Get Up in the Cool

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. Get Up in the Cool is 10 years old! We’re going to spend this month looking back in four parts. Tunes in this episode: Sugar Hill with Spencer Family and Friends Molly Ban + Sullivan’s Hollow with Jess McIntosh Chigule with Peter Mawanga Mississippi Sawyer with Paul Brown Moccasin Shuffle / Saddle Old Paint with Jamie...

Next week is the ten year anniversary of Get Up in the Cool! I'm going to do a call up in the cool episode, but I need your questions/favorite moments from the last 10 years/tune and song requests. You can email a voice memo or written submission to getupinthecool@gmail.com I'll be working on this Monday and Tuesday, so try and have these in before the weekend is over if you're going to participat...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Lizzie Cahalin and Perry Blosser! We recorded this a couple weeks ago at Redwing Roots Festival in Virginia. Tunes in this episode: Sam Hill (0:40) Otis Burris’s Fortune (09:14) Winderslide (Joe LeRose original melody, Lorie Lichtenwalner original lyrics) (30:16) Peas in the Pot (56:56) Flatwood...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Justin Golden! We recorded this last weekend in Richmond, VA. Tunes in this episode: My Creole Bell (0:40) You Got To Walk that Lonesome Valley (12:53) Bad Luck Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson original) (22:42) The Rain Done Fell on Me (29:53) You Don’t Know My Mind (36:09) BONUS TRACK: Sitting on To...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Afton Coombs, here to talk about our new band, Sweeten the Third! We recorded this earlier in the month at TransTrad in Olympia, WA. Tunes in this episode: Kilby Snow’s Troubles / Rain Water (Cameron DeWhitt original) (1:11) Wind and Rain (25:39) Greasy Coat / Tam Lin (40:01) Wild Mountain Thyme /...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Miriam Hacksaw! We recorded this last weekend at TransTrad in Olympia, WA. Tunes in this episode: Thunhayenikkeshuvaam (0:41) Silent Bullet (Miriam Hacksaw original) (17:02) Kuttanadan Punjayile (32:14) Vandi Pukavandi (49:24) Sally in the Garden (54:24) BONUS TRACK: Waterbound (Dirk Powell origin...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are my friends in Tall Poppy String Band, Morgan Harris and George Jackson! Mostly Morgan, but George sent a couple fiddle recordings over. We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Nine Eagle Feathers in a County Cork Park (Cameron DeWhitt original) (1:16) Seafoa...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Sasha Stolasz! We recorded this a couple weeks ago at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Duck River (0:58) Pony Boy (Mark Simos original) (9:32) Polska efter Lars August Bejtsson (23:51) Wandering Boy (35:06) Neck Belly (42:10) BONUS TRACK: Road to Westfield Follow Sasha Stolasz on In...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Simon Chrisman! We recorded this Sunday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Last Chance (1:25) Arkansas Traveler (15:55) Wild Hog in the Woods (33:51) Happy Hollow (1:00:05) Three Forks of Cheat (1:07:47) BONUS TRACK: Maloney Creek (David Keenan original) Visit The Bee Eaters’ websi...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Devon Léger! We recorded this Friday afternoon at his home in Seattle. Tunes in this episode: Reel de la Bière Alpine (André à Toto original) (1:12) Jig à Jos Léger (21:20) Bake the Bread (49:28) Charley Kahana’s Pigtown Fling (1:16:45) Avant-deux fredonné (1:38:35) BONUS TRACK: Valse d’Inkerman F...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Isabelle Kirk! We recorded this on Monday night at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Texas John (1:14) Karen Collins’ Tune (13:03) Sugar in my Coffee-O (25:18) Cross Key (44:34) The Snouts and Ears of America (1:18:21) BONUS TRACK: Red Brick House in Georgia Town Go square dance to t...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Andy, Mieke, Avery, Becca, Daria, and Morgan of Probably Polly String Band! We recorded this a couple hours ago at my home in Portland, OR. Sorry this one’s out late folks. Tunes in this episode: Sal’s Got Mud Between Her Tunes (0:49) Cumberland Gap (12:50) Logan County Blues (27:19) Old Home To...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. Lots of friends this week; we’ve got Ana Tighe, Ian Clemons, Asrune Reed, Claire Williams, and Jonathan Lay of the Portland Pub Sing! We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Noah’s Ark Shanty (0:34) Garners Gay (10:40) Old Fid (31:02) The Florence Whale Song (49:16)(Claire Williams...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Sandol Astrausky! We recorded this earlier this month at Jake Blount’s home in Providence, RI, and he’ll join us later in the interview. Tunes in this episode: Liberty Off the Corn Liquor Still (0:35) Big Black Cat (19:21) Frank Barbee’s Hornpipe (43:29) Forked Deer (55:29) California Blues (1:07:...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Mareva Lindo and Jay Desrosiers! We recorded this on Saturday at Jake Blount’s home in Providence, RI. Tunes in this episode: Jump that Log (0:32) Noah Beavers’ Cotton Eyed Joe (12:58) Biford Tite’s Old Shawneetown (31:24) Eleanor Gibson’s Molly Bond (53:25) Jamie’s on the Stormy Sea (a Garry Ha...

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 Follow Phoebe Sanders on Instagram, TikTok, and Yo...

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 Har...

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 Visit Water Tower’s website and follow them on Instagram Sign...

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 B...

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 (Cale...

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 Lin...

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) (39:4...

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) BONU...

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)...

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...