Barry Melton

Barry "The Fish" Melton (born June 14, 1947) is the co-founder and original lead guitarist of 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. An attorney and member of the State Bar of California, Melton has maintained a criminal defense practice since 1982. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Melton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1947-06-14 · New York City, New York
Known for
- Woodstock (1970) — Self - Country Joe and the Fish
- More American Graffiti (1979) — Country Joe and the Fish
- Monterey Pop (1968) — Self - Country Joe and The Fish
- Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970) — Additional Music
- Zachariah (1971) — Member of The Crackers
- Revolution (1968) — Himself
- Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances (2002) — Country Joe and the Fish
- How We Stopped the War (1969) — Self
- A Day In The Life Of Country Joe And The Fish (1967)
- Light and the City (1970) — Music