Country Joe & The Fish

The Bay Area group's follow-up to its psychedelic milestone, Electric Music for the Mind and Body, came out later in 1967, and contains its most famous song, the silly title track. Other tunes navigate the inner workings of an altered mind more successfully via folky tempos and fluid guitars ("Thursday" and "Who Am I" being the best examples).

Country Joe and the Fish, hereinafter referred to as CJ&TF, is another group which,
between first and second records, has gone through a number of changes. The first thing
that strikes you is the record cover, far more professional and, thank God, tasteful in
execution than the first one. Similarly the production of the music and the songs are also
done with more experience and taste. Their first record was done far too early... More >