Peter Stampfel

Peter Stampfel
Birth name	Peter Stampfel
Born	October 29, 1938 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Genres	Folk
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments	fiddle, violin, guitar, banjo
Years active	1963–present
Associated acts	Holy Modal Rounders

Peter Stampfel (born October 29, 1938 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin^[1]) is an American fiddle player, violinist and singer-songwriter. He is perhaps best known for his work in the psychedelic folk band The Holy Modal Rounders. Stampfel 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's also performed with They Might Be Giants, The Roches, Yo La Tengo, Bongwater, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Hurley, Baby Gramps and Loudon Wainwright III.^[2]

Discography

Solo May 1994 Hello CD of the Month (1994) You Must Remember This... (1995) Dook of the Beatniks (2010) Better Than Expected (2014) 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 (1980) 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 Jeffrey Lewis Come On Board (2011) 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. Layne, Joslyn. "Peter Stampfel". Allmusic. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
2. Gross, Jason (September 1996). "Peter Stampfel interview". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved August 16, 2012.