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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 374: Mark Graham (Old Time Harmonica)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week's friend is Mark Graham. We recorded this last weekend at the Old Growth Old Time Festival in Seattle, WA. Tune in this episode: * Fall On My Knees (1:30) * Ed Haley’s Lost Indian (13:06) * John Henry (29:20) * Evening Prayer Blues (49:16) * Sullivan’s Hollow (53:45) * Bonus Track: I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham Buy Mark Graham’s albums on Bandcamp (https://markgraham1.bandcamp.com/) Tall Poppy String Ban...

Oct 25, 20231 hr

Episode 373: Tristan Clarridge (Old Time Cello)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week's friend is Tristan Clarridge. We recorded this at Valley of the Moon. Tune in this episode: * Washington’s March (1:23) * Today (John Hartford) (12:49) * Great Big Taters (21:05) * Old Blind Sow, She Stole The Middlins (29:45) * Rushad Eggleston’s D Tune (34:33) * Bonus Track: Little Birdie The Bee Eaters (http://beeeaters.com/) Crooked Still (https://crookedstill.com/) Tall Poppy String Band is touring th...

Oct 18, 202337 min

Episode 372: Natalie Haas (Old Time Cello)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week's friend is Natalie Haas. We had a lovely little jam and chat at Valley of the Moon between classes. Tune in this episode: * Pony Boy (1:20) * Highlander’s Farewell (15:23) * Red Prairie Dawn (30:00) * Ora Lee (38:06) * Tater Roll (42:57) * Bonus Track: Shove that Pig's Foot a Little Further into the Fire Visit Natalie Haas’ website (https://nataliehaas.com/) Buy HAAS on Bandcamp (https://brittanyhaas.bandc...

Oct 11, 202347 min

Episode 371: Rachel Baiman (John Hartford, Fiddle Camp Kids, and Commercial Validation)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Rachel Baiman. We recorded this at Valley of the Moon. Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Tune in this episode: * Fisher’s Hornpipe (2:08) * Over the Road to Maysville (14:11) * Self Made Man (24:44) * Lovers and Leavers (35:43) * Lost Girl (40:43) * Bonus Track: Old Songs Never Die Rachel Baiman’s website (https://www.rachelbaiman.com/) Follow Rachel ...

Oct 04, 202346 min

Episode 370: Evie Ladin (Body Music, Banjo, and Fiddling for Fun)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Evie Ladin. We recorded this at her home in Oakland, CA. Tune in this episode: * My Epitaph (1:38) * Horse and Buggy-O (26:14) * Only You (33:43) * Jenny Get Around (41:36) * John Brown’s Dream (50:15) * Bonus Track: Swing Lady Home Visit Evie Ladin’s website (https://evieladin.com/events/) Follow Evie Ladin on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/evieladin/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.c...

Sep 27, 202356 min

Episode 369: Dante & Eros Faulk (In Person at Valley of the Moon)

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 at the Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling Camp in the Santa Cruz mountains. Tune in this episode: * Remember What You Told Me (1:24) * Castle Kelly’s (12:42) * Dan’s Dream (18:12) * Gweebarra Bridge (27:03) * The New Five Cent Piece (33:14) * Bonus Track: Le Reel fu Forgeron Follow Dante & Eros Faulk on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/dante_a...

Sep 20, 202338 min

Episode 368: Laura Risk (Québécois Fiddle)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Laura Risk. We recorded this at the Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling Camp in the Santa Cruz mountains. Tune in this episode: * Grondeuse à Elzéar (1:33) * Hommage à Gaston Nolet (17:30) * Eva’s Tune (36:24) * Charlie Drody's (49:23) * Fleur de Mandragore (53:19) * Bonus Track: Reel St. Jean Visit Laura Risk’s website and buy her new album Traverse (https://laurarisk.com/) See Tall Poppy Stri...

Sep 13, 202356 min

Episode 367: Suzy Thompson (Cultural Appropriation and Extraction, Women in Old Time, and the BOTMC)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Suzy Thompson! We recorded this in her home in Berkeley, California. Tune in this episode: * The Shores of Lake Erie (0:37) * Hog Eyed Man (13:45) * Jenny Run Away in the Mud in the Night (28:11) * The Spring’s All Muddy and the Pond’s All Dry (39:24) * Acadian Waltz (45:31) * Bonus Track: Marion Reece’s Scolding Wife Learn more about the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention (https://www.berkeleyo...

Sep 06, 202348 min

Episode 366: Erica Weiss (Old Time Guitar)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Erica Weiss with special guest friend and fiddler Mitch Depew. We recorded this at Clifftop! Tune in this episode: * Bucking Mule (0:37) * Old Time Sally Ann (15:06) * Marion Reece’s Cumberland Gap (25:45) * Jim Bowles’ Christmas Eve (42:12) * Jaybird in a High Oak Tree (56:20) * Bonus Track: Jim Bowles’ Calico Visit Erica Weiss’ website (http://www.ericaweiss.com/) Buy Galax, NYC from Square Pe...

Aug 30, 20231 hr

Episode 365: Drew Najor (Old Time in Michigan, Pretty Shaky String Band, and Age in Fiddle Tune Titles)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Drew Najor. We recorded this in his home in Detroit, Michigan. Tune in this episode: * Seneca Square Dance (0:30) * Josie-O (17:20) * Old Melinda (31:08) * Walking Back to Texas (39:51) * Three Forks of Cheat (54:44) * Bonus Track: Old Kentucky Whiskey Drew Najor’s Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/druenatur/) Annick Odom’s Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/odomann/) Great Lakes Music Camp...

Aug 23, 202359 min

Episode 364: Liz Pickard (Old Time Guitar)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Liz Pickard on guitar with special guest friend and fiddler Clarke Williams. Tune in this episode: * John Henry (1:06) * June Apple (14:28) * Sourwood Mountain (26:39) * Shortnin’ Bread (33:02) * Midnight (45:08) * Bonus Track: Pretty Little Gal Red Betty Honky Tonk band (https://www.instagram.com/redbetty_band/) Sign up for Cameron’s D Tunes Up the Neck Banjo Workshop (https://camerondewhitt.co...

Aug 16, 202348 min

Episode 363: Hills of Belgium (Jérémie Fraboni and Lorcan Fahy)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Jérémie Fraboni and Lorcan Fahy of the old time duo Hills of Belgium. We recorded this last week at Clifftop. Tune in this episode: * The Falls of Richmond (0:35) * Hills of Mexico (10:38) * Mann's Creek (Lorcan Fahy Original) (20:28) * Richmond Blues (29:17) * Farewell Princeton (38:06) * Bonus Track: I Don’t Wanna Get Married Follow Hills of Belgium on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hi...

Aug 09, 202342 min

Episode 362: Sam & Charlie Sheie (Old Time Fiddle and Guitar)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Sam and Charlie Sheie. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * Squirrel Hunters (0:31) * Blackberry Blossom (7:26) * I’m Not Fed Up with the Pacific Ocean (Ola Bäckström original) / The Rolling Waves (13:53) * Going Across the Sea (24:37) * La Guenille (29:40) * Bonus Track: Tuttle’s Reel RSVP for the Shnoll Family String Band’s upcoming house show! Email...

Aug 02, 202333 min

Episode 361: Finn Tobias (Flatpicking Old Time Tunes)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Finn Tobias. We recorded this a few weeks ago in Port Townsend, WA. Tune in this episode: * Old Beech Leaves (1:11) * Wheel Hoss (14:56) * Red Mountain Wine (23:52) * Chirps and Williams (39:10) * Honey Come On (45:40) * Bonus Track: Jeff Davis Follow Finn Tobias on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/finntobias_/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010743332425) Buy Virgi...

Jul 26, 202350 min

Episode 360: Nora Brown & Steph Coleman (Old Time in NYC and Chicago)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Nora Brown & Steph Coleman. We recorded this a couple weeks ago in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * Last Chance (0:55) * Cotton Eyed Joe (11:32) * You’ve Been Gone So Long (20:38) * Sally Ann / Money in Both Pockets (27:51) * Shady Grove (35:57) * Bonus Track: Tater Roll Nora Brown’s Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/little.nb/) Steph Coleman’s Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/...

Jul 19, 202340 min

Episode 359: Athena McKown (Cotillions, Hand-Me-Down Fiddles, and Barbed Wire Radios)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Athena McKown. We recorded this last week in Port Townsend, WA. Tune in this episode: * Henry Lee Hudson’s Natchez Under the Hill * Barb’s Tune * Byard Ray’s Flight of the Wild Geese * Hanging Around the Kitchen Til the Cook Comes Home * Last of the Mexican (Rob Pine original) * Bonus Track: New Job Sign up for Cameron’s upcoming banjo workshop! (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/store) Support Get...

Jul 12, 202340 min

Episode 358: Shohei Tsutsumi (Melorhythmic Guitar and Lap Dulcimer)

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 last month in Osaka, Japan. Tune in this episode: * Johnson Boys (0:54) * Darling Nellie Gray (17:29) * Chilly Winds (32:02) * Train on the Island (39:54) * Old Lonesome Road (Shohei Tsutsumi original) (53:09) * Bonus Track: Buffalo Gals (on the baritone ukulele) Buy Shohei’s music on Bandcamp (https://oldtimerjp.bandcamp.com/) Follow them on Youtube (https://ww...

Jul 05, 202357 min

Episode 357: Call Up in the Cool No. 1

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This is a special call-in episode. Thanks for submitting your questions and requests, folks! I'd love to do this again, so send submissions to getupinthecool@gmail (thanks)! Tune in this episode: * Marion Reece’s Cumberland Gap (8:39) * Black Jack Grove (20:06) * Backwater Boys Breakdown (34:04) * Oh How He Lied (48:54) * Lonesome Road (54:28) * Bonus Track: Shady Grove Sign up for Cameron’s A Tunes Up the Neck onlin...

Jun 28, 20231 hr 1 min

Episode 356: Brooks Masten (Banjo Making and Custom Ordered Happiness)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Brooks Masten. We recorded this last week at his home in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * Booth (1:02) * The Old Yeller Dog Come Trotting Through the Meetinghouse (20:32) * Tippin’ Back the Corn (39:48) * Jake Phelps’ Durang’s Hornpipe (1:02:46) * Maggots in the Sheep Hide (1:12:31) * Bonus Track: Sarah Armstrong’s Tune Buy a Brooks Banjo! (https://www.brooksbanjos.com/) Follow him on Insta...

Jun 21, 20231 hr 17 min

Episode 355: Kate Kerr (Pretty Shaky String Band, Authenticity, and Old Time in Colorado)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Kate Kerr with special guest guitarist Morgan Harris. We recorded this last month at Kate’s home in Lyons, CO. Tune in this episode: * Rock the Cradle Joe (0:41) * Crook Brothers’ Breakdown (11:00) * Doc Roberts’ Shortnin’ Bread (20:33) * Sweet Nell (28:25) * Shelvin’ Rock (36:34) * Bonus Track: Grub Springs (The Portland Book version) Follow Fair and Square String Band on Facebook (https://ww...

Jun 14, 202340 min

Call in episode announcement and request for questions!

Hey everybody I want to do a CALL IN episode of sorts and I need y’all to submit questions and tune recommendations! The deadline is this Wednesday, June 14th at 11:59pm. Just email your questions to getupinthecool@gmail.com or use the contact form at getupinthecool.com. EXTRA CREDIT for those of you who make a voice memo on your phone and send that to me so I can play it on the air. The questions can be about anything, but you know the topic of the show. My plan is to play call-in radio DJ for ...

Jun 11, 20231 min

Episode 354: Needle & Thread (Ella and Maddy Zuellig)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Ella and Maddy Zuellig of Needle & Thread. We recorded this last week at their home in Fort Collins, CO. Tune in this episode: * Dry and Dusty (0:46) * Undone in Sorrow (10:02) * Mayday (Clara Delfina original) (18:58) * Duct Tape (Needle & Thread original) (30:35) * Mining Camp Blues (34:24) * Bonus Track: Wolves A-Howling Follow Needle & Thread Music on Instagram (https://www.ins...

Jun 07, 202337 min

Episode 353: George Jackson (The Old Time 100)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is George Jackson. We recorded this last week at Bob Zuellig’s house in Fort Collins, CO. Tune in this episode: * J. P. Fraley’s Forked Deer (0:39) * Dubuque (18:09) * Waynesboro (34:11) * Burl Hammons’ Big Scioty (50:03) * Sugar in the Gourd (1:07:54) * Bonus track: Dull Chisel Subscribe to George Jackson’s Patreon to get The Old Time 100 (https://www.patreon.com/georgejackson) Visit George’s webs...

May 31, 20231 hr 14 min

Episode 352: Alan Murray and Andrew Finn Magill (Trad Music Mythology and Old Time Curious Bouzouki)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Alan Murray and Andrew Finn Magill. We recorded on Saturday at my home in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * Big Scioty (0:36) * Squirrel Hunters (13:58) * Duck River (21:02) * John Brady’s / Australian Waters / The Bank of Turf (26:45) * Walk Along John to Kansas (33:22) * Bonus track: Irish Leather Britches Follow Alan Murray on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/alan.g.murray.9) Visit An...

May 24, 202338 min

Episode 351: Six Dollar String Band (Traditional Trance Music)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are the members of Six Dollar String Band: Tony Holmquist, Brendan Shafer, Stephen Sellers, and Robin Davis. We recorded this last month at the Durango Bluegrass Meltdown in Colorado. Tune in this episode: * Cumberland Gap (0:34) * Speed the Plow (13:34) * Big Eyed Rabbit (34:20) * Down by the Riverside (45:38) * Jimmy in the Swamp (55:18) * Bonus track: Breakin’ Up Christmas Visit Six Dollar Stri...

May 17, 202359 min

Episode 350: Adrian Gross (Slocan Ramblers, John Hartford's Windows, and the Gifts of a Small Scene)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Adrian Gross. We recorded this last month at the Durango Bluegrass Meltdown in Colorado. Tune in this episode: * Josie O (0:46) * Old Melinda (16:34) * Wild Horses at Stony Point (29:08) * Happy Hollow (51:12) * Tipping Back the Corn (Jordan Wankoff) (57:08) * Bonus track: Road to Malvern (Jim Childress original) Slocan Ramblers (https://slocanramblers.com/) Adrian Gross’ website (https://adrian...

May 10, 20231 hr 2 min

Episode 349: The Arcane Ramblers (Old Time in Taos, NM)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are The Arcane Ramblers: Robert Quijano, Tom Robison, and Bud Branch. We recorded this last month in Bud’s home in Taos, NM. Tune in this episode: * Squirrel Hunters (1:04) * La Cuna (7:41) * Grey Owl (19:13) * Swing 42 (28:33) * Kitchen Girl (32:26) * Bonus track: Red Haired Boy / June Apple Stream and buy The Arcane Ramblers on Bandcamp (https://arcaneramblers.bandcamp.com/) Follow them on Insta...

May 03, 202337 min

Episode 348: Tone Dog (Old Time in Durango, CO)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are the members of Tone Dog: Tony Holmquist, Alex Graf, and Silas Hamilton. We recorded this last weekend at the Durango Bluegrass Meltdown in Colorado. Tune in this episode: * Sally in the Turnip Patch (0:38) * Old Time Cotton Eyed Joe (9:01) * Maid off the Mountain (17:59) * Lady of the Lake (28:43) * Farewell Swan Song (Alex Graff original) (34:22) * Bonus track: Cherry River Line Tone Dog’s we...

Apr 26, 202341 min

Episode 347: Kate Gregory (Claiming Old Time Status, Hiking Social Hierarchy, and the Ministry of Folk)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Kate Gregory. We recorded this a couple weeks ago in my home in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * Tie Hacker Tune #1 (1:27) * Pikes Peak (9:55) * Rosin on the Gourd (18:35) * The Old Yellow Dog Come Trotting Through the Meeting House (26:28) * One Year Since (Kate Gregory original) (39:36) * Bonus track: Hog Eyed Man Ministry of Folk’s website (https://www.ministryoffolk.com/) Kate Gregory’s...

Apr 19, 202344 min
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