Now that is a great American. How many people can say that wrought a song that saved lives from a stupid war.
One of the humblest, nicest guys around. Happy to natter to me about Janis, when we SHOULD have been talkin' about him... Damned if I can recall how it came about, but Country Joe McDonald called me on the telephone a couple of decades or three back and we chatted for half an hour. It wasn't until I put the phone down that it dawned on me - I had been speaking to a total, bona-fide legend. Made my day, wait, nope, made my year... Hope I look that good in ten years time
Got the crowd going that's for sure. You want to make point with a protest song hide the true profundity of it with a superficial layer of comedy. Winner.