Overview
- McDonald died on March 7 in Berkeley, California of complications from Parkinson’s disease, according to his official website and his wife, Kathy McDonald.
- He gained lasting fame for the satirical anti–Vietnam War song "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" and for leading the Woodstock crowd in the provocative "Fuck‑Cheer" in 1969.
- A U.S. Navy veteran, he later advocated for veterans’ issues and stayed active in the peace movement while touring and recording more than 30 solo albums.
- With Country Joe and the Fish, he helped shape San Francisco’s psychedelic scene, releasing the 1967 album Electric Music for the Mind and Body and appearing at Monterey Pop before the band split in 1971.
- He is survived by his wife of 43 years and five children, as tributes described him as a foundational voice of the 1960s counterculture.