One more Country Joe & The Fish, but it's a good one live.

[JohnnyRingo]

CJ & The Fish played the Monterrey Pop festival in 1967, two years before Woodstock put them on the map. "Electric Music For The Mind and the Body" didn't even have that protest song, though they did perform live it here. At the time they were playing to an audience who knew the difference between Sunshine, Windowpane, and Blotter.

"Sweet Loraine" was a great hippie song of the era and this video proves they were musicians instead of the novelty act many saw. "It's a shame and a pity you were raised up in the city and you never learned nothin' about country ways".

Great audio here. They were obviously plugged into the sound board. See if you can spot who I believe is Mama Cass in the audience.

This is what they mean when someone speaks of The 'Frisco Sound".

[moniss]

1. Several years ago I saw

a video of Barry Melton playing solo sometime in the '80's/'90's period at an outdoor gig. Excellent sound and it wasn't a particular "song" as such. He just chatted with the crowd for a moment or two and then began to play. Just him on guitar with no other musicians. He began slowly and the whole piece was maybe 6 or 8 minutes long.

As he played you could hear that he was weaving things together and slowly the psychedelic effect became apparent and I closed my eyes and just let the sound carry me away. When it was over I slowly opened my eyes and I felt more relaxed and peaceful than I had in years. Thanks to The Fish.

As you said the sound of San Francisco. Where people showed the power of music, light shows, color and motion to open minds, calm souls and carry you away.