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Country Joe McDonald and The Country Joe Band U.K. Tour 2004 Woodstock legend Country Joe McDonald is back on the road with three of his old band mates from Country Joe and the Fish., the seminal West Coast psychedelic rock band. They're playing two dates here in the South, The Venue@Ryde, Isle of Wight on Sunday 6th June, and the following Sunday, 13th June at South Parade Pier, Southsea. In addition, during the afternoon before the Ryde concert, Joe and the band will be at Ryde Castle Hotel, Ryde, at 1:30 pm, for "An Hour or So's Informal Conversation with the Country Joe Band." Also a set by up-and-coming singer/songwriter BEX MARSHALL will be featured. Bex is supporting Bob Dylan at The Fleadh this year! Tickets available at the door - just £4. Bassist Bruce Barthol, guitarist/keyboardist David Bennett Cohen and drummer Gary "Chicken" Hirsh from Country Joe And The Fish reunited with Country Joe McDonald for dates on the West Coast of America in April, and to tour England in June. This is the first time these guys have been back together since the sixties, and together with Barry Melton made the first three classic Country Joe And The Fish albums "Electric Music For The Mind & Body", "I-Feel-Like -I'm Fixin' -To-Die", and "Together". "There's a sound that I've been unable to get with any other band that I've had," said Joe. "These guys were part of the creation of the psychedelic sound that Country Joe and the Fish were known for in the 60s. I'm looking forward to playing the old Country Joe and the Fish repertoire as well as the new material." Bruce Barthol, resident composer/lyricist and musician for the Tony Award winning San Francisco Mime Troupe says "There's a war going on, the country's divided and it's feeling more like 1968 every day, so I wasn't totally surprised to get a call from Joe. I had a lot of fun playing with those guys, and it's great doing it again." David Cohen, recently honored by the Harper's Ferry NAACP with the Niagara Centennial Committee Certificate of Appreciation, said, "I've been doing gigs with Joe, and also with Bruce, but getting the four of us together in the same place at the same time is great." David will be coming from New York and has had to re-arrange a crowded schedule of recording and performing to take part in the reunion. "With the country in the shape it's in, I think it's the right time to get together. By adding our voice to the growing anti-war, anti-Bush movement, I hope to we can take back our freedoms through dialogue and growing awareness," David added. Chicken Hirsh, now living in Ashland where he's a painter and Southern Oregon's resident jazz drummer, said "It's great to hear what this band can do with more than three decades of musicianship behind us since we first played together." FULL T O U R S C H E D U L E June 3: Acorn Theatre, Penzance, Cornwall. Box Office: 01736 365520. June 4: Bath Fringe Festival Box Office: 01225 463362 June 6: Ryde Castle Hotel, Ryde, Isle Of Wight, 1:30 pm. "An Hour or So's Informal Conversation with the Country Joe Band." Tickets available at the door (£4). Also a set by up-and-coming singer/songwriter BEX MARSHALL. Reserve by emailing spiderpromos@aol.com. June 6: The Venue@Ryde, Ryde, Isle Of Wight. With Ferris Wheel and Magick Khat. Box office: (023) 92 863911 June 8: The Robin 2, Bilston, Wolverhampton. Box Office 01902 401211 June 9: The Farm, Anderby Rd. Chapel St. Leonards, near Skegness, Lincolnshire. With King Rollo's Upfoot Blues Band Box Office: 01754 871445 June 10: The Boardwalk, Sheffield. Box Office: 0114 279 9090 June 11: Manchester Academy. Box Office: 0871 2200 260 (24 hour) or 0161 832 1111 June 12: Borderline, London. Box office: (020) 7395 0799. June 13: South Parade Pier, Southsea with special guests. Box office: (023) 9286 3911 Friday 11th June: Manchester Academy Manchester Tel 0871 2200 260 (24 hour) or 0161 832 1111 Sat 12th June: