Get Up in the Cool

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Episode 520: Hayden Stern (Classic Tunes for the Post-Yearning Era) Aug 12, 2026

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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 at his home in Seattle back in May.

Tunes in this episode:

Farewell to Santa Ana (Hayden Stern original) (0:32)
Susie’s (Hayden Stern original) (12:29)
Pit Trap (Hayden Stern original) (29:24)
Pretty Little Dog (42:23)
Rhodendenron (Hayden Stern original) (49:33)
BONUS TRACK: Barlow Knife

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Episode 519: Jordan Wankoff (Learning and Teaching Traditional Music and Writing Tipping Back the Corn) Aug 05, 2026

Show notes

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. We’re back to our regularly scheduled programming. This week’s friend is Jordan Wankoff! We recorded this on Sunday at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago.

Tunes in this episode:

Marmaduke’s Hornpipe (0:47)
Cowhide Boots (10:22)
Grand Picnic (Joe Politte original) (22:01)
Walk Old Shoe Heel Come A Draggin’ (42:21)
Tippin’ Back the Corn (Jordan Wankoff original) (56:56)
BONUS TRACK: Lacy Brown

Study fiddle with Jordan Wankoff at the Old Town School of Folk Music

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Episode 518: Get Up in the Cool 10th Anniversary Look Back (Part 4) Jul 29, 2026

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. Get Up in the Cool is 10 years old! We’re going to spend this month looking back in four parts.

Tunes in this episode:

Richmond Blues with Rachel Eddy
Cumberland Gap with Earl White
Wade Ward’s Peach Bottom Creek with Maggie Lind
Wind and Rain with Carolyn Kendrick
Won’t You Come and Sing with Me with Anna RG
BONUS TRACK: Mississippi Sawyer

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Episode 517: Get Up in the Cool 10th Anniversary Look Back (Part 3) Jul 22, 2026

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. Get Up in the Cool is 10 years old! We’re going to spend this month looking back in four parts.

Tunes in this episode:

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Episode 516: Get Up in the Cool 10th Anniversary Look Back (Part 2) (FIXED AUDIO) Jul 15, 2026

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. Get Up in the Cool is 10 years old! We’re going to spend this month looking back in four parts.

Tunes in this episode:

La de Mariano Romero with Lone Piñon
Davey Davey with Nic Gareiss
See that Rainbow Shine with Sarah Kate Morgan
Whispering Forest with Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms(original song by Marijohn Wilkin)
Breakin’ Up Christmas with Amelia and Dirk Powell
BONUS TRACK: Bound to Have a Little Fun

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Episode 515: Get Up in the Cool 10th Anniversary Look Back (Part 1) Jul 08, 2026

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. Get Up in the Cool is 10 years old! We’re going to spend this month looking back in four parts.

Tunes in this episode:

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Request For Upcoming Call Up In The Cool 10 Year Anniversary Edition Jul 01, 2026

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Next week is the ten year anniversary of Get Up in the Cool! I'm going to do a call up in the cool episode, but I need your questions/favorite moments from the last 10 years/tune and song requests. You can email a voice memo or written submission to getupinthecool@gmail.com

I'll be working on this Monday and Tuesday, so try and have these in before the weekend is over if you're going to participate. Thanks y'all!

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Episode 514: Lizzie Cahalin and Perry Blosser (of The Ridge Ramblers) Jul 01, 2026

Show notes

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Lizzie Cahalin and Perry Blosser! We recorded this a couple weeks ago at Redwing Roots Festival in Virginia.

Tunes in this episode:

Sam Hill (0:40)
Otis Burris’s Fortune (09:14)
Winderslide (Joe LeRose original melody, Lorie Lichtenwalner original lyrics) (30:16)
Peas in the Pot (56:56)
Flatwoods (1:01:07)
BONUS TRACK: Critters in the Stuff (Dan Newitt original)

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Episode 513: Justin Golden (Blues Guitar and Old Time Banjo) Jun 24, 2026

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Justin Golden! We recorded this last weekend in Richmond, VA.

Tunes in this episode:

My Creole Bell (0:40)
You Got To Walk that Lonesome Valley (12:53)
Bad Luck Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson original) (22:42)
The Rain Done Fell on Me (29:53)
You Don’t Know My Mind (36:09)
BONUS TRACK: Sitting on Top of the World (Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon original)

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Episode 512: Sweeten the Third (Banjo and Flatfooting) (see show notes for supercut of dancing) Jun 17, 2026

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Afton Coombs, here to talk about our new band, Sweeten the Third! We recorded this earlier in the month at TransTrad in Olympia, WA.

Tunes in this episode: