Indian War Whoop
by The Holy Modal Rounders
- Type: Album
- Released: 1967
- Label: ESP-Disk
- Country: United States
- Community rating: 3.33/5 from 2 ratings
Artists on this release: Michael Hurley, Luke Jordan, Barbara, Lee Crabtree, Sam Shepard, Wendy, Antonia Duren, Steve Weber
Album Notes & Community Reviews
This duo deconstructs Appalachian folk music, filtering fiddles and banjos through a lens of chaotic, drug-fueled absurdity. The record interrupts traditional string-band melodies with erratic tempo changes, abrasive squawks, and bizarre spoken-word beat poetry.
Genres
Descriptors: Avant Garde, Folk, drugs, avant-garde
Tracklist
Credits
- The Holy Modal Rounders - primary artist
- Sam Shepard - drums
- Richard Alderson - engineer
- Peter Stampfel - fiddle [electric], vocals, liner notes, written-by
- Steve Weber - guitar, vocals, written-by
- Lee Crabtree - piano, organ
- Dr. Jackson Illusion - producer
- Antonia Duren - vocals, written-by
- Barbara - vocals
- Wendy - vocals
- Traditional - written-by
- Luke Jordan - written-by
- Michael Hurley - written-by