Peter Stampfel

American musician

Don Giovanni
Rounder
Homestead

Musical artist

Peter Stampfel (born October 29, 1938, in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin^[5]) is an American fiddle player, old-time musician, and singer-songwriter.

History

Stampfel is best known as a member of the Holy Modal Rounders, a psychedelic folk band that he founded with Steve Weber in the early 1960s.^[6] He was also briefly a member of the Fugs and has been the leader of several musical projects, including the Bottlecaps, the Du-Tels, and the WORM All-Stars. He has performed with They Might Be Giants, the Roches, Richard Barone, Yo La Tengo, Bongwater, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Hurley, Baby Gramps and Loudon Wainwright III.^[7]

Legacy

Music Critic Robert Christgau has asserted that “next to Bob Dylan, Stampfel is the closest thing to a genius" to come out of the New York folk revival scene of the 1960's.^[8]

Discography

Solo

May 1994 Hello CD of the Month (1994)
You Must Remember This... (1995)
Dook of the Beatniks (2010)
Better Than Expected (2014)
Holiday For Strings (2016)
The Cambrian Explosion (2017)
The Ordovician Era (2019)
Peter Stampfel's 20th Century in 100 Songs (2021)

The Fugs

Virgin Fugs (1966) ^[9]

Holy Modal Rounders

The Holy Modal Rounders (1964)
The Holy Modal Rounders 2 (1965)
Indian War Whoop (1967)
The Moray Eels Eat The Holy Modal Rounders (1968)
Good Taste Is Timeless (1971)
Alleged in Their Own Time (1975)
Last Round (1978)
Going Nowhere Fast (1981)
Too Much Fun! (1999)

with the Bottlecaps

Peter Stampfel & the Bottlecaps (1986)
People's Republic of Rock 'n' Roll (1989)
The Jig Is Up (2004)

with Zoë Stampfel

Ass in the Air (2010)

with Baby Gramps

Outertainment (2010)

with Jeffrey Lewis

Come On Board (2011)
Hey Hey, it's... The Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band (2013)
Have Moicy 2: The Hoodoo Bash (2015)
Both Ways (2021)

with Luke Faust

Wendigo Dwain Story (2011)

with the Unholy Modal Rounders and others

Have Moicy! (1976)

with the WORM All-Stars

A Sure Sign of Something (2011)

References

^ Vila, Benito (February 27, 2019). "Peter Stampfel: The Last Holy Modal Rounder Tells All". Please Kill Me. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
^ "Antonia Duren". Discogs. 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
^ McFadden, John (2007). Bear Suit Follies: The Songs, Stories and Letters of Antonia. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0615137735.
^ Sisario, Ben (March 6, 2020). "Steve Weber, 76, a Founder of an Influential Folk Band, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
^ Layne, Joslyn. "Peter Stampfel". Allmusic. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
^ "Welcome to the weird world of Peter Stampfel". The Irish Times. December 8, 2001. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
^ Gross, Jason (September 1996). "Peter Stampfel interview". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
^ The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose (2006), retrieved September 8, 2023
^ "The Fugs - Virgin Fugs Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic.

External links

Interview on Stampfel's folk beginnings, New York City in the 1950s and collaborations, with Jersey Beat
Stampfel World. Stampfel's notes on recent projects.

The Holy Modal Rounders