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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 501: Phoebe Sanders (Banjo, Limberjacks, and Jig Dolls) Apr 01, 2026

Show notes

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Phoebe Sanders! We recorded this earlier this month at her home in La Mirada, CA.

Tunes in this episode:

Sugar Hill (0:49)
Hell Broke Loose in Georgia (12:41)
Cindy (21:32)
Going Across the Sea (27:02)
Lost Girl (32:54)
BONUS TRACK: Hangman’s Reel

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Here’s the YouTube link to the tunes with Gilligan!

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Episode 500: Frank Fairfield (The Theoretical, The Practical, and the Poetical) Mar 25, 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 Frank Fairfield! We recorded this earlier this month at Frank’s home in LA.

Tunes in this episode:

There’s a Brown Skin Girl Down the Road Somewhere (1:27)
Darlin’ Cory (12:08)
Cottonwood Reel (46:19)
Old Aunt Jenny with her Nightcap On (1:18:14)
Jack o’ Diamonds (1:30:06)
BONUS TRACK: Last of Harris

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Episode 499: Kenny Feinstein (Punk to Old Time Pipeline) Mar 18, 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 Kenny Feinstein! We recorded this yesterday at their home in LA.

Tunes in this episode:

Give Me a Chaw Tobacco (0:35)
Jeff City (9:33)
The Girl Slipped Down (18:21)
Box the Fox (39:48)
Lost Indian (44:40)
BONUS TRACK: Hell and Scissors

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Episode 498: Tommy Schulz (Settings-Based Music and Shonen Irish Ballads) Mar 11, 2026

Show notes

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Tommy Schulz! We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, Oregon.

Tunes in this episode:

Shove that Pig’s Foot a Little Further into the Fire (0:55)
Arthur McBride (27:37)
Coleman’s March (48:28)
The Clyde Water (1:03:42)
Isambard's Waltz (Bruce Molsky original) (1:24:39)
BONUS TRACK: The Blackest Crow

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Episode 497: Caleb & Reeb (Writing in Idiom and the Limits of Genre) Mar 04, 2026

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Caleb & Reeb! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, Oregon.

Tunes in this episode:

Gold in Your Pocket (Caleb Klauder original) (0:57)
He’s Gone (Caleb Klauder original) (18:52)
Trust in Your Luck (Reeb Willms original) (43:04)
Gathering Flowers (1:00:17)
Shame Shame Shame (Caleb Klauder original) (1:11:16)
BONUS TRACK: Boll Weevil

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Buy their album Gold in Your Pocket from Free Dirt records
Come to OrcasFest at the end of May!

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Episode 496: Evan Coombs (Green Day, Maritime Folk, and Hiking the AT) Feb 25, 2026

Show notes

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Evan Coombs! We recorded this on Sunday at my home in Portland, Oregon.

Tunes in this episode:

Little Pine Siskin (John Reischman original) (1:22)
Rattletrap (22:06)
I Wash Myself with a Rag on a Stick (Kieran Towers & Charlotte Carrivick original) (45:16)
The Cuckoo (52:15)
The Black Ball Line (Alex Sturbaum original) (1:01:29)
BONUS TRACK: Speed the Plough

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Episode 495: Sophie Enloe (Writing New Old Time Tunes) Feb 18, 2026

Show notes

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Sophie Enloe! We recorded this yesterday at her home in Portland, Oregon.

Tunes in this episode:

Lizzie Flew the Coop (Sophie Enloe original) (0:37)
Sophie’s Cumberland Gap (Sophie Enloe original) (12:27)
Unnamed Tune #1 (Sophie Enloe original) (24:01)
Unnamed Tune #2 (Sophie Enloe original) (39:41)
Sand Lake (Sophie Enloe original) (46:50)
BONUS TRACK: Roses in the Morning

Follow Tiki Parlour Recordings on Instagram to hear about Sophie’s band Cookhouse’s new album

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Episode 494: Sparrow Smith (Writing in the Old Time Idiom) Feb 11, 2026

Show notes

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Sparrow Smith! We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, Oregon.

Tunes in this episode:

Katie Morey (0:46)
Jewel of the Blue Ridge (Sparrow Smith original) (10:32)
Undone in Sorrow (31:47)
Young Sally (Sparrow Smith original) (42:34)
Chips and Sauce (Ira Bernstein original) (1:00:42)
BONUS TRACK: Tend that Flame (Sparrow Smith original)

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Episode 493: Call Up in the Cool No. 8 Feb 04, 2026

Show notes

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are you, because this a Call Up in the Cool episode.

Tunes in this episode:

Goodbye Booze
Get Ready With Medo Halimy / Ya Tala'ayn El-Jabal (Cameron DeWhitt original / Palestinian folk song)
Curly Headed Woman
Old Chattanooga
If I Were a Bell (Lyrics by Vera Moller, melody by Creekbed Carter Hogan)
BONUS TRACK: Golden Chain Tree

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Episode 492: Sue Truman (The Crankie Factory) Jan 28, 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 Sue Truman, with special guests Jerry Gallaher and WB Reid! We recorded this at Jinny Macrae’s home during the Portland Old Time Music Gathering.

Tunes in this episode:

Coondog
Tommy Jarrell’s Cumberland Gap
Black Jack Grove
Sue Truman’s Barn Quilt Trail Crankie
- Coleman’s March
- Come On Girls We’re Going to Boston
- Red Steer
Sue Truman’s Tunes and Quilts of the Oregon Trail Crankie
- Sourwood Mountain
- Detroit Schottische
- O Susanna
- Buffalo Gals
BONUS TRACK: Half Past Four

Watch the Crankie segments for this episode!

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