Podcast
Get Up in the Cool
Hosted by Cameron DeWhitt · EN
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.
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Episode 500: Frank Fairfield (The Theoretical, The Practical, and the Poetical)
Mar 2501:35:22Tap to summarizeWelcome 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 Visit Frank Fairfield’s website Sign up for my Learning Tunes on the Fly workshop series! Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram Support Get Up in the Cool
Transcribe →Episode 499: Kenny Feinstein (Punk to Old Time Pipeline)
Mar 1800:48:23Tap to summarizeWelcome 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 Visit Water Tower’s website and follow them on Instagram Sign up for my Learning Tunes on the Fly workshop series! Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram Support Get Up in the Cool
Transcribe →Episode 498: Tommy Schulz (Settings-Based Music and Shonen Irish Ballads)
Mar 1101:28:37Tap to summarizeWelcome 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 Follow Tommy Schulz on Instagram Buy their music on Bandcamp Visit Fog Holler’s website Come see Morgan Harris and I play at Abbie Weisenbloom’s in Portland on March 12 Sign up for my Learning Tunes on the Fly workshop series! Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram Support Get Up in the Cool
Transcribe →Episode 497: Caleb & Reeb (Writing in Idiom and the Limits of Genre)
Mar 401:15:22Tap to summarizeWelcome 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 Visit Caleb & Reeb’s website Buy their album Gold in Your Pocket from Free Dirt records Come to OrcasFest at the end of May! Come see Morgan Harris and I play at Abbie Weisenbloom’s in Portland on March 12 Sign up for my Learning Tunes on the Fly workshop series! Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram Support Get Up in the Cool
Transcribe →Episode 496: Evan Coombs (Green Day, Maritime Folk, and Hiking the AT)
Feb 2501:06:37Tap to summarizeWelcome 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 Follow The Strongback Shanty Choir on Instagram and stream their album Come see Morgan Harris and I play at Abbie Weisenbloom’s in Portland on March 12 Sign up for my Learning Tunes on the Fly workshop series! Help ReString Appalachia support Jamaican musicians Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram Support Get Up in the Cool
Transcribe →Episode 495: Sophie Enloe (Writing New Old Time Tunes)
Feb 1800:51:36Tap to summarizeWelcome 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 Come see Morgan Harris and I play at Abbie Weisenbloom’s in Portland on March 12 Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram Support Get Up in the Cool
Transcribe →Episode 494: Sparrow Smith (Writing in the Old Time Idiom)
Feb 1101:04:42Tap to summarizeWelcome 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) Follow Sparrow Smith on Instagram [Buy her newest album Carolina Mountains](Carolina Mountains | Sparrow Smith - BandcampBandcamphttps://sparrowsmith.bandcamp.com › album › carolina-...) Follow Resonant Rogues on Instagram Visit Resonant Rogues’ website Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram Support Get Up in the Cool
Transcribe →Episode 493: Call Up in the Cool No. 8
Feb 400:56:26Tap to summarizeWelcome 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 Visit Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition’s website Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on InstagramSupport Get Up in the Cool
Transcribe →Episode 492: Sue Truman (The Crankie Factory)
Jan 2801:19:50Tap to summarizeWelcome 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! [Visit The Crankie Factory’s website](thecrankiefactory.com) Follow Sue Truman on Instagram Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram Support Get Up in the Cool
Transcribe →Episode 491: Annie and Ellie Davis (ETSU, Learning from Source Recordings, and Old Time Ownership)
Jan 2101:21:48Tap to summarizeWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Annie and Ellie Davis! We recorded this on Saturday in my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Jimmie on the Railroad (from Fiddlin' John Carson) (0:32) Doe River (Annie Davis original) (20:25) With Kitty I’ll Go (from Jean Ritchie) (58:13) Old Cumberland (Pat Conte original) (1:04:30) Young Maiden (Ellie Davis original) (1:12:04) BONUS TRACK: The Cuckoo (from The Coon Creek Girls) Follow Ellie and Annie Davis on Instagram See Tradwife in Vancouver and at the Bellingham Folk Festival Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram Support Get Up in the Cool
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