Bruce Barthol

Bassist Bruce Barthol started out in music at just about the top, at least within the context of San Francisco in the mid-'60s. Born in Berkeley, CA, in 1947 (some sources say 1949), at age 18 he became an original member of Country Joe & the Fish. He was on the three-song EP that the band recorded itself, and played on Electric Music for the Mind and Body -- arguably one of the greatest ...more