Peter Stampfel

Peter Stampfel
Born	Peter Stampfel (1938-10-29) October 29, 1938 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Occupation	Associate Editor at DAW Books
Spouse	Betsy Wollheim
Musical career
Genres	Folk
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)	fiddle, violin, guitar, banjo
Years active	1963–present

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

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.

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)

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)

External links

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