Peter Stampfel

Peter Stampfel
Born	(1938-10-29) October 29, 1938 Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, US
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)
Musical career
Genres	Folk
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)	fiddle, violin, guitar, banjo
Years active	1963–present
Labels	Don Giovanni Rounder Homestead

Peter Stampfel (born October 29, 1938, in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) 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. 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.

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.

Stampfel performs in 2012

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)

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)

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.