Bathing in the afterglow of seeing a dear old girlfriend last night, staying out until after midnight and imbibing alcohol for the first time in years, I have been continuing my exploration of the ESP-Disk catalog by listening repeatedly this morning to The Holy Modal Rounders' Indian War Whoop (1967). This is the only recording that the Rounders did for ESP, if one discounts the reissue of Live in 1965 (2003).
Improvisational and pyschedelic -- the year was 1967 after all -- fiddle player and band co-founder Peter Stampfel has been quoted saying that no acid was dropped while recording Indian War Whoop. Marijuana and speed were the substances that fueled the album; that, and playwright Sam Shepard's two-fisted drumming.
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