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Get Up in the Cool

Cameron DeWhittgetupinthecool.fireside.fm
Get Up in the Cool features conversations and musical collaborations with some of Old Time music's heaviest hitters, like Ken Perlman, Adam Hurt, Spencer & Rains, and Jake Blount. As an interviewer, Cameron balances an effusive curiosity for the potential of traditional music with a dogged respect for its origins. Serving as audience surrogate, Cameron asks illuminating questions to Old Time's best and brightest while telling the larger story of the tradition's modern era.
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Episodes

Episode 257: Em Hammond (Old Time Banjo, Bass, and Flatfooting)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Em Hammond (with special guest musician Rachel Eddy!). We recorded this in their home in the DC area a few weeks ago. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Kansas City Reel (1:37) * Newt Payne’s Tune (13:18) * If I Needed You (34:28) * My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It (46:50) * Billy in the Lowground (55:22) * Bonus track: Grey Eagle Buy the Old Time Sweethearts albums! http://dittyville.com/store/new-...

Jul 28, 20211 hr

Episode 256: Nicole Ball and Max Rainwater (Falling on the Melody, One Way or Another)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Nicole Ball and Max Rainwater. We recorded this in my front yard a few weeks ago. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Florida Blues (1:34) * Kenny Baker’s Sail Away Ladies (22:26) * Old Yeller Dog Come Trottin Through the Meetinghouse (35:13) * Three In One Two-Step (45:26) * Beaumont Rag (54:06) * Bonus track: Chattanooga Visit The Mapletones’ website! https://mapletones.band/ Leo Dance Boards...

Jul 21, 202157 min

Episode 255: Dear Crow (Penka Jane Culevski and Brian Lindsay)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Dear Crow, Penka Jane Culevski and Brian Lindsay! We recorded this back in June in Olympia, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Hollow Poplar (2:32) * Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór / Hunting the Buffalo (18:11) * Liza Jane / Indian Corn (30:40) * Waiting for the Ferry with the Boys (43:03) * The Band Waltz (56:08) * Bonus track: May Day Waltz Visit Dear Crow’s website: https://dearcrowmusic.com...

Jul 14, 20211 hr 1 min

Episode 254: McKain Lakey (Polyphony, Bad-Ass Ladies, and a Full-Circle Hodge-Podge of Joy)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is McKain Lakey! We recorded this on Monday in my front yard. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Sugar in My Coffee (2:18) * The Silk Merchant’s Daughter (17:22) * Johnny On the Water (31:33) * I Have Found the Way (40:13) * Cicadas (1:01:19) * Bonus track: Bowling Green Visit McKain Lakey’s website to buy her albums, follow her on social media, and check her tour schedule: https://www.mckainlakey....

Jul 07, 20211 hr 7 min

Episode 253: Palmer T. Lee (Old Time Melodic Three-Finger Banjo)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Palmer T. Lee! We recorded this a few weeks ago in Olympia, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Ducks on the Pond (0:41) * Glory in the Meetinghouse (14:36) * When First Unto this Country (24:40) * Elk River Blues (31:02) * Tennessee Politics (40:59) * Bonus track: Roscoe’s Gone Visit The Lowest Pair’s website: https://thelowestpair.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelowestp...

Jun 30, 202145 min

Episode 252: Jesse Partridge (Trad Music Barriers, David Kaynor, and Queer Optics)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Jesse Partridge! We recorded this a week and a half ago in Olympia, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Remember What You Told Me (0:40) * Bearen Dance (13:27) * Sweet Nell (Rob Pine and Jim Mullany) (23:43) * The Talencore (39:29) * Crossing the Little Doe River (44:58) * Bonus track: Kennesaw Mountain Rag Buy the Vashon Sessions albums: https://thevashonsessions.bandcamp.com/ Donate...

Jun 23, 202150 min

Episode 251: String and Shadow (Puppets, Masks, Busking, and Old Time)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Emily McHugh and Donald Palardy of String & Shadow! We recorded this on Sunday in Olympia, Washington, in a barn at the house of Emily Teachout, Erik Neatherlin and former guest of the show Ruby Neatherlin of the Sassafras Sisters. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Goddess (1:47) * Shady Grove (13:50) * Reel de Joie (29:26) * Going Down to Georgia O (41:09) * Julianne Johnson (46:24) * Bo...

Jun 16, 202150 min

Episode 250: Judy Hyman (The Horseflies, Ithaca Style Old Time, and Inevitable Change in Tradition)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Judy Hyman and special guest accompanist Jeff Claus! We recorded this about a week and a half ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Sandy River (2:53) * Norman Edmonds’ Old Cotton Eyed Joe (15:25) * Norman Edmonds’ Ship in the Clouds (31:35) * Long Tailed Duck (44:18) * Flatwoods (56:10) * Bonus track: Pretty Little Widow Visit Judy Hyman...

Jun 09, 20211 hr 1 min

Episode 249: The Wules (Christina Osborn and Michael Cullinan)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are The Wules, Christina Osborn and Michael Cullinan! I recorded them yesterday in my front yard, no masks, not socially distant, because we’re all vaccinated. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Old Time Billy in the Lowground (1:07) * Roscoe (9:59) * Turkey Tracks (23:22) * L&N Rag (32:12) * Farewell Trion (45:27) * Bonus track: Five Miles from Town Follow The Wules on Instagram: https://www....

Jun 02, 202150 min

Episode 248: E.V. Sheldon (Senseless, Post-Rational Love)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is E.V. Sheldon! I recorded them a couple weeks ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: * The Death of John Henry (1:51) * The Tongue Unknown (17:17) * My Time Done Come (32:56) * Cluck Ol’ Hen (51:23) * Lily Brown (1:04:58) * Bonus track: Annachie Gordon Contact E.V. Sheldon: evsheldonmusic@gmail.com Subscribe to E.V. Sheldon on YouTube: https://...

May 26, 20211 hr 13 min

Episode 247: Ethan Hawkins (Old Time Guitar and Fiddle)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Ethan Hawkins! We recorded this a couple weeks over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Come On Old Paint, Let's Get On Up That Hill (0:45) Sweet Marie (13:33) Maple on the Hill (21:56) Money in Both Pockets (30:48) Rose Had Her New Calf Late Last Spring (37:09) Bonus track: Needlecase Like and Follow Ethan Hawkins on Facebook: https://www.facebook....

May 19, 202141 min

Episode 246: Devon Flaherty (Collecting 78's and Banjo Self-Actualization)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Devon Flaherty! We recorded this a couple weeks over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Camp Creek Boys’ Fire on the Mountain (1:04) * The Telephone Girl (17:03) * The Spotted Pony (28:09) * Shipping Port (44:25) * Down in the Old Home Town (54:24) * Bonus track: Nell Flaherty’s Drake Follow Devon Flaherty on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/...

May 12, 202159 min

Episode 245: Casey Murray & Molly Tucker (Writing Original Tunes and Contra Dance Music)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Casey Murray & Molly Tucker! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Wilbur’s March (0:49) * First Parking Ticket / Newcastle (11:17) * Green Grows the Laurel (23:11) * Walnut Home (41:40) * Through the Gates (47:04) * Bonus track: Turtle in the Grass / Mariposa / Da Auld Foula Pre-order Casey Murray & Molly T...

May 05, 202151 min

Episode 244: Gaye Harrison (Selections from Dear Old Illinois)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Gaye Harrison! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Crooked Road Walk Old Shoe, Heel Come A'Draggin Sailor Springs Prairie du Rocher Motion Molly Kiss Your Darling 4 & 20 Blackbirds Dancing on a Fawn Skin Bonus track: Wolf Creek Contact Gaye for Motherlode CD’s (I’ll forward any emails to her): http://getupinthecoo...

Apr 28, 202152 min

Episode 243: Sheila & Jesse (Twin Fiddling)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Sheila & Jesse! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Grayson Dervishes New Five Cent Piece Going Down to Georgia O Truck, then a Bird Shark Week Bonus track: Jenny Get Around This episode is brought to you in part by my dear friends at Earful of Fiddle who want to let you know about a special event coming THIS SA...

Apr 21, 20211 hr 1 min

Episode 242: Kalia Yeagle (Professing Old Time Music, Asking Better Questions, and the Alaska Fiddle Sound)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Kalia Yeagle! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Cowan Powers’ Paddy on the Turnpike Old Cumberland J.D. Harris’ Grey Eagle Sugar in the Coffee Charlie Bowman’s Forked Deer Bonus track: Cowtown Rag Preorder happy again at Bill and the Belles’ website: https://billandthebelles.com/ And like and follow them on social m...

Apr 14, 20211 hr 6 min

Episode 241: Seth Shumate (Old Time Harmonica)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Seth Shumate! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Bill Cheatham Blowin’ the Quills Old Hen Cackle Pike’s Peak Dunbar Bonus track: Soldier’s Joy Visit The Ozark Highballers’ website and buy their albums: https://www.theozarkhighballers.com/ Subscribe to Seth Shumate’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Jehos...

Apr 07, 202151 min

Episode 240: Carling Berkhout (Paths to Old Time, Writing Original Tunes, and Musical Identity)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Carling Berkhout! We recorded this two weeks ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Indian Summer Mulberry Sky Omen Wandering Boy Quince Dillon Bonus track: Angeline the Baker Visit Carling & Will’s website: https://carlingandwill.com/ Buy their albums: https://carlingandwill.bandcamp.com/ Like and Follow them on Facebook: https://www.face...

Mar 31, 202147 min

Episode 239: Sarah Kate Morgan (Mountain Dulcimer)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Sarah Kate Morgan! We recorded this a couple weeks ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Cumberland Gap Muddy Creek / Weddington’s Reel The Raunchy Old Rag See That Rainbow Shine Geese a’Honkin’ / Maysville Bonus track: Goodbye My Honey I’m Gone Visit Sarah Kate Morgan’s website: https://www.sarahkatemorgan.com/ Follow her on Facebook: https:...

Mar 24, 202159 min

Episode 238: Dante and Eros Faulk (Old Time, Celtic, and Original Cello and Fiddle Music)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Dante & Eros Faulk! We recorded this a couple weeks ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Billy in the Lowground Lost Shades The Star of Munster Artisanal Grilled Cheese O’Sullivan’s March / Hangman’s Reel Bonus track: Mirage Get Up in the Cool is brought to you in part this week by the Handmade Music School in Floyd Virginia. Now offer...

Mar 17, 202153 min

Episode 237: Betse and Clarke (The Music in the Water)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Betse & Clarke! We recorded this a couple weeks ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Going Across the Sea Walk Along John Question to Lay Your Burden Down Dry and Dusty/I Ride an Old Paint January Waltz Bonus track: Goner Visit https://www.betseandclarke.com/ to study with Betse & Clarke, hire them for studio work, and book them! B...

Mar 10, 20211 hr 32 min

Episode 236: Shohei Tsutsumi (Old Time Electric Guitar)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Shohei Tsutsumi! We recorded this about a month ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Pretty Polly Emily West (https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/perspectives-african-american-history/yellow-rose-texas-ironic-origins-state-song/) Greasy Coat Little Maggie Dance All Night with a Bottle in Your Hand Bonus track: Did You Ever See...

Mar 03, 20211 hr 2 min

Episode 235: Cameron Knowler (Old Time Sensitive Flatpicker)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Cameron Knowler! We recorded this a few weeks ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Old Beech Leaves/Sonora Road Tombigbee Waltz/Blake’s March Kuyina Farewell Trion Monroe’s Farewell to Long Hollow Bonus track: Norman Blake’s Done Gone Buy Guitars Have Feelings Too (Cameron Knowler’s flatpicking instructional book) and Pre-order “Anticipation...

Feb 24, 202152 min

Episode 234: Sophie Wellington (Loves Her Complex)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Sophie Wellington, with special guest guitarist Dan Bui! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Bound to Have a Little Fun Marion Reece’s Cumberland Gap Sullivan’s Hollow Bugs in the Taters Granddad’s Favorite Bonus track: Hy Patillion Visit Sophie Wellington’s website: https://www.sophiewellington.com/ Follow Sophie on ...

Feb 17, 20211 hr 5 min

Episode 233: Beverly Street String Band (Janie Rothfield, Allan Carr, and Bill Wellington)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Janie Rothfield, Allan Carr, and Bill Wellington of the Beverly Street String Band! We recorded this a few weeks ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Breakin’ Up Christmas Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel Porter’s Reel Theo’s Waltz Goodbye Miss Liza Jane Bonus track: Jake Phelps’ Durang’s Hornpipe Follow Beverly Street String Band on Facebo...

Feb 10, 202143 min

Episode 232: Eden and Lukas Pool (The Ozark Banjo Co.)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Eden and Lukas Pool! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Mike in the Wilderness Hills of Mexico Sandy River Bonaparte’s Retreat Polly Put the Kettle On Bonus track: Keep on the Sunny Side Visit The Ozark Banjo Co. website for lessons, banjos, and their album The Lost Gander: https://ozarkbanjo.com/ Sign up for my wo...

Feb 03, 202143 min

Episode 231: Annie Staninec (The Bluegrass vs. Old Time Dichotomy, Improvisation, and Musical Upbringing)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Annie Staninec! We recorded this in person, outside my front door, socially distant back in early November. Tunes and songs in this episode: Salt River Steely Rag Old Dirty Boot (Betse Ellis original) All the Way Across Texas (Paul Schelasky original) I’ve Always Been a Rambler Bonus track: Elzic’s Farewell Annie Staninec’s website: https://anniestaninec.com/ Follow Annie on Facebook for livestr...

Jan 27, 202148 min

Episode 230: Isa Burke (Fiddle Camp, Murder Ballad Discourse, and Choosing a Music Career)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Isa Burke! We recorded last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: What Will We Do If We Have No Money Golden Ticket Bad Guy Rymer’s Favorite Wake Up Bonus track: Hares on the Mountain Visit Isa Burke’s website to subscribe to her newsletter, inquire about lessons, and find other ways to support her music: https://isaburke.com/ Visit Lula Wil...

Jan 20, 202158 min

Episode 229: Alicia Jardine (Clawhammering Swedish Tunes and Queering Traditional Music)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Alicia Jardine! We recorded in December over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Halling efter Tuven Bockeluras Polska Vals efter Pål Karl Cindy Scotchman Scotchman Bonus track: Red Rocking Chair Like and Follow Happy Heartaches on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HappyHeartaches/ and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happyheartaches/ Stream th...

Jan 13, 202156 min

Episode 228: Ken Kolodner (Hammered Dulcimer)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Ken Kolodner! We recorded in December over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Oklahoma Rooster Coleman’s March Southern Cross Cowboy Waltz / Down Home Waltz Lonesome John Bonus track: North Carolina Breakdown Ken Kolodner’s website: https://www.kenkolodner.com/ Ken and Brad’s website: https://www.kenandbrad.com/ Buy Ken’s albums: https://shop.kenko...

Jan 06, 20211 hr 28 min
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