Jim Krause's Home Page Jim Krause's Home Page Jim Krause moved to Kansas to attend Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas in the fall of 1971. While he was a student there, he developed an interest in the folk music of the United States. Jim Krause is best known for his appearances accross the Midwest with a variety of traditional music groups. As a songwriter, Jim's influences come from a wide variety of sources. Some areas where he draws particular inspiration are the blues, and ragtime of the early twentieth century, other writers such as Hank Williams, Carson Robinson, and Jimmie Rodgers, or performers of the early Grand Ole Opry.
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Osage Rendezvous, Sibley, Missouri Ft. Hays Historical Museum, Hays, Kansas Kaw Mission Historical Museum, Council Grove, Kansas Victorian Christmas, Capitol Rotunda, Topeka, Kansas Silver Dollar City, Branson, Missouri Ozark Folk Center, Mountain View, Arkansas Ft.