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Get Up in the Cool

Cameron DeWhitt

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

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2024/06/05

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

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Episode 405: Bobcat Opossum (Tune Scavengers)

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2024/05/29

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

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Episode 404: Calvin Woodring (Old Time Harmonica)

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2024/05/22

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 Banjo

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Episode 403: Lillian Werbin (Elderly Instruments)

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2024/05/15

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

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Episode 402: Sweet Milk and Peaches (Midwestern...

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2024/05/08

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Liz Voz and Jesse Downs of Sweet Milk and Peaches. We recorded this last week in Viroqua, Wisconsin. Tune in this episode: * Step Up, Susie (1:10) * Little Red Barn (9:02) * Grandma’s March (18:34) * A Capital Ship (28:42) * The Cuckoo Schottische (39:50) * Bernard Johnson’s Under the Double Eagle (45:35) * Bonus Track: Sally Ann Johnson Thanks to AltStrings Academy for sponsoring this episode

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Episode 401: Keala Venema (Old Time Fiddle, Shamisen,...

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2024/05/01

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Keala Venema. We recorded this last week in Lansing, Michigan.Tune in this episode: * Texas (1:04) * Candy Girl (16:39) * Cluck Old Hen (33:58) * Julianne Johnson (39:52) * Billy in the Lowground (44:38) * Bonus Track: Big Scioty Follow Keala Venema on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/kealavenema/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070188200872) Visit her band Whorled’s

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55:25

Episode 400: Emily Mann (Relaxed, Notey, G Tunes and...

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2024/04/24

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Emily Mann. We recorded this yesterday in Nashville at the home of Rachel Baiman and George Jackson. Tune in this episode: * Burl Hammons’ Shelvin’ Rock (0:46) * Forks of Reedy (13:51) * Clyde Davenport’s Sally Johnson (29:19) * Long John (41:58) * Hell Up Coal Holler (50:30) * Bonus Track: Icy Mountain Visit Paper Wings’ website (https://paperwingsband.com/) Follow them on Instagram

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Episode 399: Ian Desiderio (Old Time Jam Democracy)

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2024/04/17

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Ian Desiderio. We recorded this yesterday at my home in Portland, OR.Tune in this episode: * Chinquapin Hunting * The Gray Funnel Line * Short Song About God Being Spatial Awareness (Ian Desiderio original) * Road to Malvern * Farther Along * Bonus Track: John Brown’s Dream Visit Elbow Room’s website (https://www.elbowroompdx.org/) and follow them on Instagram

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Tomorrow's episode will be delayed until midday; sorry!

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2024/04/16

Tomorrow's episode will be delayed until midday; sorry!

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Episode 398: Noa (Bowing Bass and Physical Melodies)

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2024/04/10

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Noa. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR.Tune in this episode: * Hunting the Buffalo (1:05) * Squirrel Hunters (25:09) * Dry (Judy Hyman original) (42:57) * Fast Down (51:35) * Red Prairie Dawn (1:06:55) * Bonus Track: Red Rocking Chair Buy Fog Holler’s albums and check their tour dates (https://www.fogholler.band/) Follow them on Instagram

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Episode 397: The Carolina Rose (Caroline Oakley and...

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2024/04/03

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Caroline Oakley and Rose Minkler of The Carolina Rose. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR.Tune in this episode: * The Boll Weevil Drag (1:32) * Cranberry Rock (16:39) * I Once Loved a Sailor (34:42) * Muskrat (57:54) * Dora Dean (1:05:01) * Bonus Track: Lowe Bonnie Visit Caroline Oakley’s website (http://www.squaredancefever.com/) Check Tall Poppy String Band’s April tour

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Episode 396: Church for Dogs (New Converts to Contra...

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2024/03/27

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are the members of my new contra dance band, Church for Dogs! Kate Gregory and Jonathan Craig Roberts. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR.Tune in this episode: * Isham Monday’s Fire on the Mountain (0:58) * Halifax (22:05) * Old Blind Sow She Stole the Middlins (36:02) * Polly Put the Kettle On (1:03:04) * The Old Yeller Dog Went Trotting Through the Meetinghouse (1:14:01) * Bonus

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Episode 395: Kaden Hurst (Mandolin's Place in Old...

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2024/03/20

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Kaden Hurst. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR.Tune in this episode: * Tater Roll (1:05) * Five Miles from Town (18:36) * Cold Mountains (34:58) * Rye Straw (48:43) * Poor Man’s Song (56:35) * Bonus Track: High Up on Tug Visit Never Come Down’s website (https://nevercomedownband.com/) and follow them on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nevercomedownband) Study Mandolin

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Episode 394: Hal Cannon (Old Time in Utah and Cowboy...

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2024/03/13

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Hal Cannon. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR.Tune in this episode: * Peter Francisco (0:54) * Frosted Horses (Hal Cannon original) (14:02) * Dust Devil (Hal Cannon original) (28:47) * Crippled Up Blues (Hal Cannon original) (36:12) * Utah Trail March (Hal Cannon original) (51:17) * Texas Traveler (1:00:09) * Bonus Track: Hometown (Hal Cannon original) Buy Deseret String

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Episode 393: Kendl Winter (Banjo Mantras)

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2024/03/06

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Kendl Winter! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR.Tune in this episode (all Kendl Winter originals): * Tuesday’s Noods (0:57) * Corduroy Pillows (23:59) * Roscoe’s Blooping (33:25) * Apple Core (48:54) * One Blanket to Rule them All (59:06) * Bonus Track: Island Mantra Buy Kendl Winter’s Banjo Mantras (https://merch.ambientinks.com/collections/thelowestpair) Visit The Lowest

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Episode 392: Hayden Stern (Blasphemy and Hot Nonsense)

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2024/02/28

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Hayden Stern! We recorded this a couple weeks ago in Olympia, WA.Tune in this episode: * Loren McKowen’s (0:55) * Dry and Dusty (14:26) * Noon Lasses (28:23) * Hawk is a Mule (Andrew Marlin original) (38:22) * Farewell Trion (48:39) * Bonus Track: Fishing at Orbost Visit Hayden Stern’s website (https://www.haydenstern.com/) Follow Hayden Stern on Instagram

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Episode 391: Adam Roszkiewicz (Old Time Tunes on...

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2024/02/21

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Adam Roszkiewicz! I’ll be calling him Rosco in the interview. We recorded this last weekend at his home in Olympia, WA. Tune in this episode: * Cumberland Gap (0:37) * Farewell Trion (19:02) * A Prairie Jewel (John Reischman original) (35:33) * Tennessee Politics (John Hartford original) (53:05) * …? (Adam Roszkiewicz original) (1:03:54) * Bonus Track: Jeff Sturgeon Sign up for Julian Family Fiddle

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Episode 390: Call Up in the Cool No. 3

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2024/02/14

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are YOU ALL. Or rather, 5 of you. Thanks for submitting your questions and tune requests. Tune in this episode: * Old Bowback (0:43) * Davy Come Back and Act Like You Ought To (15:51) * J.P. Fraley’s Dry and Dusty (36:34) * a special non-old time song (45:14) * Halifax (53:53) * Bonus Track: Jenny Get Around Find out more about The Old Time 100 (https://www.patreon.com/georgejackson/posts) Follow

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Episode 389: Matthew Lynn (Banjo Maker)

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2024/02/07

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Matthew Lynn! We recorded this earlier this week at my home in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * Wandering Boy (0:39) * Snake River Reel (14:33) * Chinquapin Hunting (29:55) * Chirps and Williams (Calvin Vollrath) (41:17) * Banjonique (Walt Koken original) (52:54) * Bonus Track: Fortune Follow Matthew Lynn on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mrmatthewlynn/) Sign up for Cameron’s upcoming

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Request for questions and tune requests!

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2024/02/06

Send those questions and tune requests to getupinthecool@gmail.com Thanks!

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