Cameron DeWhitt

Get Up in the Cool

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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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Episodes

Episode 295: Rachel Baiman (Fiddle Tunes, Love Songs About Songs, and Money vs. Art) 20.04.2022 43:15

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Rachel Baiman. We recorded this last week in my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: Willow Creek (01:41) Woodchuck (12:22) Old Songs Never Die (Rachel Baiman original) (19:23) Farewell Trion (30:20) John Riley the Shepherd (35:10) Bonus track: Half Past Four Visit Rachel Bai...

Episode 294: Joe Pomianek (Old Time Flatpicking Guitar and Mandolin) 13.04.2022 35:35

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Joe Pomianek. We recorded this last week in my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: Marcus Martin’s Boatsman (01:34) Green River Ramble (12:58) Gilsaw / Katie Bar the Door (21:36) Duck River (26:35) Bull at the Wagon (31:00) Bonus track: Shaking Down the Acorns / Squirrel Hun...

Episode 293: Noa (Old Time Melodic Bass) 06.04.2022 1:02:52

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 in my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: Salt Spring (0:34) Mississippi Waltz (19:16) Lost Girl (39:25) Blackberry Blossom (51:33) Road to Columbus (58:52) Bonus track: Salt Creek Support Fog Holler’s Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/...

Episode 292: Kate Sheie (Old Time Drive, Punk, DIY, and Musical Parenting) 30.03.2022 45:53

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Kate Sheie. We recorded this two weeks ago in my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: Merriweather (0:35) Jaybird Died of the Whooping Cough (12:42) Whiteface (24:42) Squirrel Hunters (33:57) Henry King’s Reel (41:34) Bonus track: Eadle Alley Support Get Up in the Cool on Pat...

Episode 291: Chris Miller (Old Time Tenor Saxophone) 23.03.2022 56:45

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Chris Miller. We recorded this back in February at Wintergrass in Bellevue, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: Katy Hill (0:47) Dorrigo (13:50) The Blackest Crow (28:50) Torrid Romance / Wedding Reel (46:46) Done Gone (53:00) Bonus track: Hang Me The Faux Paws https://thefauxpawsmusic.co...

Episode 290: Maddie Witler (Old Time and Bluegrass Mandolin) 16.03.2022 45:28

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Maddie Witler. We recorded this back in February at Wintergrass in Bellevue, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: Pony Boy (from Mark Simos) (1:28) Big Footed Man in the Parking Lot (18:50) Southern Flavor (24:43) Paddy on the Turnpike (35:13) Anita’s Theme (41:51) Bonus track: Shove the P...

Episode 289: Betse & Clarke (Ozark Feel and Missouri Rules) 09.03.2022 52:12

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Betse & Clarke. We recorded this a couple weeks ago at Wintergrass in Bellevue, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: Going Across the Sea (1:02) Bob Holt's Molly Put the Kettle On (14:50) Ernie Carpenter’s Cripple Creek (34:29) Twilight Is Stealing (38:37) Brushy Run (47:44) Bonus tr...

Episode 288: Eli West (Make Your Normal Different) 02.03.2022 47:05

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Eli West. We recorded this on Sunday at Wintergrass in Bellevue, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: Ora Lee (0:31) Sweet Marie (14:20) The Hearth (22:09) Cumberland Gap (34:27) Tapered Point of Stone (41:18) Bonus track: Dull Chisel Visit Eli West’s website: https://eliwest.com/ Buy Tape...

Episode 287: Linnea Spitzer (A tunes, Whiskey Pacts, and Old Time Socializing) 23.02.2022 45:02

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 Monday night at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: Horny Ewe (0:34) Jon Bekoff’s Give the Fiddler a Dram (15:11) Last of Callahan (22:49) Jenny Ran Away in the Mud in the Night (30:48) Going to the Free State (38:52) Bonus track: Cold Fro...

Episode 286: Alex Sturbaum (The Vashon Sessions, Old Time Accordion, Lift vs. Groove, and Wholesome Chanteys) 16.02.2022 1:06:32

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Alex Sturbaum. We recorded this last week when they visited me at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: Rocky Road to Dublin (0:49) Dorrigo (20:00) Eklunda Polska #1 and #3 (25:31) Cumberland Gap (35:24) Captains and Ships (47:52) New Harbor (from Don Stratton) (1:01:37) Bo...

Episode 285: Erik Killops (Portland Trad Music Scenes, Earl White Acolytes, and Bowing for Old Time) 09.02.2022 54:12

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Erik Killops. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: Old Time Fire on the Mountain (0:52) Ora Lee (19:37) Wolves A’ Howlin’ (26:30) Old Hen She Cackled (40:07) Road to Malvern (49:22) Bonus track: Walk Along John to Kansas Visit Erik Killop’s ba...

Episode 284: Tall Poppy String Band (w/ Special Guest Host Jake Blount!) 02.02.2022 1:12:44

*note: Morgan Harris is called by a different name and different pronouns in this episode because they've since changed both. Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Morgan Harris, George Jackson, and me, as Tall Poppy String Band, with special guest host Jake Blount. We recorded this during IBMA back in February in Raleigh, NC. Tunes...

Episode 283: Clinton Davis (Kentucky Fiddle Tunes and Missouri Rules) 26.01.2022 42:46

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Clinton Davis. We recorded a few weeks ago at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: Gate to Go Through (0:31) Coondog (22:17) Plowboy Hop (29:42) The Wild Horse (35:09) Give the Fiddler a Dram (39:27) Bonus track: Cherry River Rag Visit Clinton Davis’ website to buy a copy...

Episode 282: Ella Korth (Folk Songs, Flatpicking, and Clawhammer Banjo) 19.01.2022 36:20

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Ella Korth. We recorded at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: Tall Buildings (1:16) Wild Heart (13:27) Coondog (19:39) Fare Thee Well (Dink’s Song) (26:24) Red Prairie Dawn (31:54) Bonus track: Free Again Visit Ella Korth’s website: https://www.ellakorth.com/ Follow her...

Episode 281: Dwight Hawkins (Street Performing, Playing the Saw, and Black Stringband and Blues Music) 12.01.2022 55:17

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Dwight Hawkins. We recorded this last week at his home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: You Just As Well Let Her Go (0:43) Pal Of Mine (16:55) Chasing Rainbows (26:36) My Gal Sal (37:07) Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor (49:03) Bonus track: Crow Jane Contact Dwight Hawkins for b...

Episode 280: Michelle Yu (Tunes with Nothing to Hide Behind) 05.01.2022 1:04:53

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Michelle Yu. We recorded this on Sunday in her home in San Francisco. Tunes and songs in this episode: Crockett’s Hornpipe (0:50) Bitter Creek (12:10) Poor Little Mary Sitting In a Corner / Lost Everything (31:51) Grey Eagle (49:32) Adieu, False Heart / Highlander’s Farewell (57:11) Bonus track: P...

Episode 279: Kaden Hurst (Old Time Mandolin, Never Come Down, and Sierra Fiddle Camp) 29.12.2021 53:56

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 a couple weeks ago at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes and songs in this episode: Stump Tail Dolly (0:35) Meg Gray (12:22) Soggy’s Slip Jig (29:44) Purdon Crossing (44:46) Geese Honking (50:25) Bonus track: Won’t You Come And Sing For Me Visit Kaden’s band’s website: ht...

Episode 278: Kate O'Brien (Teaching and Learning the Fiddle) 22.12.2021 1:02:52

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Kate O’Brien. We recorded this a couple weeks ago at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes and songs in this episode: Polly Put the Kettle On (0:38) Pretty Little Widow (13:12) Snake Chapman’s Tune (31:43) Uncle Charlie Barnett Lowe’s Tune (49:37) Old Chattanooga (58:11) Bonus track: Gilsaw Mosaic String...

Episode 277: Get Up in the Yule (with Hog-Eyed Man) 15.12.2021 1:31:44

Welcome to Get Up in the Yule: Old Time Christmas Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Rob McMacon and Jason Cade of Hog-Eyed Man. We recorded this a couple weeks ago over Zoom. Tunes and songs in this episode: The Holly and the Ivy / Joy to the World (1:13) Marcus Martin’s Jig / Snowbird (16:35) Lullay, Lullay / Byard Ray’s Polly Put the Kettle On (46:14) Bring a Torch,...

Episode 276: Emma Swartz and Baron Collins-Hill (Expat Folk Music and Maine Fiddle Camp) 08.12.2021 1:14:08

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Emma Swartz and Baron Collins-Hill. We recorded this last Saturday at their home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: Roaring River (0:38) Lookout Blues (19:36) Flatwoods (33:37) Saturday Night Waltz (1:00:40) Old Mother Logo (1:09:49) Bonus track: Horses in the Canebrake Check...

Episode 275: Keith Billik (The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast / Get Up in the Cool Crossover!) 01.12.2021 1:41:26

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! Also, welcome to The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast! Keith Billik and I did a crossover podcast back in early October at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. If you’re not already subscribed, go follow Picky Fingers wherever you get your podcasts! Tunes and songs in this episode: Farewell Trion (0:50) Jeff Sturgeon (28:04) Av...

Episode 274: Kate Gregory (Old Time and Irish Fiddle) 24.11.2021 1:05:29

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Kate Gregory. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: Hunting the Buffalo (0:37) Laughing Boy (16:39) The New Broom Sweeps Clean / The Blackbird Hornpipe (37:59) Ducks on the Millpond (48:52) Isham Monday’s Fire on the Mountain (1:00:10) Bonus tr...

Episode 273: Magic Tuber Stringband (Courtney Werner and Evan Morgan) 17.11.2021 44:20

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Courtney Werner and Evan Morgan of Magic Tuber Stringband. We recorded this in September at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tunes and songs in this episode: John Cole (0:42) Fort Smith Breakdown (10:21) Wolves in the Woods (22:35) Lost Child (33:46) Sleepy Joe (39:59) Bonus track: Flander’s Dre...

Episode 272: Sinner Friends (Country Gospel Music) 10.11.2021 36:40

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Grace Van’t Hof and Conner Steven Vlietstra of Sinner Friends. We recorded this in September at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tunes and songs in this episode: I Live with Memories that Bless and Burn (0:33) Broadminded (14:19) Mythological Blues (19:12) Nearer My God to Thee (26:18) The Pride...

Episode 271: Brandi Waller-Pace, Nelson Williams, and Jake Blount (Old Time Bass, FWAAMfest, and Post-Quarantine Touring) 03.11.2021 43:23

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Brandi Waller-Pace, Nelson Williams, and Jake Blount. We recorded this in September at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tunes and songs in this episode: Big Sciota (0:37) Running in the Whist Oaks (11:20) Will Adams’ Wild Horses at Stony Point (20:11) Sittin’ On Top of the World (31:23) Piney Wo...