Country Joe McDonald

I Feel Like I'm Fixin to Die Rag

1985 · Rag Baby RAG 1025 · Berkeley, California

Artist
Country Joe McDonald
Title
I Feel Like I'm Fixin to Die Rag
Release
Vietnam Experience
Year
1985
Label
Rag Baby # RAG 1025
Format
LP · Album
Language
English
Country
Berkeley, California, USA
Songwriter
Country Joe McDonald
Genre
Rock · Psychedelic Rock
Primary theme
Post-War

Notes

Solo re-recording, track A1 of Country Joe McDonald's album Vietnam Experience (Rag Baby RAG 1025; also issued in Germany as a white-vinyl 2LP, Rag Baby / Line RBDLP 5.00026, 1986). A separate recording from the 1965 original, the 1967 Vanguard LP version and the Woodstock live version.

About the artist

Born 1 January 1942, Washington, D.C.; died March 2026. Singer and songwriter, founder of Country Joe & The Fish (Berkeley, California, 1965) and writer of I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die-Rag; performed the song solo at Woodstock in August 1969.

Themes

Soldier's Perspective · Draft · Military

From the release Vietnam Experience

In collections

Draft Songs · US Military & Veteran Songs