About Peter Stampfel
Peter Stampfel is an American fiddle player, old-time musician, and singer-songwriter. He is best known as a founding member of The Holy Modal Rounders. Two years later he founded The Holy Modal Rounders with Steve Weber, then expanded the lineup to include drummer and playwright Sam Shepard during the second half of the 1960s. The Holy Modal Rounders’ early recordings are often cited as among the first examples of psychedelic folk, and they reached a greater audience after “The Bird Song,” was included on the Easy Rider soundtrack. Peter Stampfel was born on October 29, 1938, in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. Peter Stampfel at AllMusic Peter Stampfel on Bandcamp Stampfel World.
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