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Barry "The Fish" Melton (born June 14, 1947 in
Brooklyn, New York City) was
the co-founder (1965) and original lead guitarist of Country Joe and The Fish. Barry 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. Melton is also a founding
member of The
Dinosaurs, the Bay Area's only psychedelic music "supergroup."
He has been a criminal defense lawyer for over 25 years and he
retired in 2009 as the Public Defender of
Yolo County, California. He is
a Certified Specialist in Criminal Law (the State Bar of California Board
of Legal Specialization)
Barry also continues to be active in music. Since 2001 he has
performed in Italy, England, France and Russia (he appeared with the Russian band,
Crossroadz, in Moscow). He
often appears with his own band, mainly around Northern California,
and generally tours Europe
briefly in the summer. Peter Albin of Big
Brother and The Holding Company has continued to play with
Barry for over 40 years.
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