I first ran into Art at the first Fiddle TUnes festival I attended, in
Port Townsend in 1997. I loved his fiddle playing, and his sense of humour. A lot of his class consisted of telling jokes, as well as playing.
In fact the very first time I heard old time was when I walked into the 204 building (atFiddle Tunes) and was overwhelmed with oldtime fiddle and banjo, and the first musicians I encountered were Art Stamper and John Herman on the banjo..

apparently he performed in the 50s with a lot of big names, stopped for
a few years and I believe he was a barber. When he retired he got back into playing.
I loved his music. (have a couple of cds Lost Fiddler and Goodbye Girls Im going to Boston) he will be missed.
Peter