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Country Joe McDonald Vietnam Experience Release Date: 1995 Running Time: 79:39 Label: Line A thematic record revolving around 12 anti-Vietnam War songs recorded by McDonald through the years and accompanied by a fleet of musicians. The blues figure in heavily: "Foreign Policy Blues" and "Mourning Blues" are standard-issue traditional form, but the latter is breathtaking in its emotional delivery. A re-recorded version of "I-Feel-Like-I'm Fixin'-To-Die Rag" takes a great song and makes it even better; "Kiss My Ass" is a bitter indictment disguised by a rollicking melody. McDonald's myopic tack has not served him commercially, but his remembrance of the pain of war for those who served and those at home has been an estimable, artistic raison d'etre for three decades (though the 27-minute instrumental "Vietnam Requiem Part I" might be an argument for overkill). Denise Sullivan, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag McDonald 2:56 2 Foreign Policy Blues McDonald 5:30 3 Agent Orange Song Hogan 3:54 4 Girl Next Door (Combat Nurse) McDonald 3:24 5 Kiss My Ass McDonald 3:17 6 Secret Agent McDonald 3:38 7 Vietnam Veteran Still Alive McDonald 4:59 8 Vietnam Never Again McDonald 4:07 9 Mourning Blues McDonald 3:42 10 Welcome Home McDonald 3:17 11 Vietnam Requiem, Pt. 1: The Beginning McDonald 27:11 12 Vietnam Requiem, Pt. 2: The End McDonald 13:44 Releases: Year Type Label 1989 CD Line

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