Weber was born in
Philadelphia in 1943 and moved with his mother to
Buckingham in
Bucks County, Pennsylvania. In Bucks County he met musicians such as Robin Remaily, who would later join the Holy Modal Rounders, and
Michael Hurley, who was long associated with the band. In 1963, Weber met
Peter Stampfel in
New York City, introduced by the
Greenwich Village figure
Antonia, who had dated Weber and would later marry Stampfel. Their 1965 recordings with the Fugs are on the albums
The Village Fugs,
Virgin Fugs, and
Fugs 4, Rounders Score. Weber wrote the cult classic "Boobs a Lot" for the Fugs, which the Rounders later recorded on the album
Good Taste Is Timeless. After leaving the Fugs, Weber and Stampfel reunited as the Rounders and recorded a third album,
Indian War Whoop (
ESP-Disk, 1967), adding
Sam Shepard and
Lee Crabtree to the group. Weber and Stampfel played together again in New York City at
The Bottom Line in 1996 and reunited the Rounders for
Too Much Fun! (Rounder, 1999). The original Rounders performed together for the last time in 2002. As captured by the 2006 documentary film
The Holy Modal Rounders... Bound To Lose, Weber and Stampfel's relationship grew contentious again, with Weber failing to show up for a 40th-anniversary concert for the Rounders in 2003. The album
Holy Modal Rounders B.C. (Frederick Productions, 2006), credited to Steve Weber & The Holy Modal Rounders, was released, a recording from a concert for a Vancouver radio show in 1976 documenting the Portland-based, Weber-led version of the Rounders. After the release of
Bound to Lose, which he felt was deceptively edited, Weber broke off his connections with the Holy Modal Rounders. Retiring from his musical career, he moved to
Mount Clare, West Virginia, where he died on February 7, 2020, at the age of 76. ==References==