Throughout his Vanguard, Fantasy and Rag Baby years, Joe created the same kinds of song on different themes as he had while part of Country Joe and The Fish. Politics, sexism, war, veterans, the environment, loneliness, love found and lost, the list goes on. His recording are like an audio newspaper - pick a daily topic and somehow or another it turns up on an album. His current collection of songs is, in a sense, a contemporary survey of current topics - some right from the headlines of your local newspaper. 50 is a collection that speaks to today and yesterday, of a future promise, and a past fondly remembered.