McDONALD, Country Joe.

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Markthalle, Hamburg November 1980 concert poster

Original first printing concert poster advertising American singer and songwriter Country Joe McDonald at the Markthalle in Hamburg [Germany] on Thursday, 6th November, 1980, presented by Karsten Jahnke. McDonald was touring Europe in support of the Leisure Suite album, released in December 1979 on Fantasy Records. McDonald has recorded well over thirty albums and has written hundreds of songs over a career spanning 60 years. In 1965, he and Barry Melton co-founded Country Joe & the Fish which became a pioneer psychedelic rock band with their eclectic performances at the Avalon Ballroom, the Fillmore Auditorium, the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, and both the 1969 original and 1979 reunion Woodstock Festivals. Their best known song is his “The Fish Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die-Rag” (1965), a black comedy novelty song about the Vietnam War, whose familiar chorus (“One, two, three, what are we fighting for?”) is well-known to the Woodstock generation and the Vietnam veterans of the 1960s and ’70s. In 2004, McDonald regrouped with three of the original members of Country Joe and the Fish (bassist Bruce Barthol, keyboardist David Bennett Cohen, and drummer Gary “Chicken” Hirsh) and toured the United States and the United Kingdom as the “Country Joe Band”.

The poster measures 59.2 x 83.5 cm (approx. 23.3″ by 32.9″ inches) and is beautifully printed on thin, smooth-finish uncoated paper stock. In excellent unfolded and unmarked condition. Feel free to email us with any questions you may have concerning this item. Additional images of the poster available on request.