the holy modal rounders

The Holy Modal Rounders poured their idiosyncratic old timey spirit into this hilarious "psycho-delic" freak folk.  Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber met through Greenwich Village scenestress and co-conspirator Antonia (Barbara Ann Goldblatt).  Stampfel says:    "Antonia told me about this guy Weber who seemed to be this very-evil Amphetimine freak. She kept going on about how all the terrible things he did and he was her boyfriend for awhile. She broke his guitar over his head once. So I heard all these Weber stories. In May of '63, we were living on Houston Street. The place cost $60 a month. One day, Weber came down from Pennsylvannia. I wasn't expecting a 19-year-old kid who was 6' 4" and looked like an idealized L'il Abner. I had no idea that he was a brilliant country-blues guitar player. I thought he just played stuff like 'Kumbaya'. I wasn't aware that he would play Blind Willie McTell.   We played something and that first time we did, it was absolutely perfect. It was like 'Gee, it's like the long lost brother than I never had and never knew.' The whole idea of us playing together was stage managed by Antonia. The idea was a plot to get Weber off the streets. Before he want back to Pennsylvannia, he was living on the streets mostly. But she didn't want it to seem like it was her idea. She wanted it to seem like it was our idea. She didn't want to be a pushy girl. I got the idea 'What a cool idea- me and Weber playing together.' ... We kept changing the name. First it was the Total Quintessence Stomach Pumpers. Then the Temporal Worth High Steppers. Then The Motherfucker Creek Babyrapers. That was just a joke name. He was Rinky-Dink Steve the Tin Horn and I was Fast Lightning Cumquat. He was Teddy Boy Forever and I was Wild Blue Yonder. It kept changing names. Then it was the Total Modal Rounders. Then when we were stoned on pot and someone else, Steve Close maybe, said Holy Modal Rounders by mistake. We kept putting out different names and wait until someone starts calling us that then. When we got to Holy Modal Rounders, everyone decided by acculumation that we were the Holy Modal Rounders. That's the practical way to get named."

The duo tore up the Greenwich Village folk scene with their unique take on the acoustic form.  Their eponymous debut has Peter Stampfel on fiddle, banjo, and vocals and Steve Weber on guitar and vocals and features music so strange and surreal that it at once embodied and undermined the folk movement.  Some purists were infuriated by their disregard for melody and their willingness to make up their own words for traditional songs.  





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The Holy Modal Rounders 1
1 Blues In The Bottle 0:00
Arranged By – P Stampfel*, S Weber*
Written-By – Trad*
2 Give The Fiddler A Dram 03:25
Arranged By – S Weber*
Written-By – Trad*
3 The Cuckoo 05:56
Written-By – Trad*
4 Euphoria 09:01
Written-By – G Remaily*
5 Long John 10:32
Arranged By – S Weber*
Written-By – Trad*
6 Hesitation Blues 12:50
Arranged By – P Stampfel*, S Weber*
Written-By – Trad*
7 Hey, Hey Baby 15:09
Written-By – S Weber*
8 Reuben's Train 16:29
Arranged By – P Stampfel*, S Weber*
Written-By – Trad*
9 Mister Spaceman 18:58
Written-By – J. Cymbal*, S Weber*
10 Moving Day 20:51
Written-By – C Poole*, P Stampfel*
11 Better Things For You 23:22
Written By – T Roberts
12 Same Old Man 26:33
Arranged By – S Weber*
Written-By – Trad*
13 Hop High Ladies 28:14
Arranged By – P Stampfel*
Written-By – Trad*
14 Bound To Lose 30:14
Arranged By – Stampfel*
Written-By – Traditional
15 Sugar Is The Ground 34:31 (previuosly unreleased)

The Holy Modal Rounders 2
16 Flop Eared Mule
Written-By – Trad*
17 Black Eyed Susie
Written-By – Trad*
18 Sail Away Ladies
Written-By – Trad*
19 Clinch Mountain Backstep
Written-By – R Rakes*
20 Fishing Blues
Written-By – Trad*
21 Statesboro Blues
Written-By – W McTell*
22 Junko Partner
Written-By – M Hurley*, S Weber*
23 Mole In The Ground
Written-By – Trad*
24 Hot Corn, Cold Corn
Written-By – Trad*
25 Down The Old Plank Road
Written-By – D Macon*
26 Chevrolet Six
Written-By – F Hutchison*
27 Crowley Waltz
Written-By – C Falcon*
28 Bully Of The Town
Arranged By – V Dalhart*
Written-By – Traditional
29 Soldier's Joy
Written-By – Trad* (previously unreleased)





1. "Blues in the Bottle"   Traditional arr., Stampfel, Weber 3:23
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Holy+Modal+Rounders/_/Blues+in+the+Bottle
http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Blues+In+The+Bottle/20ki3B?src=5
https://myspace.com/holymodalroundersmusic/music/song/blues-in-the-bottle-24585-33360

2. "Give the Fiddler a Dram"   Traditional arr. 2:32
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Holy+Modal+Rounders/_/Give+the+Fiddler+A+Dram
https://myspace.com/holymodalroundersmusic/music/song/give-the-fiddler-a-dram-24586-33361


3. "The Cuckoo"   Clarence Ashley 3:06
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk-YSGQOgSA


4. "Euphoria"   Remaily 1:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8S2hCUVisg



5. "Long John"   Traditional arr. 2:20
https://myspace.com/holymodalroundersmusic/music/song/long-john-24589-33364
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Holy+Modal+Rounders/_/Long+John

6. "Hesitation Blues"   Traditional arr. 2:18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzZ2q0NUEZQ&feature=kp



7. "Hey, Hey Baby"   Weber 1:19
https://myspace.com/holymodalroundersmusic/music/song/hey-hey-baby-24592-33367
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Holy+Modal+Rounders/_/Hey,+Hey+Baby



8. "Reuben's Train"   Traditional arr. 2:28
https://myspace.com/holymodalroundersmusic/music/song/reuben-s-train-24593-33368
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Holy+Modal+Rounders/_/Reuben's+Train



9. "Mr. Bass Man (Mister Spaceman)"   Cymbal 1:52
https://myspace.com/holymodalroundersmusic/music/song/mr.-spaceman-22575024-33369
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUtQqH3rt3c



10. "Moving Day"   Poole 2:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au5NxDjiyJc&feature=kp




11. "Better Things for You"   Traditional arr. 3:10
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Holy+Modal+Rounders/_/Better+Things+for+You
https://myspace.com/holymodalroundersmusic/music/song/better-things-for-you-24596-33371
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJjDd-sCUN8&feature=kp



12. "Same Old Man"   Traditional arr. 1:41
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAWz97xBKYE




13. "Hop High Ladies"   Traditional arr. 1:59
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Holy+Modal+Rounders/_/Hop+High+Ladies
https://myspace.com/holymodalroundersmusic/music/song/hop-high-ladies-24598-33373


14. "Bound to Lose"   Stampfel 4:16
https://myspace.com/holymodalroundersmusic/music/song/bound-to-lose-24599-33374