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Citations missing[edit]

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Bananadine Hoax[edit]

Donovan has stated that the hoax that bananas skins are a psychoactive substance (called Bananadine). Shouldn't this be part of Joe's biography? --Python911 23:10, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Importance[edit]

Rated high due to significance for pop culture and politics of the 1960's. Pustelnik (talk) 20:45, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Veteran?[edit]

The article states the Joe is a veteran though the source cited says only that he was a veteran of the Berkeley scene (referring to musical endeavors). I think this deems a change —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.101.151.60 (talk) 01:52, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Compared McDonald to Fidel Castro?[edit]

From the radio show,"let's get Country Joe to be the Veterans Day guy. That's a good idea. You know, why don't you ask Fidel Castro? All right, is he busy?"

I don't think O'Reilly was comparing McDonald to Castro. On his program, O'Reilly, probably ignorant of McDonald's naval service, was implying McDonald was a ridiculous choice to head the Veterans Day committee and that to get more absurd they would need to get someone like Castro. O'Reilly was saying very insulting things about Joe but he wasn't comparing him to Castro. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TL36 (talk • contribs) 00:59, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fish Cheer[edit]

I'm not sure if there's a way to cite this, you have to listen to old recordings. Nobody gets it right. I added: "The "Fish Cheer" was the band performing a call-and-response with the audience, spelling the word "fish", followed by Country Joe yelling, "What's that spell?" twice, with the audience responding, and then, the third time, "What's that smell?", followed immediately by the song. The "Fish Cheer" evolved into the "Fuck Cheer" after the Berkeley free speech movement." It was a joke. The article on the Free Speech Movement needs to include the ridiculous "filthy speech movement" that followed it, which caused Joe and the band to change the cheer, but that's another matter. (Later)... I was wrong, one of the posts here: http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=84307 gets it right (or almost right, the audience didn't have a chance to yell "FISH" after "What's that smell?" because that was the cue to start playing the song). I forgot to sign earlier, so I'm signing now. 24.27.25.87 (talk) 20:10, 14 November 2010 (UTC) Eric[reply]

Copyright infringement suit[edit]

This article states that Kid Ory's daughter was ordered to pay McDonald $395,000 for attorney fees, etc. The article on "Muskrat Ramble" states the amount as $750,000. Both state that she had to sell her copyrights [sic] to pay the fees. Neither article provides a reference for either statement and I can't find one on the net that doesn't quote Wikipedia as the source (if one is given at all). That she was ordered to pay fees is certain; that ruling is explicitly upheld in the Ninth Circuits ruling on her appeal.

Unless someone can find a solid reference for these statements, I suggest that this portion of the article should simply reflect that Orly was ordered to pay McDonald's attorney fees, without stating an amount or that she had to sell copyrights to raise the money.-- John W. Pierce (talk) 20:59, 16 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fuck Cheer[edit]

In that paragraph, the Isle of Wight Fest is being mentioned, next to Woodstock. This is incorrect; Joe never played IoW in those years, so I took it away. But it is true that he toured Europe in 1970, and famously appeared on great gigs like the Kralingen Music Fest (aka Stamping Ground), and the Bath Blues & Progrock Fest. "Cheer(s)", AlterBerg (talk) 08:02, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Seven McDonald[edit]

Seems to me that there is enough here on McDonald's daughter Seven (and enough to establish her notability) that it ought to be split out into a separate article about her. - Jmabel | Talk 01:36, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]