Barry "The Fish" Melton holds NOTHING back with Mark Hummel

#folkmusic #woodstock #woodyguthrie #paulrobeson Over fifty years ago, during the “Summer of Love” – 1967 -  Barry “The Fish” Melton celebrated his 20th birthday in June 1967.  A few days later, he and his band, “Country Joe and the Fish,” were rocketed onto the world stage at the Monterey Pop Festival with such luminaries as the Jefferson Airplane, the Mamas and Papas, Otis Redding, Ravi Shankar, Simon and Garfunkel, the Who and a relatively unknown guitarist named Jimi Hendrix. And fifty years ago, in 1969, Barry appeared at the historic festival in Woodstock, New York and also appeared in the movie bearing the same name: “Woodstock.”  During the five years between 1967 and 1971, Barry would tour arenas, concert halls, and stadiums through Europe and North America.  Barry began the 1970’s with an album for Columbia Records produced by legendary guitarist Michael Bloomfield, Barry took up part-time residence in the United Kingdom and recorded two albums at Rockfield Studios in Wales; and he toured extensively in the U.K., France and the Netherlands; Barry and ultimately returned home to San Francisco to record his fifth album of the decade. In the 1980’s, Barry put together San Francisco’s historic supergroup, “Dinosaurs,” featuring Barry and John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service, guitar), Spencer Dryden (Jefferson Airplane, drums), Peter Albin (Big Brother and the Holding Company, bass), and Robert Hunter (Grateful Dead songwriter, guitar).  Other members of the band later included Merl Saunders and Papa John Creech.  “Dinosaurs” recorded its debut album and opened for Tony Bennett at the 50th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge celebration in 1987. Today, Barry lives in France half the year and spends the other half in the United States.  In the past couple of years, he’s toured in France, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Barry's Website www.counterculture.net/thefish