Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Kelly Madewell and Iris Cooke, also known as Lazy Susan! I recorded them last week at Earful of Fiddle in Rodney, MI. Tunes in this episode: * Farewell Trion (0:34) * Cranberry Rock (10:24) * Five Miles from Town (27:46) * I’ve Endured (Ola Belle Reed original) (36:56) * Trouble in Mind (41:11) * BONUS TRACK: Rock Andy Follow Lazy Susan on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lazy.susan.band/)...
Jul 02, 2025•44 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Richie Stearns & Rosie Newton, also known as Richie & Rosie! I recorded them back in April at the Baltimore Old Time Music Festival. Tunes in this episode: * Five Miles to Town (0:33) * Hang Me (6:35) * Glory in the Meetinghouse (18:08) * I Am With You Always (Richie & Rosie) (27:02) * BONUS TRACK: Roscoe (Cameron solo, because we ran out of time) Visit Richie & Rosie’s website...
Jun 25, 2025•31 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Bruce Ling, with special guest guitarist Austin Benzing! I recorded them in May at the Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend in Remus, Michigan. Tunes in this episode: * Fiddle’s Waltz (Bruce Ling original) (0:35) * Crawdad Shuffle (Bruce Ling original) (18:10) * High River Blues (Bruce Ling original) (35:24) * Deep Ellum Blues (49:09) * June Apple (55:37) * BONUS TRACK: Dubuque Visit Hawks and Owl...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Ben Traverse! I recorded them in May at the Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend in Remus, Michigan. Tunes in this episode: * Raging Canal (Sent My Brown Jug Downtown) (0:50) * Lost on the Lady Elgin (10:08) * Who Feeds Us Beans (23:43) * Beaver Dam Road (40:55) * Shenandoah (47:09) * BONUS TRACK: Birch Grove Visit Ben Traverse’s Website (https://bentraversemusic.com/) Follow Ben Traverse on Insta...
Jun 11, 2025•52 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Micah Ling! We recorded this at her home in Lansing, MI, then we ran out of time, and we finished at Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend. Songs and tunes in this episode: * Le Valse de la Rebec (Bruce Ling original) (1:05) * Are You Tired of Me, My Darling (19:19) * Maggie Meade (46:43) * Sister Thou Art Mild and Lovely (1:21:24) * Adieu False Heart (1:32:55) * BONUS TRACK: Coleman’s March Email ...
Jun 04, 2025•1 hr 36 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Gray Buchanan! We recorded this on Sunday at the Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend in Remus, Michigan. Thanks again for bringing Tall Poppy String Band out, Wheatland! Tunes in this episode: * Oysters in the Half Shell (1:09) (Claire Silbernagel original) * Winter Break (8:56) (Isaac McCarthy original) * Bitter Star (18:00) (Gray Buchanan original) * One-Legged Cow on a Scratching Post (27:58) ...
May 28, 2025•41 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Joseph Decosimo! We recorded this about a month ago at Sonya Badigian’s place in Durham, NC. Thanks again for hosting us, Sonya! Tunes in this episode: * Blackberry Blossoms (0:41) * Betty Baker (14:48) * Two O’Clock (50:50) * Flowery Girls (1:13:46) * Puncheon Camps (1:16:20) * BONUS TRACK: Peas in the Pot (played by Cameron, because we ran out of time) Visit Joseph Decosimo’s website for lesso...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 20 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Sarah Ells Fish and Dan Fish, also known as Sunfish Duo! We recorded this a couple weeks ago at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * The Cuckoo (0:48) * Going to the West (10:25) * Aragon Mill (29:50) * Midnight on the Stormy Deep (45:46) * Winding Stream (1:01:20) * BONUS TRACK: The Happy Sunny Side of Life Buy SunFish Duo’s albums on Bandcamp (https://sunfishduo.bandcamp.com/) F...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Kristina R. Gaddy! We recorded this at Brad Kolodner’s place in Baltimore. Tunes in this episode: * Pompey Ran Away (0:45) * Throw the Banjo Out of Tune (12:15) * Congo Prince Jig (36:39) * Congo (55:55) * Poor Rosy (1:07:45) * BONUS TRACK: That’s My Rabbit My Dog Caught It Buy Kristina R. Gaddy’s and Rhiannon Giddens’ book Go Back and Fetch It (https://uncpress.org/book/9781469690575/go-back-an...
May 07, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Brian Dolphin! We recorded this recently in Baltimore. Tunes in this episode: * Ducks on the Pond (0:40) * Old Ford (Brian Dolphin original) (12:28) * Squirrel in the Fig Tree (Brian Dolphin original) (28:12) * Robin in the Field (Brian Dolphin original) (42:22) * Daylight Savings (Brian Dolphin original) (47:18) * John Newlin’s Waltz (Brian Dolphin original) (1:01:35) * BONUS TRACK: Annie’s Tun...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Shanice Richards! We recorded this on Monday in Baltimore. Tunes in this episode: * The Girl I Left Behind (0:59) * New Jordan (7:12) * Jenny on the Railroad (30:26) * Three Forks of Cheat (46:05) * Jubilee (56:09) * Bonus Track: Snake’s Wild Tune Visit The Little Mercies’ website (https://thelittlemercies.com/) Follow them on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/little.mercies.band/) Buy their ...
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Morgan Harris! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * Little Rose (0:40) * Waverly (15:44) * Done Gone (25:11) * Puncheon Camps (34:14) * Clyde Davenport’s Lost Girl (41:45) * Bonus Track: Hell and Scissors Buy tickets for my April duo bill tour with Morgan Harris (morganharrisguitar.com/live) Buy her album (https://www.morganharrisguitar.com/music) and t...
Apr 16, 2025•47 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Creekbed Carter Hogan! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * If I Were a Bell (lyrics by Vera Moller, melody by Creekbed Carter Hogan) (0:51) * Union Maid (10:51) * Where the Fraser River Flows (22:12) * If I Was (Creekbed Carter Hogan original) (40:05) * Bread and Roses (55:09) * Bonus Track: Rise (Creekbed Carter Hogan original) Buy Creekbed Carter Hog...
Apr 09, 2025•59 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Joy Adams and Hazel Royer of Big Richard! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * Been All Around this World (0:57) * In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain (14:56) * Elk River Blues (26:37) * Oh My Little Darling (please write in if you know the true title and source) (50:22) * Billy in the Lowground (1:01:43) * Bonus Track: No Corners (but Joy insists it’s c...
Apr 02, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Eva Leach! We recorded this at the Oly Old Time Festival in Olympia, WA. Tunes in this episode: * Clyde Davenport’s Sally Johnson (0:42) * Western Union (12:02) * Belle of Lexington (24:04) * Won’t You Come and Sing for Me (Hazel Dickens original) (31:33) * Burt Anderson’s Tune (36:30) * Bonus Track: Little Princess’s Footsteps Buy Eva’s new album on Bandcamp (https://evaleach.bandcamp.com/album...
Mar 26, 2025•40 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Ellie Hakanson! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * Not Soft Enough (John Hartford original) (0:47) * Scraps from Your Table (Hazel Dickens original) (20:42) * Say Darling Say (30:22) * I Love You Honey (Patsy Cline) (49:16) * January Waltz (Betse Ellis original) (1:03:07) * Bonus Track: Methodist Preacher New the new John Hartford Project album: Julia...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Carolyn Kendrick! We recorded this on Sunday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * Happy Hollow (1:09) * Wind and Rain (19:12) * Are You Washed (42:38) * A Perfect World (Carolyn Kendrick music, David Keig words) (1:00:40) * Leela (1:09:50) * Bonus Track: Lost Girl Visit Carolyn Kendrick’s website (https://www.carolynkendrick.com/) Buy Carolyn’s album and zine on Bandcamp (https:/...
Mar 12, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Kat Wallace! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * Who Shot the Rooster (0:30) * Ways of the World (10:48) * Time to Time (Kat Wallace original) (24:36) * West Virginia Mining Disaster (37:45) * Five Miles to Town (44:08) * Bonus Track: Ducks on the Millpond Visit Kat Wallace’s website (https://www.katwallacemusic.com/) Buy her album Grand Design on Band...
Mar 05, 2025•49 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are the members of Natterjack, Ezra Jane Landsman, Hayden Stern, and Alex Sturbaum! We recorded this earlier in the month in Seattle. Tunes in this episode: * Hollow Poplar (0:40) * Emancipation (10:05) * Björntösen (26:51) * Flying Home (41:19) * Lost Girl (52:30) * Bonus Track: Cumberland Gap Buy Natterjack’s album on Bandcamp (https://natterjacked.bandcamp.com/album/flying-home) Visit Transtrad...
Feb 26, 2025•57 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is T-Claw! We recorded this on Saturday at the Oly Old Time Festival in Olympia, WA. Tunes in this episode: * Found Girl (T-Claw original) (0:38) * Rats Gone to Rest (10:02) * Paddy Won’t You Drink Some Good Old Cider (19:42) * Wild Hog in the Woods (34:51) * Fortune (57:33) * Bonus Track: McLeod’s Reel Buy tix for Helvetia Hoot! (May 30-June !) (https://www.clawandfoot.com/#/) Visit the John C. Ca...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Heather Blackbird! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * Pretty Saro * Moonshiner * West Virginia Mine Disaster * Amazing Grace * How can I Keep from Singing * Bonus Track: Locks and Bolts Contact Heather Blackbird about their PCC courses at hlgblackbird@gmail.com Come see Tradwife Stringband open for Rachel Sumner on February 26th at McMenamins White Ea...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 14 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Annie Staninec and John Kael of Whiskey Deaf! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * High Dad in the Morning (0:37) * You Must Come in at the Door (08:51) * No Burdens Pass Through (29:32) * Suwannee River Hoedown (43:47) * Long John Dean (55:41) * Bonus Track: Mule to Ride Visit Whiskey Deaf’s website (https://whiskeydeaf.com/) Follow them on YouTube (...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Richard Melling & Karen McCracken! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * My Texas Girl (0:35) * Pretty Little Pink (11:07) * Black Robe (25:47) * Moses on the Mountain (Richard Melling original) (44:46) * Beautiful (53:08) * Bonus Track: Light in Your Eyes (Richard Melling original) Visit Ross Island Ramblers’ website (https://www.rossislandrambler...
Jan 29, 2025•56 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Benny Bleu and Titus Stevens! We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * Brushy Run (0:42) * The Death of John Henry / Edward Chops a Tree Down (11:39) * Walking Up Georgia Row (24:24) * Benzinho (35:03) * Leland’s Waltz (Foghorn Stringband original) (38:48) * All I Wanna Be (Benny Bleu original) (45:49) * Bonus Track: I’ve Endured (Ola Belle Reed original)...
Jan 22, 2025•50 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Dan Leif! We recorded this on Sunday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign * Marvin Gaster’s Shady Grove * Chips and Sauce (Ira Bernstein original) * Uncloudy Day * Susanna Gal * Bonus Track: Railroading on the Great Divide Buy Gathered, the Portland Old Time Music Gathering compilation (https://pdxgathering.bandcamp.com/album/gathered) Buy Old Barn ...
Jan 15, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are you all, because it’s another Call Up in the Cool episode where you send me your questions and prompts and tune and song requests! Tunes in this episode: * Waynesboro (1:49) * Waverly (22:43) * Little Satchel (38:28) * Courting Waltz (48:25) * Oklahoma Rag (59:55) * Bonus Track: Quail Is a Pretty Bird Sign up for Tricia Spencer’s Free Saturday Sessions at her website (https://www.triciaspencer...
Jan 08, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Joe Pomianek! We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * Ora Lee (1:05) * Geese Honking (12:06) * Jake Phelps’ Durang’s Hornpipe (24:25) * Polly Put the Kettle On (29:56) * Keeping the Cats Happy (Mark Simos original) (37:57) * Bonus Track: Old Beech Leaves Follow WOETOJOY on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/woetojoy/) Follow Varelse on Instagram (https:/...
Jan 01, 2025•41 min
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Alex Sturbaum and Brian Lindsay of Countercurrent! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * Mississippi Snagboat (1:16) * Brighter / No Fun Allowed (Countercurrent original) (13:24) * The Fox (Nancy Kerr original) (21:21) * Six Workers Dead in Illinois (Alex Sturbaum original) (37:23) * The Reptile Room (Countercurrent original) (51:55) * Bonus Track: Urs...
Dec 25, 2024•57 min
Happy holidays and welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Seasonal Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Kate Gregory and Jonathan Craig Roberts, which makes this a Church for Dogs Christmas Special! We recorded this Monday night at Jonathan’s home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * Breaking Up Christmas (1:12) * Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (18:05) * Some Children See Him (35:03) * O Come O Come Emmanuel (45:19) * Snowshoes (54:33) * Bonus Track: Frosty Morning Fol...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Kate Gregory and Brendan Hearn! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * Grub Springs (1:02) * One Year Since (Kate Gregory original) (10:52) * Bill Brown (32:07) * Little Bird (Emmylou Harris original) (39:53) * Goodbye Ruby (Kate Gregory original) (50:03) * Bonus Track: Fiddle in the Attic (Kate Gregory original) Visit Kate Gregory and Brendan Hearn’s w...
Dec 11, 2024•54 min
