About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of Country Joe's protest song during the Vietnam War era.
In the late sixties, no song quite captured the rage of America’s youth over the Viet Nam War like the darkly humored “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag,“ by Country Joe and the Fish. Protest songs like this were key to galvanizing resistance against the war. Country Joe...
Topics covered
- Vietnam War
- protest songs
- Country Joe and the Fish
Keywords
- Country Joe
- I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag
- 1960s
- youth protest
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Country Joe, I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag
Places: America
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