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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 95: Ida Mae Specker (Live at Black Creek...

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2018/06/21

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Ida Mae Specker! We recorded this in front of a live audience at Black Creek Fiddlers’ Reunion a few weeks ago. Tunes we’ll play: Boil Them Cabbage Down June Apple Hanged Man’s Reel Cumberland Gap Arkansas Sheikh Bonus Track: Indian War Whoop Ida Mae Specker’s website: https://www.idamaespecker.com/ And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/idamaespeckermusic/ John Specker’s website:

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Episode 94: Jason Cade (Half a Hog-Eyed Man)

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2018/06/13

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jason Cade, of Hog-Eyed Man. Tunes we’ll play: Poplar Bluff Rye Straw Bruce Green’s Jake Phelps’ Will Stegall’s Durang’s Hornpipe Kentucky Winder Allen Sisson’s Cumberland Gap Bonus Track: Byard Ray’s Flight of the Wild Geese Hog-Eyed Man’s albums, shows, and Tune Journeys: https://www.hogeyedman.com/ Like and Follow Hog-Eyed Man on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hogeyedman/ Support Get Up in

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Episode 93: Dara Weiss (Old Time Songs)

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2018/06/06

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Dara Weiss, from All Day Breakfast Stringband! We recorded at Black Creek about a week and a half ago. Thanks for having us, Black Creek! This episode is all songs, and I’m going to try to get a better ratio of songs to tunes in the future because this was so much fun! Songs we’ll sing: Darling Where You Been So Long Railroad Bill The God That Never Fails Lonesome Blues Hang Me Bonus Track: A

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Episode 92: Joe Troop (Is Friends with a Smelly Old...

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2018/05/30

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Joe Troop from Che Apalache, your favorite latingrass band! Joe and I had what might be the most whimsical jam to ever take place on the show, punctuated by some real thoughtful and convicting conversation. I’m excited for you to hear it! Tunes we’ll play: Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase Silly Bill Sandy River Belle Kentucky Waltz Say Darlin’ Say Bonus Track: Reuben’s Train Joe’s website:

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Episode 91: Riley Calcagno (Wants to Hang Out Backstage)

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2018/05/23

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Riley Calcagno of The Onlies, and more recently of Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno. We recorded this interview at the East Vancouver Old Time Social about a month and a half ago in front of a live audience, and because it was part of the festival, our interview was a bit shorter than a normal episode; we didn’t want to cut into the show upstairs. But I promise the time is densely packed with great

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Episode 90: Max Evans (Old Time in Canada,...

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2018/05/16

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Max Evans, fiddler for All Day Breakfast Stringband. We recorded this in Vancouver, BC, the morning after the first night of EVOS, the East Vancouver Old Time Social. Tunes we’ll play: Cat Tracks Sally Coming Through Rye Cauliflower Greasy String Fine Times At Our House Jack O Diamonds Bonus Track: Little Rose All Day Breakfast Stringband: https://alldaybreakfaststringband.com/ Like and follow All

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Episode 89: Molly Tenenbaum (Mystery, Joy, and Old...

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2018/05/09

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is old time banjoist and poet Molly Tenenbaum. Tunes we’ll play: Sail Away Ladies Sikepa Inongwa Mukaye Betsy Roscoe’s Gone Such a Gittin Upstairs Bonus Track: Jack Wilson Visit Molly's website for her old time music albums and poetry: https://mollytenenbaum.com/ Augusta Old Time Week: https://augustaheritagecenter.org/old-time/ Support Get Up in the Cool on

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Episode 88: Armin Barnett (Old Time Sources)

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2018/05/02

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Armin Barnett, another new friend from Seattle! Armin chose some really neat tunes, and he shed some more light on the history of the Seattle trad music scene. Also, he shared some stories from the revival days about some sources that weren’t as enthusiastic about old time pilgrims as Tommy Jarrell was. Tunes we’ll play: Devil’s Dream Old Sow Ate the Middlins No Corn on Tygart Dineo Ladies Sandy

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Episode 87: Emily Keene (The Golden Age of...

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2018/04/25

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Emily Keene. As we started warming up, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that this would be a harmonica episode! Wild Horses at Stony Point Sally Johnson Little Dutch Girl Greasy Coat Johnny Don’t Get Drunk Fortune Bonus Track: Susanna Gal Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Like and follow Get Up in the Cool on

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Episode 86: Jenny Monfore (Will Homestead for Tunes)

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2018/04/18

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jenny Monfore. We recorded this at her place in Seattle, a few days before the East Vancouver Old Time Social. Tunes we’ll play: Crockett’s Honeymoon Liberty Off the Corn Liquor Still Gentleman from Virginia Rymer’s Favorite Scolding Wife Boneyard Bonus Track: Over the Flatlands Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Like and follow Get Up in the Cool on

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Episode 85: Squirrel Butter (Charmaine Slaven &...

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2018/04/11

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Charmaine Slaven & Charlie Beck of Squirrel Butter! We recorded this at Scott Killops’ house during the Portland Old Time Music Gathering. This episode of Get up in the Cool is sponsored by the Oregon nonprofit, Mud City Old-Time Society. They want you to join them for the third annual Willamette Valley Old-Time Social May 3-6 in Eugene, Oregon. This year the social features; the Horsenecks, Gabe

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Episode 84: Mark Tamsula and Richard Withers (Old...

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2018/04/04

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Mark Tamsula and Richard Withers, and they brought some traditional music from Southwestern Pennsylvania to share! Tunes we’ll play: Down the River Dick’s Handspike The Snouts and Ears of America Muddy Waters Maggots in the Sheep Hide Sam Waggle’s The Snowy Hill Jimmy King Bonus Track: Black Eyed Susie Mark and Richard's website: snappinbug.com Support Get Up in the Cool on

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Episode 83: Lyle de Vitry (Old Time...

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2018/03/28

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is my good buddy Lyle de Vitry, and I’m excited for you to meet him if you haven’t already, because his Old Time music story is really sweet, and his fiddling is beautiful. We recorded this in my basement like, a week and a half ago! So come get it while it’s still hot! Tunes we’ll play: Cranberry Rock Kentucky Winder No Corn on Tygart John Sharp’s Tune Happy Hollow Bonus Track: Biddy Support Get Up in

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Episode 82: Erynn Marshall and Carl Jones (A Trip to...

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2018/03/21

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! Many of you already know this week’s friends, because they’re some of Old Time’s most active performers, educators and recording artists: Erynn Marshall and Carl Jones. We met at the Portland Old Time Music Gathering a couple months ago, and ever since, I’ve been thinking a lot about they said in our interview, both verbally, and musically. Tunes we’ll play: Blackie and Emma / Rolling in the Dust Ain’t It Crazy How

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Episode 81: Bitter Bloom (Domenica Romagni and Morgan...

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2018/03/14

*note: Morgan Harris is called by a different name and different pronouns in this episode because they've since changed both. Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are cellist Domenica Romagni and guitarist Morgan Harris from Philadelphia’s own Bitter Bloom. We played some great tunes I’d never played before, like Quit That Tickling Me and Brown Button Shoes, as well as an original that just might be the crookedest tune I’ve ever

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Episode 80: Peter Mawanga (Traditional Music from...

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2018/03/07

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! I have a really special friend this week: Peter Mawanga! Peter is a long-time collaborator with former Get Up in the Cool guest Andrew Finn Magill, and when they were on their way through Philly, Finn recommended I get Peter in front of a mic. I was really nervous about it, because Peter is from Malawi, and African rhythms, in general, are way outside my comfort zone. I profoundly don’t understand them. But Peter was

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Episode 79: Andy McLeod (A Curated History of...

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2018/02/28

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Andy McLeod, and he brought with him a wonderful little history lesson on fingerstyle guitar! Tunes we’ll play: West Coast Blues Guitar Stomp Washington Blues Buckdancer’s Choice Soft Steel Piston Red Pony Upon My Return Bonus Track: Requiem for Mississippi John Hurt The Leveetoppers FB and Bandcamp: https://www.facebook.com/theleveetoppers https://theleveetoppers.bandcamp.com/ Andy on FB and

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Episode 78: Matt Brown (Fiddler! Educator! Producer!)

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2018/02/21

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Matt Brown: old time fiddler, educator, and producer! I’m going to cut to the chase: I’m releasing this now because Matt Brown produced a wonderful new album called On Big Shoulders, and there’s a kickstarter! I’m hoping that after listening to our interview and jam, you’ll be convinced that On Big Shoulders is something worth checking out and supporting. On Big Shoulders Kickstarter:

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Episode 77: Devin Forest-Hines (Easy to Hear, Hard to...

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2018/02/14

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Devin Forest-Hines, with special guest friend Amelia Baker on guitar. We recorded this in Portland before the Old Time Gathering, about a month and a half ago. Devin chose some really neat tunes for our jam, and I’m pretty sure I’ll keep some of them, especially his version of Shady Grove, which we play towards the end. That’s not clickbait-style rhetoric, I actually liked that tune the best out of

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Episode 76: Brooks Masten (Banjo Builder)

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2018/02/07

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Brooks Masten. The banjo builder! Tunes we’ll play: Sandy River Belle Barlow Knife Rats Gone to Rest Rocking in the Weary Land Cumberland Gap Bonus Track: Moist and Musty Brooks' Website: https://www.brooksbanjos.com/ Contact Brooks: brooksbanjos@gmail.com Follow Brooks on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brooksmasten/ Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon:

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