After moving from Chapel Hill to New York City, Stamey played with the Erasers, then as
Alex Chilton's bass player. In 1977, Stamey founded the independent New York City record label
Car Records, which released the 1978
Chris Bell single with the tracks "I Am the Cosmos" and "You and Your Sister". Stamey recorded and released two critically acclaimed albums with
The dB's,
Stands for Decibels (1981) and
Repercussion (1982), which were initially released only in the
UK, In 1991, Stamey and Holsapple reunited to record the album,
Mavericks, which led to live concerts in
London, England. In 2012, Stamey reunited with the dB's to complete
Falling Off the Sky, their first new studio album in 25 years and their first in 30 years with the original 1978 line-up. On February 5, 2013, Stamey released the solo album
Lovesick Blues on
Yep Roc Records, followed by
Euphoria in 2015. Stamey was the driving force behind a group of musician-friends performing
Big Star's
Third album live in the US, the UK, Spain, and Australia, on a series of occasions between 2010 and 2016, resulting in a live double CD/DVD recorded at
Glendale's
Alex Theatre in 2016 and released in 2017. On the record, he performs vocals and guitar on
I Am the Cosmos, the Chris Bell single he had released on his Car Records label some 40-odd years earlier. On June 12, 2021 (Record Store Day), Stamey and Holsapple released
Our Back Pages on
Omnivore, an album of acoustic arrangements of songs by The dB’s. ==Discography==