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Episode 140: Julay Brooks (Old Time Backup Guitar) May 01, 2019

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Julay Brooks, with special guest Joel Brown on fiddle. We recorded this a few weeks ago at my house in Portland, Oregon.

Tunes in this episode:
Meriweather
White Cockade
Ed Haley’s Dog Ate the Woodchuck
Farewell Princeton
Sugar Hill
Bonus track: Boogerman

This episode is brought to you by the Earful of Fiddle Music & Dance Camp! Earful of Fiddle is an immersive lakeside music and dance camp in Rodney, Michigan, whose mission is the use of traditional music and dance as community-building entertainment fostering creative arts practice. Now in its eleventh year, Earful of Fiddle provides instruction in percussive dance, song, fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, cello and uke as well as informal music sessions and evening dances from June 23-28, 2019. This year’s instructors include: Ruby John, Bruce Bauman, Jake Blount, Micah Ling, Nic Gareiss and Danielle Enblom. Also, I’m going to be there recording live Get Up in the Cool episodes. So please, come hang out with us! To register, visit www.earfuloffiddle.com or follow the link in the show notes in your podcast app or this episode’s facebook post.

I want to thank Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan for sharing Get Up in the Cool online with their customers and increasing the reach of the show. Next time you need an instrument upgrade or new music gear, visit their online store at https://www.elderly.com/.

Order Get Up in the Cool Vol. 3 (Best of 2018 compilation album): https://camerondewhitt.bandcamp.com/album/get-up-in-the-cool-vol-3

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Episode 139: Joe McHugh (Rosin the Bow) Apr 24, 2019

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Joe McHugh, the host of Rosin the Bow, a podcast about the violin family! We recorded this in February at the Oly Old Time Festival in Olympia, Washington.

Tunes in this episode:
Going Down to Georgia O
Fisher’s Hornpipe
Sally in the Green Corn
Pat and Isaac’s Road Trip
Pretty Little Indian
Elzic’s Farewell
Bonus track: Highlander’s Farewell

Rosin the Bow’s website: https://www.rosinthebow.org/
Rosin the Bow podcast: https://rosinthebow.podbean.com/
Like Rosin the Bow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rosinthebowpodcast/

Preorder Get Up in the Cool Vol. 3 (Best of 2018 compilation album): https://camerondewhitt.bandcamp.com/album/get-up-in-the-cool-vol-3

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Episode 138: Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer (Hands on Both Sides) Apr 17, 2019

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer! We recorded this a couple weeks ago at my home in Portland, Oregon.

Tunes in this episode:
Buddies in the Saddle
Kissing in the Dark
Coleman’s March
Left Hind Leg
Cumberland Gap
Bonus track: Kitchen Girl

Cathy and Marcy’s website: https://www.cathymarcy.com/
Cathy and Marcy’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cathyandmarcy/
Fink, Marxer & Gleaves Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FINKMARXERGLEAVES/
TrueFire lessons with Cathy and Marcy: https://www.cathymarcy.com/education/truefire-2/
Peghead Nation lessons with Marcy Marxer: https://pegheadnation.com/string-school/instructors/marcy-marxer/

Cameron is going on tour with Jake Blount in April! Follow the links below and RSVP:
D.C.
Baltimore
Lancaster
Brooklyn
New Haven
Portland
Providence (Message Get Up in the Cool on Facebook for invitation to the private event)
Boston

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Episode 137: Harry Bolick (The Completely Lost Mississippi Fiddle Tunes) Apr 10, 2019

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Harry Bolick! We recorded this last June at the Brandywine Revival.

Tunes in this episode:
Mississippi Hills
Flirting with the Men
Syrup Pudding
Susan Jones
1817
Bonus track: Cotton Chopping Dick

Download The Completely Lost Mississippi Fiddle Tunes on Bandcamp: https://harrybolick.bandcamp.com/album/the-completely-lost-mississippi-fiddle-tunes
Harry Bolick’s recorded works: http://www.harrybolick.com/recordings
Harry Bolick’s website: http://mississippifiddle.com
Order physical CDs: http://www.harrybolick.com/recordings/to-order

Thanks to Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan for sharing the show with their customers. Visit their website: https://www.elderly.com/.

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Episode 136: Linnea Spitzer (A Long Circuitous Route) Apr 03, 2019

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Linnea Spitzer. We recorded this a couple weeks ago at my home in Portland, Oregon.

Tunes in this episode:
Apple Blossom
Nancy Dalton
Altamont
Georgia Row
Bill Cheatam
Bonus track: Jaybird Died of the Whooping Cough

Flat Rock String Band’s website: https://www.flatrockstringband.com/

Thanks to Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan for supporting the show. Visit their website: https://www.elderly.com/.

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Episode 135: Gary Vann (Traditional Music in Brisbane) Mar 27, 2019

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Gary Vann. We recorded this last September at his home in Brisbane.

Tunes in this episode:
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Dry and Dusty
Cherokee Shuffle
Red Haired Boy
Soldier’s Joy
Waltzing Matilda
Bonus track: Mississippi Sawyer

Study banjo, fiddle, and mandolin with Gary Vann: http://www.garyvann.com.au/

Thanks to Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan for supporting the show. Visit their website: https://www.elderly.com/.

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Episode 134: Hanna Traynham (Old Time Banjo) Mar 20, 2019

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

Tunes in this episode:
Lost Indian
Singin’ Birds
Little Birdie
Cuckoo Bird
Shady Grove
Last Chance
Bonus track: Sandy River

Merry Mountain Hoedown by The Traynham Family: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/thetraynhamfamily
Horses in the Canebreak by The Barn Owls: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/thebarnowls
The Barn Owls website: http://barnowlsmusic.com/
The Barn Owls on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barnowlsoldtimemusic/
The Barn Owls play (and teach at) Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival: https://hiawathamusic.org/
6th Annual Gospel Event for Sinners and Saints: https://www.facebook.com/events/2296656580615383/

Thanks to Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan for supporting the show. Visit their website: https://www.elderly.com/.

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Episode 133: Amy Hakanson (Explains What a Nyckelharpa Is) Mar 13, 2019

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Amy Hakanson! We recorded this about a month ago at my house in Portland, Oregon.

Tunes we’ll play:
Gilsaw/Katie at the Door
Squirrel Hunters
Flodens Död
Bellmans Polska
Bisonpolska
Bonus track: Vagnshusschottis

Varelse’s website: https://varelsemusic.com/
Like and Follow Varelse on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/varelsemusic/
Amy’s website: https://www.amyhakanson.com/
Varelse’s CD release show: https://www.facebook.com/events/324477848203006/

Cameron is going on tour with Jake Blount in April! Follow the links below and RSVP:
D.C.
Baltimore
Lancaster
Brooklyn
New Haven
Portland
Providence
Boston

Thanks to Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan for supporting the show. Visit their website: https://www.elderly.com/.

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Episode 132: Jesse Partridge (Trad Music and Community in Olympia, WA) Mar 06, 2019

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jesse Partridge! We recorded this after the Oly Old Time Festival at Jesse’s house in Olympia, Washington.

Tunes we’ll play:
Jimmy Johnson
Hangman’s Reel
Spotted Pony
Goin’ Up to Hamburg
North Carolina Breakdown
Bonus track: Jonesboro

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Episode 131: Jimmy Rush (Old Time Flatpicker) Feb 27, 2019

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jimmy Rush! We recorded this last October on the porch of Hunter and Suzy Owens’s backyard cabin in Sydney, NSW.

Tunes we’ll play:
Push That Pig’s Foot a Little Further into the Fire
Billy in the Lowland
March Winds
Forked Deer
No Hiding Place
Bonus track: Bonaparte’s Retreat (banjo duet)

See Jimmy Rush live with "The Three Jimmies" at the Sydney Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Get-together: https://www.facebook.com/events/651526981969871/
Buy Jimmy Rush's album, Inspired, with Nigel Lever: http://australianbluegrass.com.au/shop/product/jimmy-rush-nigel-lever-inspired/

Thanks to Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan for supporting the show. Visit their website: https://www.elderly.com/.

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