experience that helps (some).
sighned, not dead yet # funk trunk
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In reply to concordtom • 11:08a, 3/14/26
concordtom said:

"Nobody beats Berkeley, they never have and they never will."

My first Sportsphone 68 host as a kid.
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12:39p, 3/14/26
Thank you to our moderator for cleaning up this thread from people's pettiness.
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7:49a, 3/15/26
The obituary thread is allowed to stray off topic, but there is no room for such pettiness and slights here.
It's like, wow, how hurtful can you be?
Live long and prosper.
And maybe extend the kindness felt here to elsewhere in OT.
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4:23p, 3/16/26
Might have been noted before, i forget stuff (alot), but imo a great american hero who died recently; so knock one back for Country Joe. Heard singing his most famous anthem here..


nearly a decade older than this fool but, dang, he sure could sing..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Joe_McDonald
# tip of the hat // GoBears

esp on topic of Cal, of course, because..
> McDonald became involved with the Free Speech Movement and the wave of demonstrations against the Vietnam War at UC Berkeley.
sighned, not dead yet # funk trunk
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