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Barry Melton

voc, g, *1947 US, Brooklyn
Musician of Rock

Barry "The Fish" Melton (born June 14, 1947) is 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.

     
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
  • Acoustic guitar
Genres
  • Rock
  • World
  • Blues
  • Folk
Plays With
Country Joe And The Fish
Dinosaurs
The Barry "The Fish" Melton Band
Tony Dey
Popular Tracks   
I Can't Dance on Level with Me by Barry Melton
Level with Me on Level with Me by Barry Melton
Jungle on Can't Stop to Boogie by Tetuzi Akiyama, Henry Kaiser & Barry Melton
OOH, OOH, OOH on Melton, Levy & The Dey Brothers by Barry Melton, Jay Levy & The Dey Brothers
I Have Wandered on We Are Like The Ocean by Barry Melton
Burnin' Hell on Can't Stop to Boogie by Tetuzi Akiyama, Henry Kaiser & Barry Melton
TAXPAYER'S LAMENT on Melton, Levy & The Dey Brothers by Barry Melton, Jay Levy & The Dey Brothers
California on We Are Like The Ocean by Barry Melton
CLOSER on Melton, Levy & The Dey Brothers by Barry Melton, Jay Levy & The Dey Brothers
SHE DANCES THROUGH on Melton, Levy & The Dey Brothers by Barry Melton, Jay Levy & The Dey Brothers

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Duel In The DesertRich Hopkins & Barry Melton2007Album
Dinousaurs Recorded Live In San Francisco May 14, 1988John Cipollina, Barry Melton, Peter Albin, Spencer Dryden, Merl Saunders1994Album
Songs Of The Next Great DepressionBarry Melton1981Album
RobberyBarry Melton1981Single
Level With MeBarry Melton1978Album
We Are Like The OceanBarry Melton1978Album
CaliforniaBarry Melton1977Single
The FishBarry Melton1976Album
Stereo Pop Special-92Country Joe McDonald And Barry Melton1975Album
Melton, Levy & The Dey Bros.Barry Melton, Jay Levy & The Dey Brothers1972Album
S.O.S.Barry Melton, Jay Levy & The Dey Brothers1972Single
Bright Sun Is ShiningBarry Melton1970Album
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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.
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