PEL Presents NEM#229: Peter Holsapple (dB's, Continental Drifters) Pays Tribute to His Adolescence

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Casey, Paskin, Philosophy, Linsenmayer, Society & Culture, Alwan

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Peter recorded with Chris Stamey as early as 1972, and they reconvened as The dB's in the '80s. Peter has released six albums as the dB's, three more as a duo with Chris, four co-fronting the Continental Drifters, and three solo albums. He has also been a supporting/touring member in several bands including REM, Hootie and the Blowfish, and currently The Paranoid Style.

We discuss "Larger Than Life" from his new solo album The Face of 68), "Don’t Mention the War" from Game Day (2018), and "She Won’t Drive in the Rain" by The Db’s from their reunion album Falling off the Sky (2012). We conclude by listening to "Where Does the Time Go" by Continental Drivers from Better Day (2001). Intro: "Amplifier" by The Db’s from Repercussion (1981). More info at halfpearblog.blogspot.com.

Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Support us on Patreon.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're listening to Nakedly Examined Music, a podcast about songs and songwriters.
0:09.6	My name is Mark Lintonmeier.
0:11.2	My guest for episode 229 is Peter Hallsappell.
0:14.7	Best known for his work in the early 80s with the band of the D.Bs.
0:18.6	You're right now hearing their biggest hit Amplifier from their second album, 1981's Re percussion.
0:24.1	He had had a long connection before that with his DB's co-front man Chris Stamey, who I've had on the show before.
0:30.1	The two co-fronted the band for the first two albums.
0:32.5	Peter fronted it by himself for another two albums.
0:35.3	The fifth album was unreleased until 1994, by which time
0:38.4	Peter had become an auxiliary member of REM on their World Tour for Green and then the
0:44.0	Out of Time album recording. He similarly supported Hootie and the Blowfish for many years.
0:50.1	In 1991, he recorded the first of a few different reunion projects with Chris Stamey and
0:55.7	joined the Continental Drifters as one of three or four singer-songwriters through their
1:00.2	four albums.
1:01.2	He has released only three solo albums to date, the first being in 1995, and we're going
1:06.1	to discuss songs from the other two.
1:08.7	The song Larger Than Life comes from The Face of 68, his brand new album.
1:13.4	Then Don't Mention the War is from Game Day, 2018. And then we'll discuss She Won't Drive in
1:19.1	the Rain by the D.Bs from their reunion album, 2012's, Falling Off the Sky. Finally, we'll hear
1:25.3	Where Does the Time Go by Continental Drifters from Better Day, their last
1:29.1	album, 2001. You can
1:31.3	read about his various activities at
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Mark Linsenmayer, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Mark Linsenmayer and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.