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    <description>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 &amp; 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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  <description>Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Joe Z. Johnson. We recorded this last month at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV. 
Tunes in this episode:
* Camptown Hornpipe (0:37)
* John Snipes’ The Coo Coo (14:53)
* Marching Jaybird (31:11)
* Leather Britches (43:57)
* Altamont (49:29)
* Bonus Track: Cora Dye
Follow Joe Z. Johnson on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/notsoaveragjoe/)
Visit his website (https://www.joezavaanjohnson.com/)
Check out his work with the Library of Congress (https://www.joezavaanjohnson.com/projects/african-american-banjo-players-at-the-library-of-congress)
Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool)
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/)  
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    <![CDATA[<p>Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Joe Z. Johnson. We recorded this last month at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV. </p>

<p>Tunes in this episode:</p>

<ul>
<li>Camptown Hornpipe (0:37)</li>
<li>John Snipes’ The Coo Coo (14:53)</li>
<li>Marching Jaybird (31:11)</li>
<li>Leather Britches (43:57)</li>
<li>Altamont (49:29)</li>
<li>Bonus Track: Cora Dye</li>
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<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/notsoaveragjoe/" rel="nofollow">Follow Joe Z. Johnson on Instagram</a><br>
<a href="https://www.joezavaanjohnson.com/" rel="nofollow">Visit his website</a><br>
<a href="https://www.joezavaanjohnson.com/projects/african-american-banjo-players-at-the-library-of-congress" rel="nofollow">Check out his work with the Library of Congress</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool" rel="nofollow">Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon</a><br>
<a href="https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/" rel="nofollow">Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!</a> <br>
<a href="https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons" rel="nofollow">Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron</a><br>
<a href="https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/" rel="nofollow">Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website</a><br>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/" rel="nofollow">and follow us on Instagram</a> </p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool">Support Get Up in the Cool</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Joe Z. Johnson. We recorded this last month at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV. </p>

<p>Tunes in this episode:</p>

<ul>
<li>Camptown Hornpipe (0:37)</li>
<li>John Snipes’ The Coo Coo (14:53)</li>
<li>Marching Jaybird (31:11)</li>
<li>Leather Britches (43:57)</li>
<li>Altamont (49:29)</li>
<li>Bonus Track: Cora Dye</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/notsoaveragjoe/" rel="nofollow">Follow Joe Z. Johnson on Instagram</a><br>
<a href="https://www.joezavaanjohnson.com/" rel="nofollow">Visit his website</a><br>
<a href="https://www.joezavaanjohnson.com/projects/african-american-banjo-players-at-the-library-of-congress" rel="nofollow">Check out his work with the Library of Congress</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool" rel="nofollow">Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon</a><br>
<a href="https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/" rel="nofollow">Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!</a> <br>
<a href="https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons" rel="nofollow">Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron</a><br>
<a href="https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/" rel="nofollow">Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website</a><br>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/" rel="nofollow">and follow us on Instagram</a> </p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool">Support Get Up in the Cool</a></p>]]>
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