Get Up in the Cool

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Keala Venema. We recorded this last week in Lansing, Michigan. Tune in this episode: * Texas (1:04) * Candy Girl (16:39) * Cluck Old Hen (33:58) * Julianne Johnson (39:52) * Billy in the Lowground (44:38) * Bonus Track: Big Scioty Follow Keala Venema on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/kealavenema/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070188200872) Visit her band Whorled’s website (https://www.whorledband.com/) Michigan Academy of Folk Music (https://www.mifolkmusic.com/) If you’re an adult learning the fiddle, you want to have fun joining in and making music. Take the guesswork out of it with AltStrings Academy! Live classes with National Scottish fiddle champion Caroline McCaskey and other master instructors. Over 400 on-demand lessons in technique, chop and groove, how to learn by ear, ergonomics, and more. Upcoming live workshop May 11 on key rhythmic bowing patterns of Old-Time fiddle with Karen Celia Heil. Ready to love the way you sound? Visit AltStringsAcademy.com to join today! (https://altstrings-academy.mn.co/) Sign up for my workshop series Music Theory for Old Time (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/store) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Emily Mann. We recorded this yesterday in Nashville at the home of Rachel Baiman and George Jackson. Tune in this episode: * Burl Hammons’ Shelvin’ Rock (0:46) * Forks of Reedy (13:51) * Clyde Davenport’s Sally Johnson (29:19) * Long John (41:58) * Hell Up Coal Holler (50:30) * Bonus Track: Icy Mountain Visit Paper Wings’ website (https://paperwingsband.com/) Follow them on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/paperwingsmusic/) Follow Emily Mann on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/em.fiddle/) Follow Steamboat on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/steamboatband/) Buy Emily Mann’s album Clifftop 2020 (https://emilymann.bandcamp.com/album/clifftop-2020) Check Tall Poppy String Band’s April tour dates with Northern Resonance (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/shows) Sign up for my workshop series Music Theory for Old Time (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/store) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Ian Desiderio. We recorded this yesterday at my home in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * Chinquapin Hunting * The Gray Funnel Line * Short Song About God Being Spatial Awareness (Ian Desiderio original) * Road to Malvern * Farther Along * Bonus Track: John Brown’s Dream Visit Elbow Room’s website (https://www.elbowroompdx.org/) and follow them on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/elbow.room.pdx) Check Tall Poppy String Band’s April tour dates with Northern Resonance (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/shows) Sign up for my workshop series Music Theory for Old Time (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/store) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Noa. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * Hunting the Buffalo (1:05) * Squirrel Hunters (25:09) * Dry (Judy Hyman original) (42:57) * Fast Down (51:35) * Red Prairie Dawn (1:06:55) * Bonus Track: Red Rocking Chair Buy Fog Holler’s albums and check their tour dates (https://www.fogholler.band/) Follow them on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/fogholler/) Follow Noa on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/pynxis/) Follow Noa on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/EdgarMeyerFan?app=desktop) Follow Noa on TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@noabass) Check Tall Poppy String Band’s April tour dates with Northern Resonance (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/shows) Sign up for my workshop series Music Theory for Old Time (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/store) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Caroline Oakley and Rose Minkler of The Carolina Rose. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * The Boll Weevil Drag (1:32) * Cranberry Rock (16:39) * I Once Loved a Sailor (34:42) * Muskrat (57:54) * Dora Dean (1:05:01) * Bonus Track: Lowe Bonnie Visit Caroline Oakley’s website (http://www.squaredancefever.com/) Check Tall Poppy String Band’s April tour dates with Northern Resonance (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/shows) Sign up for my workshop series Music Theory for Old Time (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/store) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are the members of my new contra dance band, Church for Dogs! Kate Gregory and Jonathan Craig Roberts. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * Isham Monday’s Fire on the Mountain (0:58) * Halifax (22:05) * Old Blind Sow She Stole the Middlins (36:02) * Polly Put the Kettle On (1:03:04) * The Old Yeller Dog Went Trotting Through the Meetinghouse (1:14:01) * Bonus Track: Leland’s Waltz Follow Church for Dogs on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/churchfordogs/) and follow Kate Gregory, (https://www.instagram.com/katevezin/) Jonathan Craig Roberts, (https://www.instagram.com/jonathancraigroberts/) and Cameron DeWhitt (https://www.instagram.com/camerondewhitt/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Kaden Hurst. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * Tater Roll (1:05) * Five Miles from Town (18:36) * Cold Mountains (34:58) * Rye Straw (48:43) * Poor Man’s Song (56:35) * Bonus Track: High Up on Tug Visit Never Come Down’s website (https://nevercomedownband.com/) and follow them on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nevercomedownband) Study Mandolin with Kaden Hurst (https://kadenhurst.com/lessons/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Hal Cannon. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * Peter Francisco (0:54) * Frosted Horses (Hal Cannon original) (14:02) * Dust Devil (Hal Cannon original) (28:47) * Crippled Up Blues (Hal Cannon original) (36:12) * Utah Trail March (Hal Cannon original) (51:17) * Texas Traveler (1:00:09) * Bonus Track: Hometown (Hal Cannon original) Buy Deseret String Band’s music on Bandcamp (https://deseretstringband.bandcamp.com/album/the-deseret-string-band) Buy 3hattrio’s music on Bandcamp (https://3hattrio.bandcamp.com/) Sign up now for Julian Family Fiddle Camp (https://californiabluegrass.org/cbaevent/julian-family-fiddle-camp/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Kendl Winter! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode (all Kendl Winter originals): * Tuesday’s Noods (0:57) * Corduroy Pillows (23:59) * Roscoe’s Blooping (33:25) * Apple Core (48:54) * One Blanket to Rule them All (59:06) * Bonus Track: Island Mantra Buy Kendl Winter’s Banjo Mantras (https://merch.ambientinks.com/collections/thelowestpair) Visit The Lowest Pair’s website (https://www.thelowestpair.com/) and follow them on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/thelowestpair/) Visit Kendl Winter’s website (https://kendlwinter.net/) and follow her on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/winterkendl/) Sign up now for Julian Family Fiddle Camp (https://californiabluegrass.org/cbaevent/julian-family-fiddle-camp/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

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 a couple weeks ago in Olympia, WA. Tune in this episode: * Loren McKowen’s (0:55) * Dry and Dusty (14:26) * Noon Lasses (28:23) * Hawk is a Mule (Andrew Marlin original) (38:22) * Farewell Trion (48:39) * Bonus Track: Fishing at Orbost Visit Hayden Stern’s website (https://www.haydenstern.com/) Follow Hayden Stern on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/bioluminator/) Sign up now for Julian Family Fiddle Camp (https://californiabluegrass.org/cbaevent/julian-family-fiddle-camp/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Adam Roszkiewicz! I’ll be calling him Rosco in the interview. We recorded this last weekend at his home in Olympia, WA. Tune in this episode: * Cumberland Gap (0:37) * Farewell Trion (19:02) * A Prairie Jewel (John Reischman original) (35:33) * Tennessee Politics (John Hartford original) (53:05) * …? (Adam Roszkiewicz original) (1:03:54) * Bonus Track: Jeff Sturgeon Sign up for Julian Family Fiddle Camp (https://californiabluegrass.org/cbaevent/julian-family-fiddle-camp/) Sign up for CBA Summer Music Camp (https://californiabluegrass.org/summer_music_camp/smc-home/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are YOU ALL. Or rather, 5 of you. Thanks for submitting your questions and tune requests. Tune in this episode: * Old Bowback (0:43) * Davy Come Back and Act Like You Ought To (15:51) * J.P. Fraley’s Dry and Dusty (36:34) * a special non-old time song (45:14) * Halifax (53:53) * Bonus Track: Jenny Get Around Find out more about The Old Time 100 (https://www.patreon.com/georgejackson/posts) Follow FWAAMFest on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/fwaamfest) Follow the Oddball Hoedown on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/oddball_kcmo/) Listen to Taylor Ashton's Pizza Tickets (https://taylorashton.bandcamp.com/album/pizza-tickets) Sign up for Cameron’s upcoming Old Time Songs Part 2 online banjo workshop series (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/store) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Matthew Lynn! We recorded this earlier this week at my home in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * Wandering Boy (0:39) * Snake River Reel (14:33) * Chinquapin Hunting (29:55) * Chirps and Williams (Calvin Vollrath) (41:17) * Banjonique (Walt Koken original) (52:54) * Bonus Track: Fortune Follow Matthew Lynn on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mrmatthewlynn/) Sign up for Cameron’s upcoming Old Time Songs Part 2 online banjo workshop series (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/store) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Miriam Hacksaw and Rye! We recorded this earlier this week at my home in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * I’ll Reap What I’ve Sown / Who’s Been Here Since I’ve Been Gone (0:31) * Come on in my Kitchen / Black Jack Grove (19:08) * Half Irish / Boll Weevil (44:19) * Mississippi Heavy Water Blues (51:59) * Little Red Fox (Miriam Hacksaw original) (1:00:13) * Bonus Track: New Orleans (lyrics by Miriam Hacksaw, to the tune of Bowling Green) Follow Miriam Hacksaw on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/miriamhacksaw/) TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@miriamhacksaw?_t=8hunEUhHsSZ&_r=1) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088660206557) Follow Rye on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/spicy_dialectic/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Greg and Jere Canote, with special guest Larry Edelman! We recorded this a couple weeks ago at the NW Portland Hostel in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * Hoyt Ming’s Bonnie Blue Flag (0:46) * Alabama Walk-Around (Greg Canote original) (16:15) * George Hammon’s Tune (30:01) * Rio Grande (43:33) * J&K Rag (Greg Canote original) (53:14) * Bonus Track: Uncle Charlie Higgins’ Angeline Baker Vist The Canote Twins’ website (https://thecanotetwins.com/) See where the film is screening next (https://thecanotetwins.com/screenings/) Donate to the film (https://thecanotetwins.com/support-the-film/) Support Morgan Harris’ new solo record on Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/morganharrisguitar/morgan-harris-new-solo-record) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Nadine Landry & Stephen “Sammy” Lind. We recorded this last week at my place in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * Gentleman from Virginia (1:01) * Roland Cyr’s Reel (17:02) * Waltz of No Return (31:55) * Your Long Journey (48:12) * Doney (57:04) * Bonus Track: Pretty Little Gal Visit Nadine and Sammy’s website (https://www.nadineandsammy.com/) Follow them on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/nadineandsammy/) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nadineandsammy/) Follow Foghorn Stringband on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/FoghornStringband) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/foghornstringband/) Buy their album Granddad’s Favorite album and find links to their albums with Foghorn and Cajun Country Revival (https://www.nadineandsammy.com/media/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Lillian Sawyer and Patrick Gunning. We recorded this last week at my place in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * Shaking Down the Acorns (1:13) * Johnny Court the Widow (11:58) * Willow on the Lake (Rayna Gellert original) (24:10) * Polonäs från Reventlow (38:50) * Rockingham Cindy (47:03) * Bonus Track: Slängpolska efter Magnus Theorin Follow Lillian Sawyer on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lilliansawyerfiddle/) Learn fiddle from Lillian on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/LillianSawyer) Subscribe to Lillian on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK8jkCuyBG-9TPXKuGzXfXw/about) Follow Patrick Gunning on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/patrick.gunning/) Sign up for Cameron’s Playing Up the Neck online banjo workshop series starting on 1/17! (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/store) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Nate Calkins. We recorded this a few weeks ago at his home in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: * Cumberland Gap (0:29) * Sail Away Ladies (20:04) * Soldier’s Joy (30:14) * Marching Jaybird (37:46) * Western Country (45:33) * Bonus Track: Sugar Hill Visit Nate Calkins’ website (https://calkinsbanjos.com/) and follow him on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/calkinsbanjos/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)