Ben Traverse (Folk Songs, Lomax, and Music from Michigan)
Episode 459 · June 11th, 2025 · 51 mins 31 secs
About this Episode
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Ben Traverse! I recorded them in May at the Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend in Remus, Michigan.
Tunes in this episode:
- Raging Canal (Sent My Brown Jug Downtown) (0:50)
- Lost on the Lady Elgin (10:08)
- Who Feeds Us Beans (23:43)
- Beaver Dam Road (40:55)
- Shenandoah (47:09)
- BONUS TRACK: Birch Grove
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