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barry melton wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 life and career 2 discography toggle discography subsection 2 1 studio albums 2 2 collaborative albums 2 3 as band member 2 4 as guest 3 references 4 external links toggle the table of contents barry melton 7 languages مصرى čeština deutsch français norsk nynorsk português toki pona edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia american guitarist born 1947 this biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification please help by adding reliable sources contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful find sources barry melton news newspapers books scholar jstor august 2013 learn how and when to remove this message barry the fish melton melton right performing in 2017 background information also known as the fish born 1947 06 14 june 14 1947 age 79 brooklyn new york united states genres rock psychedelic rock acid rock occupations musician songwriter attorney instruments guitar vocals years active 1965 present website counterculture net thefish musical artist barry the fish melton born june 14 1947 1 is an american guitarist and songwriter who is the co founder and original lead guitarist of rock bands country joe and the fish and dinosaurs he appears on all the country joe and the fish recordings and he also wrote some of the songs that the band recorded he appeared in the films made at monterey pop and woodstock and also appeared as an outlaw in the neo western film zachariah and other films in which country joe and the fish appear 2 an attorney and member of the state bar of california melton has maintained a criminal defense practice since 1982 life and career edit melton was born in brooklyn new york united states 3 the son of secretary taube tillie née kuchuck and james melton an hvac engineer who taught at los angeles city college his mother was from an east coast jewish family her parents were from odessa and his father was from a texas pioneer family and shares ancestry in colonial virginia with george washington as well as deep roots in ireland 4 5 raised in brooklyn s brighton beach neighborhood and the san fernando valley of los angeles california melton served as a congress of racial equality volunteer during freedom summer and participated in a demonstration against trần lệ xuân during her september october 1963 lecture tour of europe and the united states having previously studied under kay kyser guitarist milton norman for much of his youth at the instigation of his parents melton initially befriended future bandmate bruce barthol in his high school s folk music club after ascending to the presidency of that organization melton became ensconced in the american folk music revival in earnest playing at such venues as the ash grove a summer 1964 hitchhiking excursion to the san francisco bay area and his hometown of new york city yielded his first introduction to joe mcdonald at a malvina reynolds concert in the bay area upon graduating early from ulysses s grant high school in january 1965 melton enrolled at san francisco state university after becoming a devotee of faculty member s i hayakawa s writings on general semantics dissuaded by the fact that hayakawa only taught upper division courses and lured away by the music he dropped out after ten weeks reuniting with mcdonald in nearby berkeley california paralleling the development of such contemporaneous groups as the grateful dead various duo and jug band oriented permutations of their act centered on the jabberwock a berkeley coffeehouse would ultimately evolve into country joe and the fish by early 1966 3 with a desire to eschew the rigors of a touring lifestyle while maintaining his countercultural values following the birth of his first son in 1977 he enrolled in the law program at la salle extension university a now defunct correspondence law school 6 after earning his juris doctor from ocean university a similar institution and passing the california bar exam in 1982 melton maintained a private criminal defense practice in san francisco for twelve years before becoming a deputy public defender in mendocino county california in 1994 following a brief tenure as a california deputy state public defender from 1998 to 1999 he took a position with yolo county california eventually retiring in 2009 as the county s chief public defender since then he has resumed private practice and worked as a subcontractor for lake defense the contract provider of indigent defense services in lake county california he is certified as a specialist in criminal law by the state bar of california board of legal specialization melton also continues to be active in music since 2001 he has performed in italy england france thailand and russia including a performance with the russian band crossroadz in moscow he often appears with his own band mainly around northern california and generally tours europe briefly in the summer peter albin of big brother and the holding company has continued to play with melton for over 40 years melton appeared as a guest performer with members of the blues project band during the blue wing blues festival labor day concert closing event on september 1 2025 7 discography edit this section needs expansion you can help by adding missing information november 2019 studio albums edit bright sun is shining vanguard 1970 the fish united artists records 1975 we are like the ocean music is medicine 1977 level with me music is medicine 1978 songs of the next great depression rag baby records 1981 collaborative albums edit melton levy the dey bros columbia 1972 duel in the desert with rich hopkins taxim records 2007 the revenge of blind joe death the john fahey tribute album as a member of canned fish a one time collaboration between canned heat members adolfo de la parra fito and larry taylor and country joe and the fish member barry the fish melton takoma records distributed by fantasy records 2006 also appearing on the album george winston michael gulezian alex de grassi country joe mcdonald peter lang stefan grossman and rick ruskin as band member edit with dinosaurs dinousaurs relix records 1988 friends of extinction retroworld 2004 compilation album with jamasutra revolution down the road 2010 with can t stop to boogie can t stop to boogie 2011 as guest edit with otis spann cryin time 1969 vanguard references edit barry melton music metason net retrieved september 28 2021 barry melton actor music department soundtrack imdb retrieved november 17 2025 1 2 colin larkin ed 1992 the guinness encyclopedia of popular music first ed guinness publishing p 1658 isbn 0 85112 939 0 meltoneightmiles cjfishlegacy com retrieved august 8 2013 benarde scott r 2003 stars of david rock n roll s jewish stories scott r benarde google books isbn 9781584653035 retrieved august 8 2013 via google books attorney barry melton lii attorney directory lawyers law cornell edu retrieved august 8 2013 barry the fish melton joins all star cast at blue wing blues festival labor day concert lake county news august 24 2025 retrieved january 12 2026 external links edit barry the fish melton homepage law office of barry melton website cjfishlegacy com 2011 interview with barry melton on prog sphere october 2011 kdrt radio interview leading up to davis benefit concert v t e country joe and the fish country joe mcdonald barry the fish melton gary chicken hirsh david bennett cohen bruce barthol david getz peter albin john francis gunning paul armstrong mark ryan gregory leroy dewey mark kapner doug metzler studio albums electric music for the mind and body 1967 i feel like i m fixin to die 1967 together 1968 here we are again 1969 cj fish 1970 reunion 1977 songs not so sweet martha lorraine the fish cheer i feel like i m fixin to die rag authority control databases international isni viaf gnd fast worldcat national united states spain netherlands artists musicbrainz people deutsche biographie other idref yale lux retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title barry_melton oldid 1370967032 categories 1947 births living people guitarists from california musicians from brooklyn la salle extension university alumni american anti vietnam war activists american rock guitarists american male guitarists country joe and the fish members public defenders activists from new york state activists from california 20th century american guitarists grant high school los angeles alumni people from brighton beach 20th century american male musicians the dinosaurs members hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata use mdy dates from january 2015 blp articles lacking sources from august 2013 all blp articles lacking sources articles with hcards pages using infobox musical artist with associated acts articles to be expanded from november 2019 all articles to be expanded this page was last edited on 23 august 2026 at 23 37 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered 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