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unusual facts about Country Joe and the Fish


Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, California

Big Brother and the Holding Company, Janis Joplin's first band, lived in Lagunitas from 1966–1967, next door to Country Joe and the Fish and the Quicksilver Messenger Service.


Separated Vegetables

As well as songs written by the band, it includes cover versions of songs originally by Overkill (an early D.C. punk band, not the heavy metal band of the same name), Flamin' Groovies, the Road Runners, Johnny Smith, Country Joe and the Fish, the Small Faces, Chuck Berry, and the Hangmen (whose song, "What a Girl Can't Do", the Slickee's had already released on their debut record, 1976's Hot and Cool EP.


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