Peter Stampfel

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

Peter Stampfel
Born	Peter Stampfel October 29, 1938 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Occupation	Associate Editor at DAW Books
Spouse(s)	Betsy Wollheim (1970s-present, as of 2020); Antonia (a.k.a. Barbara Ann Goldblatt, 1960s-1970s, d. 2017)[1][2][3][4]
Musical career
Genres	Folk
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments	fiddle, violin, guitar, banjo
Years active	1963–present
Labels	Don Giovanni Rounder Homestead
Associated acts	Holy Modal Rounders, The Fugs

Stampfel is perhaps best known as a member of the Holy Modal Rounders, a psychedelic folk band. He was also briefly a member of the Fugs and has been the leader of several musical projects, including the Bottlecaps and the WORM All-Stars. He has performed with They Might Be Giants, the Roches, Yo La Tengo, Bongwater, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Hurley, Baby Gramps and Loudon Wainwright III.[6]

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) 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' Rol (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) 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

1. Vila, Benito (February 27, 2019). "Peter Stampfel: The Last Holy Modal Rounder Tells All". Please Kill Me. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
2. "Antonia Duren". Discogs. 2017. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
3. McFadden, John (2007). Bear Suit Follies: The Songs, Stories and Letters of Antonia. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0615137735.
4. Sisario, Ben (March 6, 2020). "Steve Weber, 76, a Founder of an Influential Folk Band, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
5. Layne, Joslyn. "Peter Stampfel". Allmusic. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
6. Gross, Jason (September 1996). "Peter Stampfel interview". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved August 16, 2012.

External links

• Interview on Stampfel's folk beginnings, New York City in the 1950s and collaborations, with Jersey Beat