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Climax
Festival Each of the first two Climax Festivals produced a wonderful 80 minute cassette album — 27 songs/tunes on the 1983 tape and 26 on the 1984 tape. These recordings are too good to just fade into oblivion on old cassette copies, so all the cuts have been digitized and are available below in MP3 format. See page bottom for help with playing MP3 files. The files are large, so a broadband internet connection is recommended. We hope to also have CDs available for purchase at the 2008 reunion, or if you contact me before then you may be able to sweet-talk an advance copy out of me ;) Scroll down for song downloads and notes |
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Climax Music, 1983 Recorded in the kitchen of the old schoolhouse in Climax, KS. Recording, mixing and engineering by John Barger, Jay Brown and Doug DuBois. |
| Sail
Away Ladies 2.01 MB Jim Krause: Banjo & lead vocal Steve Mason: Fiddle & vocal Marianne Schnebel: Fiddle & vocal Doug DuBois: Guitar & vocal |
| Lord
I Got Them Workin' Blues (Ann Bishop) 2.31 MB Ann Bishop: Guitar & lead vocal Annie Wilson: Guitar & vocal Dixie Knight: Banjo Rick Krause: Harmonica Bob Curry: Dobro Keith Alberding: Guitar |
| Fly
Away 2.31 MB Keith Alberding: Guitar & lead vocal Ann Bishop: Guitar & vocal Dixie Knight: Banjo Rick Krause: Harmonica & vocal |
| Hot
Summer Night (Pamela Owens-Batson) 2.62 MB Pamela Owens-Batson: Mtn. Dulcimer & lead vocal David Vincent: Mandolin Lisa Mandelstein: Flute Charlie Boggs: Acoustic guitar bass |
| Do
Re Mi (Woody Guthrie) 2.52 MB Annie Wilson: Guitar & lead vocal Ann Bishop: Guitar & vocal Marianne Schnebel: Fiddle & vocal |
| The
Road to Lisdoonvarne 2.65 MB Deborah Pine: Mtn. dulcimer Mickie Alberding: Mtn. dulcimer Rick Krause: Pennywhistle John Barger: Mandolin Lawrence Chapman: Bodhran |
| Doubtless
Love Song (Dick Powers) 2.68 MB Dick Powers: Guitar &lead vocal Mark Lumpe: Banjo Lisa Mandelstein: Vocal |
| William
Tell Overture 1.66 MB Amy Otis: Fiddle #1 Steve Mason: Fiddle #2 Doug DuBois: Autoharp Leo Posch: Banjo Marianne Schnebel: Upright bass Gary Palsmeyer: Mandolin |
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Alive
at Lucky's Lounge (Scott Stuewe) 3.31 MB |
| M.T.A.
2.90 MB Dick Powers: Lead vocal Mark Lumpe: Banjo & vocal Lisa Mandelstein: Autoharp & vocals |
| Green
Pastures 2.37 MB Jim Krause: Lead vocal & bass vocal Rick Krause: Baritone vocal Marianne Schnebel: Alto vocal |
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Parson's
Farewell 4.00 MB |
| Children
of Darkness 3.81 MB Janette Michaels: Lead vocal Gib Sosman: Mtn. dulcimer & vocal Deborah Pine: Mtn. dulcimer |
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Alabama
Jubilee 1.90 MB |
| Wheels
2.69 MB Linda Dillmore: Guitar & lead vocal Myrna Campbell: Guitar & vocal Tom James: Mandolin & vocal |
| You
Gotta Know How 2.73 MB Marianne Schnebel: Guitar & vocal John Barger: Mandolin Leo Posch: Banjo Jim Krause: Jug Rick Krause: Kazoo Steve Mason: Upright bass |
| The
Magic Ship 1.92 MB Gib Sosman: Piano |
| Whispering
2.00 MB Rick Krause: Kazoo & vocal Doug DuBois: Banjo Steve Mason: Fiddle Jim Brothers: Washboard Mark Lumpe: Banjo ukelele Dick Powers: Guitar Gloria Throne: Upright bass |
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Little
More Love (Dick Powers) 5.89 MB |
| Bonzo
Economics (Dick Powers) 2.33 MB Dick Powers: Guitar & lead vocal Mark Lumpe: Banjo & vocal Rick Krause: Harmonica & vocal Lisa Mandelstein: Flute & vocal |
| Lover
Don't Wear Your Robe (Scott Stuewe & Joe Casad) 4.20 MB Scott Stuewe: Acoustic Guitar & vocal John Barger: Mandolin Marianne Schnebel: Fiddle Bruce Barlow: Electric guitar Bill Haman: Kabasa |
| Nightrider's
Lament 4.27 MB Leo Beier: Guitar & vocal Michael Harman: Harmonica |
| Jay
and Linda's Song (Lisa Mandelstein) 3.58 MB Lisa Mandelstein: Vocal & 2 flutes Dick Powers: Guitar & vocal Mark Lumpe: Banjo Doug DuBois: Autoharp Written about and dedicated to Jay and Linda Brown, hosts of the 1983 Climax event. |
| Lollypop
(Chris Monroe) 1.12 MB Chris Monroe: Guitar & vocal |
| Sh'Bheg
Sh'Mor 2.74 MB Gib Sosman: Piano |
| Swing
Low Sweet Chariot 1.82 MB Raucous crowd on Saturday night! |
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The Human Pipe
Organ Practice
890 KB |
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Climax Music, 1984 Recorded in Janette Michaels' residence north of Lawrence, KS. Recording, mixing and mastering by Karl Hoffman & Kelly Mascher of Ramona Studios, Lawrence. |
| Lonely
Rover (Scott Stuewe) 2.74 MB Scott Stuewe: Guitar & lead vocal Marianne Schnebel: Fiddle & vocal Leo Posch: Banjo Rick Krause: Harmonica & vocal Marvin Pine: Bass |
| Green
Fields of America 1.57 MB Gib Sosman: Piano & guitar |
| Heart
Set Sail (Dick Powers) 2.16 MB Dick Powers: Guitar & lead vocal Mark Lumpe: Banjo Lisa Mandelstein: Flute & vocal |
| Flowers
of Edinborough/Temperance Reel/Cherokee Shuffle 3.46 MB Jim Krause: Banjo Doug DuBois: Guitar |
| If
I Could Only Win Your Love 1.92 MB Marianne Schnebel: Lead vocal, 2 harmony vocals & 2 fiddles Rick Krause: Vocal John Barger: Guitar |
| Smooth
Sailin' 2.24 MB Bluestem Stan Rood: Guitar & lead vocal Jim Rood: Fiddle & vocal Keith Alberding: Banjo & vocal Marvin Pine: Bass |
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More
Than Gold (Pamela Owens-Batson) 2.99 MB |
| My
Son Chum 1.78 MB Dave Agee: Guitar & vocal Kathy Agee: Vocal |
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Memories
(Peggy Hilpman) 2.37 MB |
| Say
Old Man, Can You Play the Fiddle? 2.70 MB Ann Cooter: Fiddle Ann Bishop: Guitar Gib Sosman: Piano |
| Give
It Up Monique (John Barger) 2.93 MB John Barger: Vocal, 2 mandolins& shaker Marianne Schnebel: Vocal Craig Lagerman: Bass |
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Little
Kids 2.32 MB |
| Jordan
2.17 MB The Lawrence Women's Chorus Pat Kemp, Mickie Alberding, Deborah Pine, Janette Michaels, Bayliss Harsh, Carole Stroud, Jane McMurrer, Karen Mueller (guitar), Deni McIntosh (guitar), Sandy Polston, Lisa Mandelstein, Gloria Throne, Connie Warkins, Charlotte Mason |
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Wild
Sea 2.84 MB |
| You
Stole My Heart, You Pig (Dick Powers) 2.88 MB Dick Powers: Guitar & vocal Mark Lumpe: Banjo Lisa Mandelstein: Vocal Rick Krause: Harmonica & vocal |
| Little
Beggar Man 2.01 MB Janette Michaels: Vocal Deborah Pine: Vocal Mike Schwartzburg: Guitar Karen Mueller: Guitar Dick Warkins: Mandolin Gib Sosman: Mandolin |
| Antietam
(Scott Stuewe & Joe Casad) 4.78 MB Scott Stuewe: Guitar & Vocal John Barger: Mandolin Marianne Schnebel: Fiddle Leo Posch: Banjo Craig Lagerman: Bass |
| Sweet
& Simple (Peggy Hilpman) 2.57 MB Peggy Hilpman: 12 string guitar and vocal |
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Go
My Way 2.44 MB |
| Know
You 4.88 MB Ted Kihm: Guitar & vocal |
| Salt
Creek 2.15 MB Leo Posch: Banjo & arrangement Susan Willits: Banjo Dick Warkins: Mandolin Mike Schwartzburg: Guitar |
| I
Wanna Go Out With a Guy Who Rides a Motorcycle (Lisa Mandelstein)
2.09 MB Lisa Mandelstein: Vocal John Barger: Mandolin Marianne Schnebel: Fiddle Dick Powers: Guitar |
| Henry
Brown and Jane Saroo 3.73 MB Dave Agee: Guitar & Fiddle Kathy Agee: Vocal Jim Krause: Banjo |
| Troublin'
Mind 2.87 MB Ann Bishop: Lead vocal, harmony vocal, 2 guitars Gib Sosman: 2 pianos Rick Krause: 1 harmonica |
| 100,000
Days (Scott Stuewe & Joe Casad) 2.46 MB Scott Stuewe: Guitar & lead vocal Marianne Schnebel: Fiddle & vocal Leo Posch: Electric guitar Craig Lagerman: Bass |
| Angel
From Montgomery 3.12 MB Karen Boggs: Guitar & lead vocal Pam Batson: Tambourine & vocal Linda Cunningham: Vocal Charlie Boggs: Bass |
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Victory
Song (Gib Sosman) 2.85 MB |
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