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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
not dead yet # funk trunk and i.c.e. too.
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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”
—Jim Morrison

“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
not dead yet # funk trunk and i.c.e. too.
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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?
not dead yet # funk trunk and i.c.e. too.
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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
Happy Roevember!
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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).
not dead yet # funk trunk and i.c.e. too.
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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.
Happy Roevember!
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12:39p, 3/14/26
Thank you to our moderator for cleaning up this thread from people's pettiness.
Happy Roevember!
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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 younger 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.
not dead yet # funk trunk and i.c.e. too.
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6:46a, 3/19/26
“Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection
Send my credentials to the House of Detention
I got some friends inside”
—Jim Morrison

“I love Cal deeply, by the way, what are the directions to The Portal from Sproul Plaza?”
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In reply to smh • 8:25a, 3/19/26
smh said:
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.


Thx for posting the video. I enjoyed that!

If you are nearly a decade older than you are into your 90's and that means,



I was talking to my uncle the other day.
He was prime to get drafted into the army and at the last minute he was accepted into coast guard officer school and after 3 months he was sent to governors island as assistant to the head man there.

Life can shift on such subtle things.
He could have been one of the guys in Platoon, instead was doing dances and socials in NYC.

I enjoy talking to "old" people. They are able to inform me of things I have no experience with. i'm sure you've had a rich life, and I respect that. Particularly because you're such a cool fellow!
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In reply to concordtom • 8:36a, 3/19/26
concordtom said:
> If you are nearly a decade older than you are into your 90'sas doing dances and socials in NYC.

*blush*
nice catch / tanks, but actually meant to claim a decade younger. checks, yep, and not dead yet,
^ as i got printed on a custom sweat-shirt some time ago, mostly worn on otherwise boring doctor visits.
anyways, friend, fair thee well
# can't hardly wait to read my own obits # eat dessert first
not dead yet # funk trunk and i.c.e. too.
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7:23a, 3/20/26


Chuck Norris Hospitalized Following Sudden Health Scare Days After 86th Birthday
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In reply to DiabloWags • 7:40a, 3/20/26

Deceased

The night needed a night light because it feared him.

His tears cured cancer. The problem was he never cried.
“Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection
Send my credentials to the House of Detention
I got some friends inside”
—Jim Morrison

“I love Cal deeply, by the way, what are the directions to The Portal from Sproul Plaza?”
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7:52a, 3/20/26
He seemed to be in good shape, this was taken earlier this year:



RIP
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12:45a, 3/21/26
Happy Roevember!
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In reply to Aunburdened • 6:01a, 3/21/26
Awww. Too bad.
You were able to find some evidence of bias in the press against righties.
Waaahhhh
The whole system must be against you.
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10:12a, 3/21/26
“Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection
Send my credentials to the House of Detention
I got some friends inside”
—Jim Morrison

“I love Cal deeply, by the way, what are the directions to The Portal from Sproul Plaza?”
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In reply to bearister • 10:42a, 3/21/26
He ended up being a stooge.
Sad.
My stepfather was a great man, but near the end he began being a shell of himself, too.

There are MANY characters who could have positively changed history and saved us from today's madness. He is one of them.
McConnell and any number of other so-called leaders.

By the way, those are some fierce eyebrows for a young man.
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