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Episode 80: Peter Mawanga (Traditional Music from Malawi) Mar 07, 2018

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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 lovely and patient and disarming, and he spoon fed me all the polyrhythms.

Tunes we’ll play:
Samala (Original Malawian Song)
Chigule (Original Gule Wamkulu Dance)
Nanga Iwe (What About You) (Traditional Malawian Hymn)
Lost Indian (Featuring Peter on Sansi)
Seneca Square Dance (Featuring Peter on Talking Drum)
Ona (Traditional Malawian Dance)
Bonus Track: Rocking in the Weary Land

Peter Mawanga's website: http://www.petermawanga.com/
Peter Mawanga and the Amaravi Movement on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeterMawangaandTheAmaraviMovement/
Contact Peter: PeterMawanga@gmail.com
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Cameron DeWhitt's website: http://www.camerondewhitt.com/

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Episode 79: Andy McLeod (A Curated History of Fingerstyle Guitar) Feb 28, 2018

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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 Bandcamp:
https://www.facebook.com/mcleodcharas/
https://AndyMcLeod.Bandcamp.com

Dalnodar & McLeod on Bandcamp:
https://dalnodarmcleod.bandcamp.com/

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Episode 78: Matt Brown (Fiddler! Educator! Producer!) Feb 21, 2018

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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: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattbrownsdream/debut-on-big-shoulders-album-celebrates-chicagos-m
On Big Shoulders Website: https://www.onbigshoulders.com/
Matt Brown’s Website: http://www.brownsdream.us/

Tunes We’ll Play:
Fire on the Mountain
Lone Prairie
Polly Put the Kettle On
Piney Woods Gal
The Hog Went Through the Fence
Bonus Track: Kennedy Rag

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Episode 77: Devin Forest-Hines (Easy to Hear, Hard to Play) Feb 14, 2018

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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 all the tunes we played, it just happens to be second to last.

Tunes we’ll play:
Cotton Eyed Joe
Trouble on the Mind
Brad Walters
Laurel Lonesome
Shady Grove
I Don’t Love Nobody
Bonus Track: Flatwoods

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Episode 76: Brooks Masten (Banjo Builder) Feb 07, 2018

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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/
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Episode 75: Jess McIntosh (Suzuki/Crooked Tunes/The Gun Control Ads of Yesteryear) Jan 31, 2018

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jess McInstosh; we recorded this over Thanksgiving weekend in Chicago, the day after I recorded Charlie Walden. We played some of my very favorite tunes and Jess sang the best lyrics to cider I’ve ever heard, and she introduced me to Molly Ban, which is my new favorite trad song. Good music happened, is what I’m trying to say.

Tunes we’ll play:
Cherry River Rag
Sweet Nell
Jeff Sturgeon/Chinquapin Hunting
Cider
Molly Ban/Sullivan’s Hollow
Bonus Track: Little Billy Wilson

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and FB page: https://www.facebook.com/joybirdmusic/
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Episode 74: Ken Perlman (Melodic Clawhammer Banjo) Jan 24, 2018

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Ken Perlman. The Ken Perlman!

Tunes we’ll play:
Billy in the Lowlands
Folding Down the Sheets
Squirrel Hunters
Grover Jones Waltz
Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase
Bonus Track: Jerusalem Ridge

Frails and Frolics: http://kenperlman.com/frails-frolics/
or CD Baby: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/kenperlman2
Ken’s Website: http://kenperlman.com/
Ken’s work on the music of Prince Edward Island: http://kenperlman.com/pei-fiddling-materials/
Attend one of Ken’s camps: http://kenperlman.com/music-camps/
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Episode 73: Charlie Walden (Midwest Fiddling, Old Time Radio, and The Mando Mule) Jan 17, 2018

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Charlie Walden. We recorded this at Rupert and Karen’s house in Chicago, so... thanks, new Chicago buddies!

Tunes we’ll play:
Arkansas Traveler
Liberty
Danced All Night With A Bottle In My Hand
Leather Britches
The Girl I Left Behind Me
Wagoner
New Boston Hornpipe
Constitution Hornpipe
Bonus Track: Happy Jack

Stuff to plug:
Charlie’s Website: http://charliewalden.com/
And Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/charliewaldenmusic/
Charlie Walden’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/fiddleboy57
Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association: http://missourifiddling.com/
And Bandcamp: https://missourifiddling.bandcamp.com/
The Mando Mule: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh3-SW7KKArBzhgtCkHIa1w
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Episode 72: Scott Mathis and Linda Askew (Music from the Tohono O'odham Nation) Dec 20, 2017

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Scott Mathis and Linda Askew, and they brought with them GuAchi music from the Tohono O’odham nation! We recorded this in the middle of Clifftop week at Keith McManus’ tent down in the swamp.

Tunes we’ll play:
Pinto Beans
Ali Oidak Polka
Valse de los Panos
Mi Suegra Apreta Mis Botas
Polka De Rafa
Deschutes Or Lose It
Bonus Track: Wish I Had My Time Again

Buy Gu-Achi Fiddlers - Old Time O'odham Fiddle Music: http://www.canyonrecords.com/shop/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=CR-8082

Contact Scott Mathis to get his and Linda's music: mandowork@msn.com

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Episode 71: Joel Brown (Folk Punk, Crooked Tunes, and Community) Dec 13, 2017

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Joel Brown! This interview was recorded in August at Joel’s house in Portland, OR, when I was in town to see my family. We talked about how OT is the most punk-rock genre and our mutual love for crooked tunes. But mostly we connected about the unrivaled sense of community in OT music, a topic I’ve yet to get tired of. Oh, and we play some great, notey tunes.

Tunes we’ll play:
Johnny Come Along
Rats Gone to Rest
Roses in the Morning
Sally Johnson
Poor Little Johnny’s Gone to War
Hell on the Nine Mile
Bonus Track: Crooks Brothers Breakdown

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