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 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...

*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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! It’s the fourth and final week of Get Up in the Cool month; every year I post some extra special interviews in hopes that you’ll be moved to support the show. This week’s extra special guest is George Jackson! We recorded this about a month ago at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tunes and songs in this episode: Peter...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! It’s the third week of Get Up in the Cool month; I’m posting some extra special interviews in hopes that you’ll be moved to support the show. This week’s extra special guests are Gus and Huck Tritsch of The Wicked Chicken! We recorded this last month at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tunes and songs in this episode:...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! It’s the second week of Get Up in the Cool month; where I share some extra special interviews in hopes that you’ll be moved to support the show. This week’s extra special guest is Anh Phung! You may know her as the flautist from Twisted Pine. We recorded this last month at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tunes and son...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! It’s the first week of this year’s Get Up in the Cool month; I just got back from IBMA where I recorded some extra special interviews for October in hopes that you’ll be moved to support the show. Which is why this week’s friend is Tristan Scroggins. We recorded this last week in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tunes and song...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Anna Sandys. We recorded this in her backyard last week in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: The Bb Rag (0:18) Sunset Waltz (13:45) Cotton Picker’s Rag (25:28) Chinese Breakdown (38:40) Tanner’s Rag (51:05) Bonus track: Hawkins Rag Visit the Sandys Violin website: http://www.sandy...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Vivian Williams. We recorded this in her home a couple weeks ago in Seattle, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: Tennessee Grey Eagle (0:40) The Unfortunate Dog (25:45) St. Adele’s Reel (44:22) Pete’s Breakdown (1:06:24) Peter Barnes (1:11:25) Frog Heaven (1:18:53) Bonus track: Peekaboo W...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Heidi Kristenson. We recorded this back in August at the Centralia Campout in Centralia, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: Needlecase (0:50) Spotted Pony (12:02) Boys Them Buzzards are Flying (23:41) Dull Chisel (34:18) Roscoe (41:18) Bonus track: Old Molly Hare Support Get Up in the Co...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is River Scheuerell. We recorded this a few weeks ago at the Centralia Campout in Centralia, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: James Roberts’ Tune (0:39) Lost Girl (20:10) Highlander’s Farewell (29:48) Karen Collins’ Tune (39:39) Billy in the Lowground (46:15) Bonus track: Bound to Have a...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Robyn Burns. We recorded this a few weeks ago at the Centralia Campout in Centralia, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: Maiden Rock Waltz (0:38) Possum on a Rail (10:57) Folding Down the Sheets (16:22) Boll Weevil (28:12) Katie Dear (33:26) Bonus track: Chinese Breakdown Buy Robyn Burns’...

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Brian Zimmerman. We recorded this a couple weeks ago at the Centralia Campout in Centralia, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: Shipping Port (1:15) Five Miles To Town (22:36) Jack of Diamonds (37:43) The Fox Chase (49:18) Give the Fiddler a Dram (58:09) Bonus track: Centerville Visit No...