Reunion (Country Joe and the Fish album)

Reunion
Studio album by Country Joe and the Fish
Released	June 1977
Recorded	January–April 1977
Genre	Psychedelic rock, country rock
Label	Fantasy [1]
Producer	Sam Charters
Country Joe and the Fish chronology
CJ Fish (1970) Reunion (1977)

Reunion is the sixth studio album by the American psychedelic rock group Country Joe and the Fish, released in 1977. ^{[2] [3]} It constituted a reunion of the 1967 band's members. ^[4] It was produced by Sam Charters for Fantasy Records and recorded between January and April 1977. The music is not as psychedelic, and several tracks are country rock.^{[ citation needed ]} The album notably features songs written by every band member. ^[5]

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Come to the Reunion" (Gary Hirsh) – 3:03
2. "Time Flies By" (Joe McDonald) – 4:09
3. "Stateline, Nevada" (Barry Melton) – 2:03
4. "Love Is a Mystery" (Barry Melton) – 2:04
5. "Dirty Claus Rag" (Joe McDonald, B. Melton, Sam Charters, Phil Marsh) – 2:04
6. "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" (Joe McDonald) – 3:25

Side 2

7. "Thunderbird" (Joe McDonald) – 3:42
8. "Gibson's Song" (instrumental) (David Bennett Cohen) – 3:37
9. "No One Can Teach You How to Live" (Barry Melton) – 3:16
10. "Insufficient Funds" (Bruce Barthol, Phil Marsh) – 2:36
11. "Dreams" (David Bennett Cohen, Richardson) – 2:55

Total time: 35:32

Personnel

Country Joe and The Fish

• Country Joe McDonald — vocals, acoustic guitar; trombone (track 3), harmonica (track 10)
• Barry Melton — vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, Dobro; synthesizer (track 9)
• David Bennett Cohen — keyboards, acoustic and electric guitars
• Bruce Barthol — bass; vocals (track 10)
• Gary "Chicken" Hirsh — drums, percussion; sandblocks (track 5)

Additional personnel

• John Otis — congas
• Jim Price — horns
• Bobby Keys — horns
• Trevor Lawrence — horns
• Steve Madaio — horns
• Sam Charters — jug (track 5)

References

1. Leon, David De (December 12, 1994). Leaders from the 1960s: A Biographical Sourcebook of American Activism. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN   9780313274145 – via Google Books.
2. Brown, Toni; Abraham, Lee (September 1, 2009). Relix: The Book: The Grateful Dead Experience. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   9781617134159 – via Google Books.
3. Bartkowiak, Mathew J.; Kiuchi, Yuya (June 10, 2015). The Music of Counterculture Cinema: A Critical Study of 1960s and 1970s Soundtracks. McFarland. ISBN   9780786475421 – via Google Books.
4. Rense, Rip (April 8, 2004). "Fixin' to Be Reborn". LA Weekly.
5. Reunion - Country Joe & the Fish | Album | AllMusic , retrieved November 29, 2025