Amazing. Uncanny. Unlike anything I’ve ever heard. Ya gotta listen. – Peter Stampfel
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Treasured EPB contributor, Peter Stampfel, calls this his 80s sound, and it’s delish: Peter Stampfel : Bridge and Tunnel girls by CaseyDeiss
The immortal Harry “The Hipster” Gibson. So all you folks quit puttin’ hipsters down. After all, they’ve been around for about three quarters of a century. – Peter Stampfel
Oh yeah, I love these guys! I’ve played with half of them, and one of them, Hubby, has been playing in my band for years! I give them the highest recommendation! – Peter Stampfel Complete tour info here.
In the mid ’60’s, my ex-girlfriend Antonia introduced me to the concept of “go” songs. These were the songs we heard on the radio that we had a powerful affinity for. Nowadays, you could say a “go” song is one you put on your iPod. Antonia and I tended to have the same ones, although …
Click here to view Freak Folk Origins Part I, by Peter Stampfel. The Weavers had their last hit in 1952 with “Wimoweh (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)” after which they were shot down by the House Un-American Activities witch hunt. Guy Mitchell, who had a number of folkish hits in 1951, promptly recorded “The Only Red …
This is a sort of P.S. coming at the beginning instead of the end–when I started writing, I wasn’t sure what point I was trying to make, and this stumbles and fumbles a lot. Generally speaking, it’s about emerging musical and social trends that I see as hopefully growing, due to their being useful, fun, …
From: M Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 7:17 PM To: Kipp, Thomas J Subject: more unknown (to me) music I just found out about you know of these guys? a facebook friend posted it. I never heard of them. They sound historically very important eh? M ________________________________________ From: Kipp, Thomas J Sent: Wednesday, August 04, …
Two days ago, a Zippy cartoon titled, “Shoe In” mentioned The Holy Modal Rounders, Peter Stampfel‘s band of the last 40 or so years. Peter has contributed to EPB, thus, this was the first mention of any EPB contributor in Bill Griffiths’ Zippy cartoons, or in any iconic cartoon for that matter: Go here.
Here’s another ring to climb in, if you choose… the Rock Critic Roundtable. – Andrew Hamlin * * * Thanks Andy. I think you’re better suited to said realm than I, so DO IT! By the by, from the overall gist of this Tumblr.com roundtable, it seems as though my long-held/oft-defended (post-2001, if not …
Every conversation about music by everyone over the age of 25 goes like this. “I’m with Peter Stampfel. I’d say that “Pop Music” [in the post-Beatles sense] peaked in 1966. Though I think it [and commercial radio] did enjoy a glorious last hurrah in 1984!” – Tom Kipp .
This is just in from Andrew Hamlin who states, “A new take on one of Tom’s (Tom Kipp‘s) old favorites!” *********************************** To which Tom replied: Hi Andy: If only it weren’t phoned in from “My Producer Said This was a Good Career Move” Land! No death-defying vocal swoops or witty inflections. Utter rhythmic stasis. Hell, …
By Tom Kipp “If I had to boil down for a Martian what “it” IS that made rock music the joy of my life, there could be no finer aural aid than this [The Sonics version of “Louie Louie” ] guitar/vocal Tandem Scream from the Id. They say Grunge was “raw”, but it may as …