Get Up in the Cool

Cameron DeWhitt
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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.

  1. 2D AGO

    Episode 489: Will McKay (Old Time Songs and How to Insert them into Jams)

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Will McKay! We recorded this on Monday in my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * All the Good Times Are Past and Gone (0:36) * I Am a Pilgrim (12:13) * Booth (19:40) * Tear Down the Fences (Ola Belle Reed original) (28:28) * Silver Dagger (to the tune of Ola Belle Reed’s Undone in Sorrow) (41:51) * BONUS TRACK: Rain and Snow Buy Old Barn Preservation Society’s album on Bandcamp (https://oldbarn.bandcamp.com/album/old-barn-preservation-society) Follow them on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/oldbarnpreservationsociety/?hl=en) See Tradwife in Vancouver (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tradwife-stringband-house-concert-tickets-1976990331300) and at the Bellingham Folk Festival (https://www.bellingham.org/eventdetail/31387/tradwife-stringband) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool) 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/) follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sweetenthethird/?hl=en)

    45 min

  2. 12/31/2025

    Episode 488: Eli Broxham (Music, Pleasure, the Body, and Labor)

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Eli Broxham! We recorded this earlier in the month at his home in Nashville. Tunes in this episode: * Fine Times at Our House (0:30) * Old Horse and Buggy (16:54) * Julianne Johnson (38:07) * Shove that Pig’s Foot a Little Further into the Fire (52:26) * Liza Jane (1:01:15) * BONUS TRACK: Susanna Gal Visit Eli Broxham’s website (https://www.elibroxham.com/) Visit Dallas Ugly’s website (https://www.dallasugly.com/) Follow Eli on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/elibroxham/) Follow Dallas Ugly on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/dallasugly/) Sign up for my Playing Up the Neck online workshop series before Jan. 7 (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/store) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool) 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/) follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sweetenthethird/?hl=en)

    1h 5m

  3. 12/24/2025

    Episode 487: The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project (Sharon Gilchrist, Rachel Baiman, and Ella Korth)

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Sharon Gilchrist, Rachel Baiman, and Ella Korth, of The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project! We recorded this last week at Rachel’s home in Madison, TN. Tunes in this episode (all John Hartford originals): * Takes Her Clothes Off (0:36) * Not Soft Enough (11:28) * Don’t Throw Her Down (21:39) * Living Upstairs (38:55) * Long White Road (47:12) * BONUS TRACK: Madison Visit John Hartford’s website to buy his fiddle tune albums (https://www.johnhartford.com/) Visit The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project’s website for tour dates and booking (https://www.hartfordprojecttour.com/) Follow John Hartford on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnhartfordofficial/) Take Sharon Gilchrist’s Peghead Nation bluegrass mandolin course (https://www.pegheadnation.com/string-school/instructors/sharon-gilchrist) Follow Sharon Gilchrist on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sharongilchristmusic/) Follow Rachel Baiman on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/rachelbaiman/) Follow Ella Korth on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ella.korth/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool) 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/) follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sweetenthethird/?hl=en)

    50 min

  4. 12/17/2025

    Episode 486: Brittany Haas (Old Time Fiddle)

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Brittany Haas! We recorded this last weekend at her home in Nashville. Tunes in this episode: * Hawk is a Mule (Andrew Marlin original) (0:33) * Waynesboro (9:28) * Old Aunt Jenny with Her Nightcap On (24:56) * Polska efter Nylands Olle (36:30) * Half Past Four (41:10) * BONUS TRACK: Sugar in the Coffee Buy Brittany Haas’s albums on Bandcamp (https://brittanyhaas.bandcamp.com/) Visit Brittany Haas’s website (https://www.brittanyhaas.com/) Follow her on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/brittfiddle/) Visit Punchbrothers’ website (https://www.punchbrothers.com/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool) 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/) follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sweetenthethird/?hl=en)

    45 min

  5. 12/10/2025

    Episode 485: Get Up in the Yule (with Dear Crow)

    Welcome to Get Up in the Yule: Holiday Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This year’s friends are Penka Jane Culevski and Brian Lindsay of Dear Crow! We recorded this the day after Thanksgiving in their home in Olympia, WA. Tunes in this episode: * James Crase’s Christmas Time’s A Comin’ (0:50) * Gloucestershire Wassail (16:55) * Build Up the Bonfire (Zoe Mulford original) (30:28) * Christmas Eve (44:42) * Taylor Kimble’s Breaking Up Christmas (49:27) * BONUS TRACK: Miss Fogarty’s Christmas Cake Visit Dear Crow’s website (https://dearcrowmusic.com/) and follow them on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/dearcrowmusic/?hl=en) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool) 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/) follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sweetenthethird/?hl=en)

    57 min

  6. 12/03/2025

    Episode 484: Joe Seamons (Songs of the Pacific Northwest)

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Joe Seamons! We recorded this last weekend at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * Cedar Mill Boys (lyrics from Hobe Kytr) (1:13) * Waterbound (extra lyrics from Joe Seamons) (14:34) * Give the Fiddler a Dram (extra lyrics from John Cunnick) (30:12) * Same Old Wind (John and Kim Cunnick original) (39:21) * Memphis Blues (W.C. Handy original) (55:35) * BONUS TRACK: Love, Love Alone (John Hardy original) Follow Joe Seamons on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/joebanjo/?hl=en) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool) 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/) follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sweetenthethird/?hl=en)

    1 hr

  7. 11/26/2025

    Episode 483: River Scheuerell and Alex Sturbaum (Old Time with Irish Back-Up Guitar)

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are River Scheuerell and Alex Sturbaum! We recorded this last week at Alex’s home in Olympia, WA. Tunes in this episode: * Half Irish (1:03) * Rocking in the Weary Land (9:15) * Winderslide (20:14) * Garfield’s Blackberry Blossom (29:26) * Bob’s Farewell (37:47) * BONUS TRACK: Gunboat Visit River Scheuerell’s website (https://www.riverscheuerell.com/) and follow him on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/river_scheuerell/?hl=en) Visit Alex Sturbaum’s website (https://www.alexsturbaum.com/) and follow them on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alexsturbaum) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool) 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/)

    43 min

  8. 11/19/2025

    Episode 482: Darin Gentry (Learning from Dwight Diller)

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Darin Gentry! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: * Half Past Four (0:54) * Greasy String (25:10) * Paddy on the Turnpike (44:00) * Dwight Diller’s Cumberland Gap (50:27) * Sally Ann (1:11:53) * BONUS TRACK: Yew Piney Mountain Visit Darin Gentry’s website (https://www.daringentry.com/) Buy to Darin and Dwight Diller’s album (https://dwightdiller.bandcamp.com/album/trouble-on-spring-creek) Follow Darin on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@buketone) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool) 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/)

    1h 19m
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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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  • Creator
    Cameron DeWhitt
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    498
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Cameron DeWhitt
  • Show Website
    Get Up in the Cool

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