
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Micah Ling! We recorded this at her home in Lansing, MI, then we ran out of time, and we finished at Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend.
Songs and tunes in this episode:
Le Valse de la Rebec (Bruce Ling original) (1:05)
Are You Tired of Me, My Darling (19:19)
Maggie Meade (46:43)
Sister Thou Art Mild and Lovely (1:21:24)
Adieu False Heart (1:32:55)
BONUS TRACK: Coleman’s March
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The last Earful of Fiddle Music & Dance Camp will happen in central Michigan on June 22-27. Join me, Becky Hill, Ben Nelson, AJ Srubas, Rina Rossi, Ruby John, Sheila Graziano, Bruce Bauman, Ethan Setiawan, Louise Bichan, Grace van’t Hof, Lindsay McCaw, and more for 5 days of classes, jams and dances. Learn from and hang with world-class contemporary trad musicians and dancers in a beautiful lakeside setting. For more information or to register, go to earfuloffiddle.com, which is linked in the show notes. See you at Earful!
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Jun 4
1 hr 36 min

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Gray Buchanan! We recorded this on Sunday at the Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend in Remus, Michigan. Thanks again for bringing Tall Poppy String Band out, Wheatland!
Tunes in this episode:
Oysters in the Half Shell (1:09) (Claire Silbernagel original)
Winter Break (8:56) (Isaac McCarthy original)
Bitter Star (18:00) (Gray Buchanan original)
One-Legged Cow on a Scratching Post (27:58) (Corey Johnson-Erday original)
Ramp Narrows (35:29) (Mary Linscheid original)
BONUS TRACK: Roscoe
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May 28
41 min

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Joseph Decosimo! We recorded this about a month ago at Sonya Badigian’s place in Durham, NC. Thanks again for hosting us, Sonya!
Tunes in this episode:
Blackberry Blossoms (0:41)
Betty Baker (14:48)
Two O’Clock (50:50)
Flowery Girls (1:13:46)
Puncheon Camps (1:16:20)
BONUS TRACK: Peas in the Pot (played by Cameron, because we ran out of time)
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May 21
1 hr 20 min

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Sarah Ells Fish and Dan Fish, also known as Sunfish Duo! We recorded this a couple weeks ago at my home in Portland, OR.
Tunes in this episode:
The Cuckoo (0:48)
Going to the West (10:25)
Aragon Mill (29:50)
Midnight on the Stormy Deep (45:46)
Winding Stream (1:01:20)
BONUS TRACK: The Happy Sunny Side of Life
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May 14
1 hr 5 min

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Kristina R. Gaddy! We recorded this at Brad Kolodner’s place in Baltimore.
Tunes in this episode:
Pompey Ran Away (0:45)
Throw the Banjo Out of Tune (12:15)
Congo Prince Jig (36:39)
Congo (55:55)
Poor Rosy (1:07:45)
BONUS TRACK: That’s My Rabbit My Dog Caught It
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May 7
1 hr 10 min

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Brian Dolphin! We recorded this recently in Baltimore.
Tunes in this episode:
Ducks on the Pond (0:40)
Old Ford (Brian Dolphin original) (12:28)
Squirrel in the Fig Tree (Brian Dolphin original) (28:12)
Robin in the Field (Brian Dolphin original) (42:22)
Daylight Savings (Brian Dolphin original) (47:18)
John Newlin’s Waltz (Brian Dolphin original) (1:01:35)
BONUS TRACK: Annie’s Tune (Brian Dolphin original)
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Apr 30
1 hr 6 min

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Shanice Richards! We recorded this on Monday in Baltimore.
Tunes in this episode:
The Girl I Left Behind (0:59)
New Jordan (7:12)
Jenny on the Railroad (30:26)
Three Forks of Cheat (46:05)
Jubilee (56:09)
Bonus Track: Snake’s Wild Tune
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Apr 23
1 hr

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Morgan Harris! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR.
Tunes in this episode:
Little Rose (0:40)
Waverly (15:44)
Done Gone (25:11)
Puncheon Camps (34:14)
Clyde Davenport’s Lost Girl (41:45)
Bonus Track: Hell and Scissors
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Apr 16
46 min

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Creekbed Carter Hogan! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR.
Tunes in this episode:
If I Were a Bell (lyrics by Vera Moller, melody by Creekbed Carter Hogan) (0:51)
Union Maid (10:51)
Where the Fraser River Flows (22:12)
If I Was (Creekbed Carter Hogan original) (40:05)
Bread and Roses (55:09)
Bonus Track: Rise (Creekbed Carter Hogan original)
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Apr 9
59 min

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Joy Adams and Hazel Royer of Big Richard! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR.
Tunes in this episode:
Been All Around this World (0:57)
In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain (14:56)
Elk River Blues (26:37)
Oh My Little Darling (please write in if you know the true title and source) (50:22)
Billy in the Lowground (1:01:43)
Bonus Track: No Corners (but Joy insists it’s called Wheel Moss) (Gus Tritsch original)
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Apr 2
1 hr 5 min
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