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.

The Third Street Jam Session, October 18, 1980



The Shrooms, including Keith Swanson, Huw Roberts, Rob Kowtko and a percussionist named Andy, rehearsed a number of original songs at Kowtko's off campus residence on Third Street in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, over the weekend, starting Friday, October 17, 1980.

The Progressive Shamanists would later reprise the song, KGB, over the course of the weekend, starting Friday, July 15, 1983.

The video includes still photo images of contemporaneous scenes in and around Lehigh University taken in the Fall semester of 1980.



Music Contributions

The following contributions were applied to the music video:

  • Andy: percussion
  • Keith Swanson: bass guitar
  • Huw Roberts: guitar
  • Rob Kowtko: keyboards, 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) KGB (R Kowtko)
  2. 00:03:23 (Track 2) Hitchhiker (R Kowtko)

Keith Swanson

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