Sandol Astrausky (Fiddles Are Scary, Jeff Todd Titon, and Teaching Old Time Music)
Episode 503 · April 15th, 2026 · 1 hr 11 mins
About this Episode
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Sandol Astrausky! We recorded this earlier this month at Jake Blount’s home in Providence, RI, and he’ll join us later in the interview.
Tunes in this episode:
- Liberty Off the Corn Liquor Still (0:35)
- Big Black Cat (19:21)
- Frank Barbee’s Hornpipe (43:29)
- Forked Deer (55:29)
- California Blues (1:07:28)
- BONUS TRACK: Roaring River
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