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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Mark Tamsula and Richard Withers, and they brought some traditional music from Southwestern Pennsylvania to share!  Tunes we’ll play: Down the River Dick’s Handspike The Snouts and Ears of America Muddy Waters Maggots in the Sheep Hide Sam Waggle’s The Snowy Hill Jimmy King Bonus Track: Black Eyed Susie Mark and Richard's website: snappinbug.com Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Like and follow Get Up in the Cool on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getupinthecool/ Join Get Up in the Cool's Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/getupinthecool/ Buy Get Up in the Cool Vol. 1: https://camerondewhitt.bandcamp.com/ Cameron DeWhitt's website: http://www.camerondewhitt.com/ Come see Get Up in the Cool live at EVOS: https://www.eastvanoldtime.com/

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is my good buddy Lyle de Vitry, and I’m excited for you to meet him if you haven’t already, because his Old Time music story is really sweet, and his fiddling is beautiful. We recorded this in my basement like, a week and a half ago! So come get it while it’s still hot! Tunes we’ll play: Cranberry Rock Kentucky Winder No Corn on Tygart John Sharp’s Tune Happy Hollow Bonus Track: Biddy Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Like and follow Get Up in the Cool on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getupinthecool/ Join Get Up in the Cool's Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/getupinthecool/ Buy Get Up in the Cool Vol. 1: https://camerondewhitt.bandcamp.com/ Cameron DeWhitt's website: http://www.camerondewhitt.com/ Come see Get Up in the Cool live at EVOS: https://www.eastvanoldtime.com/ 

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! Many of you already know this week’s friends, because they’re some of Old Time’s most active performers, educators and recording artists: Erynn Marshall and Carl Jones. We met at the Portland Old Time Music Gathering a couple months ago, and ever since, I’ve been thinking a lot about they said in our interview, both verbally, and musically.  Tunes we’ll play: Blackie and Emma / Rolling in the Dust Ain’t It Crazy How Things Don’t Go Halloween Wedding March  Pretty Little Widder Kingdom Come Bonus Track: Eadle Alley Erynn and Carl's website: http://dittyville.com/  The Swannanoa Gathering's website: https://www.swangathering.com/ Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Like and follow Get Up in the Cool on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getupinthecool/ Join Get Up in the Cool's Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/getupinthecool/ Buy Get Up in the Cool Vol. 1: https://camerondewhitt.bandcamp.com/ Cameron DeWhitt's website: http://www.camerondewhitt.com/

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are cellist Domenica Romagni and guitarist Mark Harris from Philadelphia’s own Bitter Bloom. We played some great tunes I’d never played before, like Quit That Tickling Me and Brown Button Shoes, as well as an original that just might be the crookedest tune I’ve ever played. Tunes we’ll play: Quit That Ticklin' Me Sal’s Got Mud Between Her Toes Dishes Need Washed Brown Button Shoes Marcus Martin’s Grey Eagle and Horseshoe Bend Bonus Track: Lost Boy Like Bitter Bloom on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BitterBloomMusic/ Bitter Bloom’s website: https://www.bitterbloommusic.com/ Bitter Bloom on Bandcamp: https://bitterbloom.bandcamp.com/releases Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Like and follow Get Up in the Cool on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getupinthecool/ Join Get Up in the Cool's Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/getupinthecool/ Buy Get Up in the Cool Vol. 1: https://camerondewhitt.bandcamp.com/ Cameron DeWhitt's website: http://www.camerondewhitt.com/

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! I have a really special friend this week: Peter Mawanga! Peter is a long-time collaborator with former Get Up in the Cool guest Andrew Finn Magill, and when they were on their way through Philly, Finn recommended I get Peter in front of a mic. I was really nervous about it, because Peter is from Malawi, and African rhythms, in general, are way outside my comfort zone. But Peter was lovely and patient and disarming, and he spoon fed me all the polyrhythms. Tunes we’ll play: Samala (Original Malawian Song) Chigule (Original Gule Wamkulu Dance) Nanga Iwe (What About You) (Traditional Malawian Hymn) Lost Indian (Featuring Peter on Sansi)  Seneca Square Dance (Featuring Peter on Talking Drum) Ona (Traditional Malawian Dance) Bonus Track: Rocking in the Weary Land Peter Mawanga's website: http://www.petermawanga.com/ Peter Mawanga and the Amaravi Movement on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeterMawangaandTheAmaraviMovement/ Contact Peter: PeterMawanga@gmail.com Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Like and follow Get Up in the Cool on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getupinthecool/ Join Get Up in the Cool's Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/getupinthecool/ Buy Get Up in the Cool Vol. 1: https://camerondewhitt.bandcamp.com/ Cameron DeWhitt's website: http://www.camerondewhitt.com/

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Andy McLeod, and he brought with him a wonderful little history lesson on fingerstyle guitar! Tunes we’ll play: West Coast Blues Guitar Stomp Washington Blues Buckdancer’s Choice Soft Steel Piston Red Pony Upon My Return Bonus Track: Requiem for Mississippi John Hurt The Leveetoppers FB and Bandcamp: https://www.facebook.com/theleveetoppers Andy on FB and Bandcamp: https://www.facebook.com/mcleodcharas/ https://AndyMcLeod.Bandcamp.com   Dalnodar & McLeod FB and Bandcamp: https://dalnodarmcleod.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Matt Brown: old time fiddler, educator, and producer! I’m going to cut to the chase: I’m releasing this now because Matt Brown produced a wonderful new album called On Big Shoulders, and there’s a kickstarter! I’m hoping that after listening to our interview and jam, you’ll be convinced that On Big Shoulders is something worth checking out and supporting.  On Big Shoulders Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattbrownsdream/debut-on-big-shoulders-album-celebrates-chicagos-m On Big Shoulders Website: https://www.onbigshoulders.com/ Matt Brown’s Website: http://www.brownsdream.us/ Tunes We’ll Play: Fire on the Mountain  Lone Prairie  Polly Put the Kettle On Piney Woods Gal The  Hog Went Through the Fence Bonus Track: Kennedy Rag

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Devin Forest-Hines, with special guest friend Amelia Baker on guitar. We recorded this in Portland before the Old Time Gathering, about a month and a half ago. Devin chose some really neat tunes for our jam, and I’m pretty sure I’ll keep some of them, especially his version of Shady Grove, which we play towards the end. That’s not clickbait-style rhetoric, I actually liked that tune the best out of all the tunes we played, it just happens to be second to last. Tunes we’ll play: Cotton Eyed Joe Trouble on the Mind Brad Walters Laurel Lonesome Shady Grove I Don’t Love Nobody Bonus Track: Flatwoods Like and follow Cinder Well on FB: https://www.facebook.com/cinderwell/ Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Like and follow Get Up in the Cool on FB: https://www.facebook.com/getupinthecool/ Join Get Up in the Cool's FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1675141859177448/ Listen to Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.website

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Brooks Masten. The banjo builder! Tunes we’ll play: Sandy River Belle Barlow Knife Rats Gone to Rest Rocking in the Weary Land Cumberland Gap Bonus Track: Moist and Musty Brooks' Website: https://www.brooksbanjos.com/ Contact Brooks: brooksbanjos@gmail.com Follow Brooks on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brooksmasten/   Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Like and follow Get Up in the Cool on FB: https://www.facebook.com/getupinthecool/ Join Get Up in the Cool's FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1675141859177448/ Listen to Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.website

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jess McInstosh; we recorded this over Thanksgiving weekend in Chicago, the day after I recorded Charlie Walden. We played some of my very favorite tunes and Jess sang the best lyrics to cider I’ve ever heard, and she introduced me to Molly Ban, which is my new favorite trad song. Good music happened, is what I’m trying to say. Tunes we’ll play: Cherry River Rag Sweet Nell Jeff Sturgeon/Chinquapin Hunting Cider Molly Ban/Sullivan’s Hollow Bonus Track: Little Billy Wilson Visit Joybird's website: https://www.joybirdmusic.com/  and FB page: https://www.facebook.com/joybirdmusic/ Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Like and follow Get Up in the Cool on FB: https://www.facebook.com/getupinthecool/ Join Get Up in the Cool's FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1675141859177448/ Listen to Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.website

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Ken Perlman. The Ken Perlman! Tunes we’ll play: Billy in the Lowlands Folding Down the Sheets Squirrel Hunters Grover Jones Waltz Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase ​​​​​​​Bonus Track: Jerusalem Ridge Frails and Frolics: http://kenperlman.com/frails-frolics/ or CD Baby: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/kenperlman2 Ken’s Website: http://kenperlman.com/ Ken’s work on the music of Prince Edward Island: http://kenperlman.com/pei-fiddling-materials/ Attend one of Ken’s camps: http://kenperlman.com/music-camps/ Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Charlie Walden. We recorded this at Rupert and Karen’s house in Chicago, so... thanks, new Chicago buddies! Tunes we’ll play: Arkansas Traveler Liberty Danced All Night With A Bottle In My Hand Leather Britches The Girl I Left Behind Me Wagoner New Boston Hornpipe Constitution Hornpipe Bonus Track: Happy Jack Stuff to plug: Charlie’s Website: http://charliewalden.com/ And Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/charliewaldenmusic/   Charlie Walden’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/fiddleboy57 Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association: http://missourifiddling.com/ And Bandcamp: https://missourifiddling.bandcamp.com/ The Mando Mule: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh3-SW7KKArBzhgtCkHIa1w Join the Get Up in the Cool Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1675141859177448/?ref=br_rs

REBROADCAST from summer 2017. Check their tour dates for new shows! Come back next week for new episodes! Tunes we’ll play: Judge Parker Take These Shackles Off Of Me Big Springs Miller Boy Kash Kersey Cotton Eyed Joe Get Up in the Cool Bonus Track: Ladies’ Fancy Buy Spencer & Rains' new CD/Book combo, The Skeleton Keys: http://spencerandrains.com/product/the-skeleton-key/  Follow Hamlin Street Diner on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hamlinstreetdiner/  Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool

Tunes we’ll play: Old Aunt Jenny With Her Nightcap On Old Billy Hell Poor Little Johnny’s Gone to the War Duck River Shaking Down the Acorns aking Down the ShAcorns Bonus Track: Run All Night Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Mark Simos, fiddler and professor at Berklee College of Music. I visited him in his home back in February when I took my Boston trip. I didn’t know Mark at all prior to our session, but both Mark Kilianski and Adam Hurt recommended him, so my expectations were high. And I wasn’t disappointed! Mark’s a fantastic fiddler and he has a lot of ideas about what music is and why it’s important; traditional music especially. So, basically the perfect Get Up in the Cool guest. It was nice to not feel like I was being self-indulgent when I wanted to wax philosophical about fiddle tunes, he was right there with me. But, don’t get the wrong idea, this is by no means an overly talky episode. Mark curated a great jam of great versions of great tunes, with an emphasis on effective, intentional simplicity. I’m really excited for you to hear it! Stick around after the jam and I’ll tell you where to hear more of Mark’s music and possibly study with him. Then, for those of you who are interested, I’ll tell you how to support Get Up in the Cool and feel super good about yourself and also get exclusive bonus content. But first, here’s my interview and jam with Mark Simos. Enjoy!

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s episode is a rerun, because I’m on vacation in Oregon with my family, but I thought this would be a great opportunity to remember Thornton Spencer. We recorded this interview and jam with him and his family last spring, and Thornton passed on Nov. 25th at the age of 82 after a short battle with cancer. I am so glad that I got the chance to record him when I did. When I set out to make this show, it was just a pretense to invite myself over to people’s houses and play music with them; I didn’t think I would be confronting mortality, or comforting the dying; Thornton’s son Kilby told me that the day before he passed, he listened to this episode twice, and it was the last time he saw him grinning and talking. I still feel pretty humbled and pensive about the whole thing. But mostly, I’m just relieved that I got to meet him and catch a little bit of his music and his story. Tunes we’ll play: Sugar hill Johnson boys Lost Indian Eighth of January Stagger Lee John Brown’s Dream Spencer Family and Friends’ bands: http://whitetopmountainband.com/  https://crookedroadramblers.com/  https://www.facebook.com/crookedroadramblers/  http://kelleyandthecowboys.com/  https://www.facebook.com/Kelley-and-the-Cowboys-349823465031/  Field Recorders’ Collective:  http://fieldrecorder.org/  https://fieldrecorder.bandcamp.com/  Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool