Editing Country Joe and the Fish (section)

===Lineup changes and Woodstock (1969–1970)===
In September 1968, Barthol left the band, just prior to their fourth album. His departure was due to the rest of the band's unwillingness to partake in the Festival for Life, an event established by the [[Youth International Party]] in Chicago that was intended to have the participation of several well-known musicians attract thousands of spectators for the [[1968 Democratic National Convention]].<ref name=sixties/> However, the city refused to issue any [[Protest permit|permits]], and the band members, by majority vote, decided to withdraw out of fear that their equipment would be damaged.<ref>{{cite book|last=Farber|first=David|title=Chicago '68|url=https://archive.org/details/chicago6800farb|url-access=registration|year=1988|publisher=University of Chicago Press|pages=[https://archive.org/details/chicago6800farb/page/177 177–178]|isbn=9780226238005}}</ref> After the festival resulted in riots and violent clashes between demonstrators and the police, Barthol's conviction that Country Joe and the Fish should have held a larger role precipitated his departure from the group and move to England.<ref name=sixties/>

Between January 9 and 11, 1969, the band performed at the [[Fillmore West]] as a farewell to the group's most famous lineup, with [[Jack Casady]] of [[Jefferson Airplane]] standing in as the bass player. The band was joined by [[Jerry Garcia]], [[Jorma Kaukonen]], [[Steve Miller (musician)|Steve Miller]], and [[Mickey Hart]] for the 38-minute finale, "Donovan's Reef Jam". Recordings from the concerts were later assembled on the [[live album]] ''Live! Fillmore West 1969'', released on March 12, 1996.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TbRsHp57CqwC&q=country+joe+and+the+fish+live+fillmore+west+1969&pg=PA249|title=''The American Book of the Dead''|author=Trager, Oliver|page=249|publisher=Simon & Schuster Inc.|year=1997|isbn=9780684814025}}</ref> Hirsh and Cohen left soon after recording the group's next album, ''[[Here We Are Again (Country Joe and the Fish album)|Here We Are Again]]'', and a new lineup was configured with Casady and David Getz, who formerly played drums with Big Brother and the Holding Company. The group released ''Here We Are Again'' in July 1969.  It charted at number 48, and saw Country Joe and the Fish moving to a [[pop music|pop]]-oriented approach. Country Joe and the Fish's personnel remained relatively stable for the next six months, though Peter S. Albin, also an alumnus of Big Brother and the Holding Company, replaced Casady at bass.<ref name=all/>

However, when McDonald reassembled the band for a last-minute scheduling at the [[Woodstock Festival]], another personnel change resulted in the group's final lineup, which included recruits Mark Kapner on keyboards, Doug Metzner on bass, and Greg Dewey on drums. Among the festival's most memorable moments was McDonald's unexpected solo performance on August 16, 1969, which included "The Fuck Cheer" as a finale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/feel-like-im-fixin-for-a-comeback-1159597.html|title=Feel Like I'm Fixin' for a Comeback|author=Johnson, Phil|work=independent.co.uk|date=23 October 2011|access-date=July 28, 2015}}</ref> The audience receptively responded by chanting along with McDonald. McDonald's rendition of "The Fuck Cheer" propelled the song into the mainstream culture in the U.S., and was featured on the [[Woodstock (film)|''Woodstock'' film]], which was released on March 26, 1970. Radio stations regularly played both versions of the cheer, though the opposition to "The Fuck Cheer" limited its exposure to underground stations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2013/01/07/country-joe-fish-the-greatest-protest-song-of-the-60s/#sthash.fYljCdCD.dpbs|title=Country Joe and the Fish, the Greatest Song of the '60s? (Interview)|work=rockcellarmagazine.com|access-date=July 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722192757/http://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2013/01/07/country-joe-fish-the-greatest-protest-song-of-the-60s/#sthash.fYljCdCD.dpbs|archive-date=July 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In December 1969, McDonald began his own career outside the band, releasing [[cover versions]] of Guthrie-penned songs on ''[[Thinking of Woody Guthrie]]'', and [[country music|country]] standards on ''Tonight I'm Singing Just For You''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.countryjoe.com/guthrie.htm|title=Country Joe McDonald's Tribute to Woody Guthrie|work=countryjoe.com|access-date=July 28, 2015}}</ref> All the while, the group looked to capitalize on the momentum from Woodstock and their appearance in the film, ''[[Zachariah (film)|Zachariah]]'', by releasing their fifth album, ''[[CJ Fish]]'', in May 1970. The album was a moderate success, reaching number 111 nationally. However the band members lacked the motivation for touring and recording, which led to their disbandment in mid-1970.<ref name=mara/>