Peter Krug would be totally forgotten today had he not, by circumstance, ended up on the very collectable first release by a major California psychedelic group. In late 1965, Country Joe the Fish -- still a folk jugband for the most part -- put out their first two tracks, early versions of I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag and Superbird, on a four-song EP accompanying the magazine Rag Baby. Country Joe the Fish were only on the A-side, however; the B-side was devoted to two solo acoustic performances by Krug, a San Francisco Bay Area folk singer/songwriter. The two songs were mediocre mid-'60s topical folk tunes, not helped by the drab melodies and Krug's unsteady, inexpressive vocals. Fire in the City mixes a Dylanesque delivery with a vague lyrical sense of apocalypse, and Johnny's Gone to the War was an anti-war statement. Although the original EP release on which these tracks appeared is quite rare, the Krug songs (as well as the Country Joe the Fish ones) were reissued on Country Joe the Fish's Collectors Items: The First Three EP's collection. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi