Barry ‘ The Fish’ Melton

Barry "The Fish" Melton was the co-founder of Country Joe and the Fish, one of the most influential groups to come from the San Francisco scene. In May 1967, they released their debut album, "Electric Music For The Mind & Body". It was a chart success and stil consistently charting in lists of the top psychedelic albums ever made. It's never been out of print.In 1967 - the “Summer of Love” - Country Joe and the Fish played the Monterey Pop Festival with such luminaries as The Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother & The Holding Compan (with Janis Joplin), The Mamas and Papas, Otis Redding, Ravi Shankar, Simon and Garfunkel, The Steve Miller Band, The Who and Jimi Hendrix.

After a superb performance (check out D.A.Pennebaker's film "Monterey Pop") Country Joe & The Fish were in great demand, and toured arenas, concert halls, and stadiums throughout Europe and North America. Theirmost famous appearance was at 1969's historic Woodstock Festival, before half a million people. where part of their performance was immortalised in the film of the same name. Country Joe and the Fish split up in 1971, but occasionally regrouped to play together. In 1976 they shared the bill with Bob Marley and The Wailers at a stadium gig in Cardiff, Wales. They released two reunion albums in 1977 and 1994. Since then Country Joe McDonald retired and two other members died. Only Barry Melton and keyboard player David Bennett Cohen are now still active

After Country Joe and The Fish split, Barry released a series of excellent solo albums, and also recorded with top Welsh rockers Man at Rockfield Studios in Wales, and toured with them on many occasions.He then put together San Francisco’s historic supergroup, Dinosaurs, which also featured John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service) on 2nd lead guitar, Spencer Dryden (Jefferson Airplane) on drums, Peter Albin (Big Brother and the Holding Company) on bass guitar and Robert Hunter (songwriter for The Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan collaborator) on rhythm guitar.

Canadian born singer & guitarist Natalie Martel is a recording artiste in her own right and well known in the San Francisco area, where she has lived for many years, initially with the late John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service).