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Peter Stampfel

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

Peter Stampfel

(1938-10-29) October 29, 1938

Associate editor at DAW Books

Betsy Wollheim (1970s-present, as of 2020); Antonia (a.k.a. Barbara Ann Goldblatt, 1960s–1970s, d. 2017)[1][2][3][4]

Singer-songwriter, musician

fiddle, violin, guitar, banjo

1963–present

History[edit]

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]

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

Interview