Person · Male
Peter Holsapple
- From
- Greenwich, United States
- Since
- 1956–present
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 7
- rock
- jangle pop
About
Peter Livingston Holsapple (born February 19, 1956) is an American musician who, along with Chris Stamey, formed the dB's, a jangle-pop band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He became the band's principal songwriter and singer after Stamey's departure. The band, with Stamey back in the fold, reformed with new material in 2005–2006.
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After the dB's disbanded in 1988, Holsapple played as an auxiliary musician with R.E.M. and Hootie & the Blowfish, before joining the Continental Drifters, a rock band originating from Los Angeles.
In 1997, he released his first solo album, Out of the Way. He followed it up twenty-one years later with Game Day and with Face of 68 in 2025.
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Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 39df5c2a-5ad1-45d7-bc89-4fada16c9d5f
- ISNI
- 0000000055163342
- IPI
- 00043609295
- IPI
- 00238663740
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.