Attendees at the 149th Annual, Lehigh vs. LaFayette game, Bethlehem, PA 2013

Crafting Original Music, Spanning Three Decades.

Founding Members of The Progressive Shamanists on break in the Poconos.

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The Live Shamanistic Dreams Collection



The Progressive Shamanists, including Rob Prigge, Rob Kowtko and Greg Pichler, met at the studio in Tanglewood, Pennsylvania on the weekend, starting Friday, July 16, 1982. Rob Kowtko's brother, guitarist, Dave Kowtko, and bass guitarist, David Axelrod, also attended the weekend session at the Tanglewood studio. During that weekend the collection of musicians, recorded five songs on the cassette tape recorder.

Both Rob Kowtko and Greg Pichler had recently graduated from Lehigh University. Kowtko earned Bachelor's of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Engineering College. Pichler earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Arts and Sciences College.

Percussionist, Rob Prigge, was also attending Lehigh University at the time, but Prigge was on Summer break after completing his freshman year.

Greg Pichler had introduced one new song, entitled It's My Turn Now to the group. However, the group opted not to perform a rendition of the song. A demo of the song, It's My Turn Now, is included on the studio album as a bonus track.

None of the other musicians introduced any new, original material to the group's repetoire over the course of the weekend. Rather, the musicians performed fresh renditions of earlier work, including the title track, Live Shamanistic Dreams, penned by Axelrod.

The video includes still photo images of the members of the group over the course of the weekend, starting Friday, July 16, 1982.


Dave Kowtko

Music Contributions

The following contributions were applied to the music video:

  • Rob Prigge: percussion
  • David Axelrod: bass guitar
  • Rob Kowtko: keyboards
  • David Kowtko: guitar
  • Greg Pichler: guitar, vocals

List of Tracks

The list of tracks from the albumthat resulted from the work over the weekend includes:

  1. 00:00:02 (Track 1) Live Shamanistic Dreams (Axelrod)
  2. 00:05:45 (Track 2) Dawn Of Time (R Kowtko)
  3. 00:09:00 (Track 3) Who Do You Love (Ellas McDaniel a.k.a. Bo Diddley)
  4. 00:14:22 (Track 4) Twenty-One Years (GE Pichler)
  5. 00:24:32 (Track 5) Ode To Afghanistan (GE Pichler)

List of Bonus Tracks

The list of tracks from the albumthat resulted from the work over the weekend includes:

  1. 00:31:02 (Track 6) The Calamity (GE Pichler)
  2. 00:31:02 (Track 6) It's My Turn Now (GE Pichler)

From left to right: Dave Kowtko, Dave Axelrod, Greg Pichler, Rob Prigge, Rob Kowtko

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