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Get Up in the Cool

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.

Copyright: © 2022 Cameron DeWhitt

Latest Episodes:

Episode 421: Adam Hinkel (Black Sheep Banjos) Sep 18, 2024

Show notes

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

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Episode 420: Mark Olitsky (Changing as a Musician) Sep 11, 2024

Show notes

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

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Episode 419: Zach Meyer (Old Time in Seattle and Boston) Sep 04, 2024

Show notes

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
and follow them on Instagram
Visit The Talking Hearts’ website
and follow them on Instagram
Follow Dumpster Debbie on Instagram

Sign up for Cameron’s new banjo workshop series Riffs, Fills, and Grooves: Adding Flavor to Your Clawhammer

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Episode 418: Joe Z. Johnson (Black Banjo Scholar) Aug 28, 2024

Show notes

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

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Visit his website
Check out his work with the Library of Congress

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Episode 417: Jesse Milnes (Growing Up Old Time in West Virginia) Aug 21, 2024

Show notes

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

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Episode 416: Sophie Wellington (Melodic Old Time Guitar) Aug 14, 2024

Show notes

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

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and follow us on Instagram

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Episode 415: Scott Prouty (West Virginia Crookedness, Melvin Wine’s Birthday, and Writing Tunes) Aug 07, 2024

Show notes

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
Stream his album Puncheon Floor
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Episode 414: Justin Robinson (German Influence and Old Time Down the Mountain) Jul 31, 2024

Show notes

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)

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Episode 413: Nathan Vargo (Diva Fiddling and Flatfooting) Jul 24, 2024

Show notes

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

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Penna Players on Instagram
Slag Mountain on Instagram
Buy the Slack Bow Nerds album

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Episode 412: Alice Gerrard (Luther Davis' Fiddling, Tommy Jarrell's Potato Soup, and Identity Movements in Old Time) Jul 17, 2024

Show notes

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 (Alice Gerrard original)

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Visit Tatiana Hargreaves’ website
Follow her on Instagram

Visit Reed Stutz’s website
Follow him on Instagram

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