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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 432: Brandon Godman (Buying Violins for a Living, Groovy Fiddling, and Writing Original Tunes)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Brandon Godman! We recorded this in November at Brandon’s San Francisco shop, The Fiddle Mercantile. Tunes in this episode: * Ragtime Annie (0:58) * Dance Around Molly (15:55) * Sally Goodin (33:09) * Godman’s Bottoms (Brandon Godman original) (58:50) * I Heard the Morgan Bell (Brandon Godman original) (1:06:22) * Hell Broke Loose in Georgia (1:08:28) * Bonus Track: Great Buck in the Night Sky (...

Dec 04, 20241 hr 12 min

Episode 431: Omar Ruiz-Lopez (with special guest Jason Krivo Flores)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Omar Ruiz-Lopez, with special guest Jason Krivo Flores! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * Golden Ticket (0:38) * Moliendo Cafe (25:49) * Grub Springs (50:24) * Monsters (Omar Ruiz-Lopez original) (56:56) * Jeff Sturgeon (1:02:16) * Bonus Track: Cold Surprise (Omar Ruiz-Lopez original) Visit Omar Ruiz-Lopez’s website (https://www.omarruizlopez.com/) V...

Nov 27, 20241 hr 5 min

Episode 430: Irene Herrmann (Old Time Mandolin and Fiddle and The Harmony Sisters)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Irene Herrmann! We recorded this last week at her home in Santa Cruz, CA. Tunes in this episode: * Walking in the Parlor (0:35) * Betty Likens (18:25) * Folding Down the Sheets (31:34) * Shoes and Stockings (47:31) * Sheep Shells Corn by the Rattle of his Horn (52:47) * Bonus Track: Shaking Down the Acorns Buy The Early Years from The Harmony Sisters (https://alicegerrard.bandcamp.com/album/the-...

Nov 20, 202455 min

Episode 429: Forrest Carroll (Old Time for Oneself)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Forrest Carroll! We recorded this in October at Old Growth Old Time in Seattle, WA. Tunes in this episode: * All Young (0:35) * Will Davenport’s Tune (8:05) * The Old Folks Played and the Young Folks Danced (25:09) * Roscoe (35:33) * Get Up in the Cool (46:54) * Bonus Track: Saline County 11/19 Portland House Concert with Omar Ruiz-Lopez (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/autumn-folk-house-concert-wi...

Nov 13, 202451 min

Episode 428: Sadie Gustafson-Zook (Old Time Fiddle and Songwriting)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Sadie Gustafson-Zook! We recorded this in October in my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * Speed the Plow (3:13) * Tippin’ Back the Corn (Jordan Wankoff original) (17:13) * Gentle on my Mind (John Hartford original) (25:00) * Break the Ice (Sadie Gustafson-Zook original) (41:47) * Old Yeller Dog Come Trotting Through the Meeting House (52:20) * Bonus Track: Autumn’s Fragrance (Sadie ...

Nov 06, 202457 min

Episode 427: Morgan Harris (Alone Will Tell)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Morgan Harris! I interviewed her back in August in NY state on a day off of tour with Tall Poppy String Band. Thanks again to Lillian and Adam Kology for hosting us! Tunes in this episode: * Old Sage Friend (1:06) * Girl with the Blue Dress On (11:44) * Lonesome Road (20:58) * Love Has Brought Me to Despair (30:47) * Peep O’Day (40:54) * Bonus Track: Betty Baker Check out a live performance vide...

Oct 30, 202450 min

Episode 426: Call Up in the Cool No. 5

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. It’s another Call Up in the Cool episode! Thanks for your questions and tune requests, folks. Tunes in this episode: * Crazy Horse (1:40) * Biddy (19:30) * Far Hills (Andrew Marlin original) (27:12) * Old Joe (40:04) * Bull at the Wagon (45:39) * Bonus Track: Ducks on the Pond Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fra...

Oct 23, 202449 min

Episode 425: Hildaland (Louise Bichan and Ethan Setiawan)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Louise Bichan and Ethan Setiawan of Hildaland! We recorded this at my place a few weeks ago. Tunes in this episode: * Coffee and Incense (Ethan Setiawan original) (2:26) * Rothiemurchus Rant / The Graf Spee (19:37) * Ettrick (Hildaland original) (28:04) * Elk River Blues (47:13) * Fall on My Knees (56:30) * Bonus Track: Grigsby’s Hornpipe Visit Hildaland’s Website (https://www.hildaland.com/ab...

Oct 16, 20241 hr 5 min

Episode 424: Bex Bee and Will Jevne (Old Growth Old Time)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Bex Bee and Will Jevne, organizers of Old Growth Old Time in Seattle! We recorded this at Will’s place on Saturday in Port Townsend, WA. Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool) Tunes in this episode: * Chips and Sauce (1:5...

Oct 09, 20241 hr 6 min

Episode 423: Tristan Scroggins (The Old Time 100)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Tristan Scroggins! We recorded this last month at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * Last Chance * Ruffled Drawers * Leather Britches * Smith’s Reel * Tennessee Breakdown * Bonus Track: Elk River Blues Visit Tristan Scroggins’ website (https://tristanscroggins.com/) Buy The Old Time 100 Vol. 1 on Bandcamp (https://georgejacksonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-old-time-vol-1) Join Tris...

Oct 02, 20241 hr 40 min

Episode 422: Maggie Lind (Teaching Old Time, Banjo Tunes, and Women Banjoists)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Maggie Lind. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * White Oak Mountain (1:03) * Georgie (11:20) * Peach Bottom Creek (28:22) * Broken Legged Chicken (37:39) * The First Day of Snow (Maggie Lind original) (43:45) * Bonus Track: Going Across the Sea Visit Maggie Lind’s website (https://neighborlymusic.net/) Follow Maggie on Instagram (https://www.instagram....

Sep 25, 202447 min

Episode 421: Adam Hinkel (Black Sheep Banjos)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Adam Hinkel of Black Sheep Banjos. We recorded this yesterday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * Snake River Reel (0:59) * Billy in the Lowground (10:57) * J.P. Fraley’s Wild Rose of the Mountain (22:14) * Jack of Diamonds (38:00) * The Mountain (Steve Earle) (57:55) * Bonus Track: Old Joe Clark Follow Black Sheep Banjos on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/blacksheepbanjos/...

Sep 18, 20241 hr 4 min

Episode 420: Mark Olitsky (Changing as a Musician)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Mark Olitsky. We recorded this last month at the Minnesota Bluegrass August Festival. Thanks for having us! Tunes in this episode: * John Brown’s Dream (1:05) * Georgia Railroad (19:52) * Elk River Blues (38:46) * Darling Nellie Gray (59:20) * Possum On a Rail (1:16:49) * Bonus Track: Garfield’s Blackberry Blossom Mark Olitsky’s albums with Cary Moskovitz (https://olitskymoskovitz.bandcamp.com/)...

Sep 11, 20241 hr 23 min

Episode 419: Zach Meyer (Old Time in Seattle and Boston)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Zach Meyer. We recorded this last month at his home in Cambridge, MA. Tunes in this episode: * Sweet Milk and Peaches (1:07) * Jeff City (8:49) * Shucking the Brush (20:03) * My Friend the Wine (Jack Link original) (30:42) * Sheeps and Goats Gone to Pasture (41:04) * Bonus Track: The Skylark / Lake Arthur Stomp Visit Grain Thief’s website (https://grainthief.com/) and follow them on Instagram (h...

Sep 04, 202445 min

Episode 418: Joe Z. Johnson (Black Banjo Scholar)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Joe Z. Johnson. We recorded this last month at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV. Tunes in this episode: * Camptown Hornpipe (0:37) * John Snipes’ The Coo Coo (14:53) * Marching Jaybird (31:11) * Leather Britches (43:57) * Altamont (49:29) * Bonus Track: Cora Dye Follow Joe Z. Johnson on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/notsoaveragjoe/) Visit his website (https://www.joezavaanjohnson.com/)...

Aug 28, 202452 min

Episode 417: Jesse Milnes (Growing Up Old Time in West Virginia)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jesse Milnes. We recorded this last month at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV. Tunes in this episode: * Hell Among the Yearlings (0:43) * Ragtime Annie (12:37) * Helvetia Polka (20:48) * Going Down to Brownsville (24:39) * Shelvin’ Rock (33:35) * Bonus Track: Melvin Wine’s Paddy on the Turnpike Visit Jesse Milnes’ website (https://www.jessemilnes.com/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (h...

Aug 21, 202437 min

Episode 416: Sophie Wellington (Melodic Old Time Guitar)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Sophie Wellington. We recorded this last month at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV. Tunes in this episode: * Billy in the Lowland (0:57) * John Salyer’s Barlow Knife (13:31) * Shuffle About (23:01) * Charleston #1 (31:23) * Rugged Road (36:34) * Bonus Track: Sal Will You Marry Me Follow Sophie Wellington on Instagram (https://linktr.ee/sophiemaeplay) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (htt...

Aug 14, 202440 min

Episode 415: Scott Prouty (West Virginia Crookedness, Melvin Wine’s Birthday, and Writing Tunes)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Scott Prouty. We recorded this last month at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV. Tunes in this episode: * Ira Mullins’ Cluck Old Hen (0:54) * Thomas Dillon’s Grey Eagle (15:21) * Trouble at the Border (Scott Prouty original) (32:00) * Lovely Jane (38:58) * Coal Harbor Bend (47:28) * Bonus Track: Indian and the Woodhen Buy Scott's album Shaking Down the Acorns from the Old-Time Tiki Parlour (htt...

Aug 07, 202451 min

Episode 414: Justin Robinson (German Influence and Old Time Down the Mountain)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Justin Robinson. We recorded this last week at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV. Tunes in this episode: * Chickens Crowing at Midnight (or Going to Raleigh) (0:50) * Dancing Ladies (14:19) * Little Brown Jug (25:47) * Morning Star (or Virgil Craven’s Breakdown) (45:17) * Westphalia Waltz (52:01) * Bonus Track: The Rainbow Schottische (or the Duck’s Eyeball) Follow Justin Robinson on Instagram...

Jul 31, 202456 min

Episode 413: Nathan Vargo (Diva Fiddling and Flatfooting)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Nathan Vargo. We recorded this on Sunday at his home in Pittsburgh. Tunes in this episode: * Rat Cheese Under the Hill (0:34) * Old Jake Gillie (18:28) * Sally Ann (33:57) * Sandy River Belle (45:14) * Ernie Carpenter’s Shelvin’ Rock (53:50) * Bonus Track: Blackberry Blossom Follow Nathan Vargo on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nathanvargomusic/) Penna Players on Instagram (https://www.ins...

Jul 24, 202458 min

Episode 412: Alice Gerrard (Luther Davis' Fiddling, Tommy Jarrell's Potato Soup, and Identity Movements in Old Time)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Alice Gerrard with special guests Tatiana Hargreaves and Reed Stutz. We recorded this at the beginning of July in Port Townsend, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Train on the Island (1:12) * Remember Us (Alice Gerrard original) (14:08) * Tater Patch (18:53) * The One I Love Is Gone (44:45) * Little Black Dog Came Trotting Down The Road (48:38) * Bonus Track: Custom Made Woman Blues...

Jul 17, 202452 min

Episode 411: Earl White (Green Grass Cloggers and Spreading the Old Time Gospel)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Earl White. We recorded this on Saturday in Port Townsend, Washington. Tunes in this episode: * Cumberland Gap (0:30) * Sopping Gravy (11:56) * Four Miles to Cumberland (29:03) * Uncle Noah Jamison (59:31) * Polly Put the Kettle On (1:10:33) * Bonus Track: Fiddler’s Dream Contact the Earl White at fiddlersjam@gmail.com to get on the mailing list for the gathering Visit The Fiddlers Jam website (...

Jul 10, 20241 hr 14 min

Episode 410: Collin Stackhouse (Friend with a Podcast Tax and Health Care for All Oregon)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Collin Stackhouse. We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tune in this episode: * Waverly (0:35) * Salt River (8:08) * 44 Gun (30:47) * Narrative Arc/Utopia (Collin Stackhouse original) (34:31) * Tommy Jarrell’s Cumberland Gap (40:51) * Bonus Track: Old Cumberland (Pat Conte original) Healthcare For All Oregon (https://www.hcao.org/) Email collinstackhouse@hcao.org if you wan...

Jul 03, 202444 min

Episode 409: Call Up in the Cool No. 4

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are a handful of listeners who called in with a question and a tune or song request because this is another Call Up in the Cool episode. Tunes in this episode: * Last Chance (1:34) * Policeman (25:40) * Twenty Eighth of January (32:40) * Kenny Baker's Sail Away Ladies (52:54) * Hares on the Mountain (55:28) * Bonus Track: Roll Them Simmons Help Arrwa Ahmed Yafai’s family evacuate Gaza (https://gof...

Jun 26, 202458 min

Episode 408: Northern Resonance (with Tall Poppy String Band)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Anna Ekborg Hans-ers, Jerker Hans-ers, and Petrus Dillner of Northern Resonance, with special guests George Jackson and Morgan Harris! We recorded this in Viroqua, Wisconsin towards the end of our tour back in April. Tune in this episode: * Pride of America (0:54) * Polska efter Carl Sved (12:19) * Marion Reece’s Cumberland Gap (29:15) * Over the Pacific (Petrus Dillner original) (39:01) * No....

Jun 19, 202454 min

Episode 407: Steve Rosen (Banjo Whimsy)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Steve Rosen. We recorded this at The Old Town School of Folk Music. Tune in this episode: * Forked Deer (0:57) * Chief O’Neill’s (13:08) * Nail that Catfish to a Tree (Steve Rosen original) (26:52) * Mississippi Sawyer (35:15) * Mary Blacksmith (42:54) * Bonus Track: Reel St. Joseph Visit Steve Rosen’s website (https://nailthatcatfish.tripod.com/) Sign up for my Crooked Tunes workshop series! (h...

Jun 12, 202446 min

Episode 406: Smack Young Walser (Sweet-tooth Fiddling)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Smack Young Walser. We recorded this at his home in Minneapolis. Tune in this episode: * Luther Davis’ Sugar in the Gourd (0:34) * Dick Sand’s Hornpipe (11:35) * Old Mother Logo (32:02) * Gotta Get a Job (Dave Landreth original) (38:20) * Poor Little Johnny’s Gone to War (43:47) * Bonus Track: Ernie Carpenter’s Cripple Creek Sign up for my Crooked Tunes workshop series! (https://www.camerondewhi...

Jun 05, 202448 min

Episode 405: Bobcat Opossum (Tune Scavengers)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Ellen Coplin and Sean Michael Hoffman of Bobcat Opossum. We recorded this at their home in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Tune in this episode: * Charles Bee’s Old 22 (0:30) * 12/31/23 (Sean Michael Hoffman original) (10:14) * Bill Malley’s Polkas (25:03) * South Wind / The Connaghtmans (38:26) * The Bravest Cowgirl / Cowboy’s Dream (52:24) * Bonus Track: Quail Is a Pretty Bird Visit Bobcat Opossum’s we...

May 29, 202456 min

Episode 404: Calvin Woodring (Old Time Harmonica)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Calvin Woodring. We recorded this at his home in Madison, Wisconsin. Tune in this episode: * Merriweather (1:08) * Mama Blues (14:08) * Zinger (21:47) * The Walker Street Reel (35:51) * Polecat Blues (41:11) * Bonus Track: Rocky Road to Jordan The Stop and Listen (https://thestopandlisten.com/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Ba...

May 22, 202445 min

Episode 403: Lillian Werbin (Elderly Instruments)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Lillian Werbin. We recorded this at Elderly Instruments in Lansing, MI. Tune in this episode: * High on the Mountain (1:13) * West Virginia, My Home (12:38) * Red Rocking Chair (26:20) * Darling Corey (42:30) * Handsome Molly (48:07) * Bonus Track: Troubles Visit Elderly Instruments’ online store! (https://www.elderly.com/) Learn more about The Banjo Gathering (https://banjogathering.weebly.com/...

May 15, 202451 min
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