web01.fireside.fm Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:34:36 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Get Up in the Cool - Episodes Tagged with “Bluegrass Banjo” https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/tags/bluegrass%20banjo Wed, 03 May 2023 00:00:00 -0700 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. en-us episodic Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends Cameron DeWhitt 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. no old time music, old time, old-time, old-time music, clawhammer, clawhammer banjo, banjo, old time banjo, interview, fiddle, old time fiddle, old-time fiddle, bluegrass Cameron DeWhitt camerondewhitt@gmail.com Episode 349: The Arcane Ramblers (Old Time in Taos, NM) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/349 3c4cb4e8-3c15-44ef-9e48-9d199bca36b6 Wed, 03 May 2023 00:00:00 -0700 Cameron DeWhitt full Cameron DeWhitt Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are The Arcane Ramblers: Robert Quijano, Tom Robison, and Bud Branch. We recorded this last month in Bud’s home in Taos, NM. 36:31 no Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are The Arcane Ramblers: Robert Quijano, Tom Robison, and Bud Branch. We recorded this last month in Bud’s home in Taos, NM. Tune in this episode: * Squirrel Hunters (1:04) * La Cuna (7:41) * Grey Owl (19:13) * Swing 42 (28:33) * Kitchen Girl (32:26) * Bonus track: Red Haired Boy / June Apple Stream and buy The Arcane Ramblers on Bandcamp (https://arcaneramblers.bandcamp.com/) Follow them on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/arcane_ramblers/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/arcaneramblers/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! (https://get-up-in-the-cool-swag.creator-spring.com/) 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) Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set (https://boxset.fireside.fm/) Check out Cameron’s old time trio Tall Poppy String Band (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) fiddle, old time fiddle, banjo, clawhammer banjo, old time banjo, old time music, mandolin, bluegrass banjo Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are The Arcane Ramblers: Robert Quijano, Tom Robison, and Bud Branch. We recorded this last month in Bud’s home in Taos, NM.

Tune in this episode:

  • Squirrel Hunters (1:04)
  • La Cuna (7:41)
  • Grey Owl (19:13)
  • Swing 42 (28:33)
  • Kitchen Girl (32:26)
  • Bonus track: Red Haired Boy / June Apple

Stream and buy The Arcane Ramblers on Bandcamp
Follow them on Instagram
and Facebook

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks!
Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!
Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set
Check out Cameron’s old time trio Tall Poppy String Band

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]]> Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are The Arcane Ramblers: Robert Quijano, Tom Robison, and Bud Branch. We recorded this last month in Bud’s home in Taos, NM.

Tune in this episode:

  • Squirrel Hunters (1:04)
  • La Cuna (7:41)
  • Grey Owl (19:13)
  • Swing 42 (28:33)
  • Kitchen Girl (32:26)
  • Bonus track: Red Haired Boy / June Apple

Stream and buy The Arcane Ramblers on Bandcamp
Follow them on Instagram
and Facebook

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks!
Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!
Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set
Check out Cameron’s old time trio Tall Poppy String Band

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]]> Episode 343: Tray Wellington (Bluegrass Banjo and Oppositional Self Expression) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/343 93ccd967-e7f3-45aa-bd3a-a15de89a28c2 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0700 Cameron DeWhitt full Cameron DeWhitt Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Tray Wellington. We recorded this last month in Bellevue, Washington at Wintergrass. 54:54 no Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Tray Wellington. We recorded this last month in Bellevue, Washington at Wintergrass. Tune in this episode: * Half Past Four (1:20) * Squirrel Hunters (21:55) * Crooked Mind (Tray Wellington original) (33:41) * Moon in Motion One (Tray Wellington original) (41:02) * Valley Forge (49:06) * Bonus track: Art Stamper’s Chinquapin Hunting Tray Wellington’s website (https://traywellington.com/) Follow him on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/traywellington/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TrayWellingtonMusic) The CBA Summer Music Camp takes place June 11th through the 14th at the beautiful Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, California. Daily instrument classes, workshops, jams, square dances, and faculty concerts are all attended outdoors among the pine trees. This year’s world class faculty include: Jake Blount, Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves, Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms, John Reischman, Mike Witcher, and the band Mile Twelve, among others. You can learn more about the camp and register online at cbacamp.com (https://californiabluegrass.org/summer_music_camp/smc-home/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! (https://get-up-in-the-cool-swag.creator-spring.com/) 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) Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set (https://boxset.fireside.fm/) Check out Cameron’s old time trio Tall Poppy String Band (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) bluegrass banjo, old time music, original tunes, clawhammer banjo, banjo duet Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Tray Wellington. We recorded this last month in Bellevue, Washington at Wintergrass.

Tune in this episode:

  • Half Past Four (1:20)
  • Squirrel Hunters (21:55)
  • Crooked Mind (Tray Wellington original) (33:41)
  • Moon in Motion One (Tray Wellington original) (41:02)
  • Valley Forge (49:06)
  • Bonus track: Art Stamper’s Chinquapin Hunting

Tray Wellington’s website
Follow him on Instagram
Facebook

The CBA Summer Music Camp takes place June 11th through the 14th at the beautiful Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, California. Daily instrument classes, workshops, jams, square dances, and faculty concerts are all attended outdoors among the pine trees. This year’s world class faculty include: Jake Blount, Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves, Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms, John Reischman, Mike Witcher, and the band Mile Twelve, among others. You can learn more about the camp and register online at cbacamp.com

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks!
Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!
Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set
Check out Cameron’s old time trio Tall Poppy String Band

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Tray Wellington. We recorded this last month in Bellevue, Washington at Wintergrass.

Tune in this episode:

  • Half Past Four (1:20)
  • Squirrel Hunters (21:55)
  • Crooked Mind (Tray Wellington original) (33:41)
  • Moon in Motion One (Tray Wellington original) (41:02)
  • Valley Forge (49:06)
  • Bonus track: Art Stamper’s Chinquapin Hunting

Tray Wellington’s website
Follow him on Instagram
Facebook

The CBA Summer Music Camp takes place June 11th through the 14th at the beautiful Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, California. Daily instrument classes, workshops, jams, square dances, and faculty concerts are all attended outdoors among the pine trees. This year’s world class faculty include: Jake Blount, Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves, Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms, John Reischman, Mike Witcher, and the band Mile Twelve, among others. You can learn more about the camp and register online at cbacamp.com

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks!
Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!
Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set
Check out Cameron’s old time trio Tall Poppy String Band

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> Episode 335: The Alum Ridge Boys and Ashlee (Old Time Music as Performance) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/335 0e08ceba-55d0-432b-a095-7402cf332cc2 Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0800 Cameron DeWhitt full Cameron DeWhitt Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are The Alum Ridge Boys and Ashlee. We recorded this a couple weeks ago in Jinny Macrae’s home in Portland, OR. Thanks Jinny! 1:02:46 no Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are The Alum Ridge Boys and Ashlee. We recorded this a couple weeks ago in Jinny Macrae’s home in Portland, OR. Thanks Jinny! Songs in this episode: * 16 Days in Georgia (0:51) * Wild Over Me (15:25) * Let Me Fall (31:49) * I’ll Be No Stranger There (49:35) * Cold Wind (58:38) * Bonus track: East Virginia Blues No. 1 Alum Ridge Boys (https://alumridgeboys.com/) and their Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/alumridgeboys/) Ashlee Watkins and Andrew Small (https://watkinsandsmall.com/) and their Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/watkinsandsmall) Chattanooga Dogs, (https://chattanooga-dogs.com/) their Facebook, (https://www.facebook.com/chattanoogadogs) and their Bandcamp (https://trevorholderconnervlietstra.bandcamp.com/album/chattanooga-dogs) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! https://get-up-in-the-cool-swag.creator-spring.com/ Sign up at https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/ for my clawhammer instructional series! Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/ Check out Cameron’s old time trio Tall Poppy String Band: https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/ fiddle, old time fiddle, banjo, clawhammer banjo, old time banjo, old time music, bluegrass music, bluegrass banjo, scruggs style banjo, larry richardson, guitar, old time guitar Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are The Alum Ridge Boys and Ashlee. We recorded this a couple weeks ago in Jinny Macrae’s home in Portland, OR. Thanks Jinny!

Songs in this episode:

  • 16 Days in Georgia (0:51)
  • Wild Over Me (15:25)
  • Let Me Fall (31:49)
  • I’ll Be No Stranger There (49:35)
  • Cold Wind (58:38)
  • Bonus track: East Virginia Blues No. 1

Alum Ridge Boys and their Facebook
Ashlee Watkins and Andrew Small and their Facebook
Chattanooga Dogs, their Facebook, and their Bandcamp

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool
Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! https://get-up-in-the-cool-swag.creator-spring.com/
Sign up at https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/ for my clawhammer instructional series!
Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/
Check out Cameron’s old time trio Tall Poppy String Band: https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are The Alum Ridge Boys and Ashlee. We recorded this a couple weeks ago in Jinny Macrae’s home in Portland, OR. Thanks Jinny!

Songs in this episode:

  • 16 Days in Georgia (0:51)
  • Wild Over Me (15:25)
  • Let Me Fall (31:49)
  • I’ll Be No Stranger There (49:35)
  • Cold Wind (58:38)
  • Bonus track: East Virginia Blues No. 1

Alum Ridge Boys and their Facebook
Ashlee Watkins and Andrew Small and their Facebook
Chattanooga Dogs, their Facebook, and their Bandcamp

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool
Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! https://get-up-in-the-cool-swag.creator-spring.com/
Sign up at https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/ for my clawhammer instructional series!
Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/
Check out Cameron’s old time trio Tall Poppy String Band: https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> Episode 322: Sam Armstrong-Zickefoose (Banjo Identity Crises and Bonus Notes) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/322 cc375e24-0d31-4ca0-bc2d-67b262418187 Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0700 Cameron DeWhitt full Cameron DeWhitt Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Sam Armstrong-Zickefoose. We recorded this in August at Swallow Hill in Denver, Colorado. 53:20 no Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Sam Armstrong-Zickefoose. We recorded this in August at Swallow Hill in Denver, Colorado. Tunes in this episode: * Josie-O (0:51) * Katydid (13:50) * Hop High (26:36) * Heart of Mine (41:06) * Jinny Pup (50:06) * Bonus track: Little Billy Wilson Visit Sam’s website for their albums, merch, and lessons: https://samazmusic.com/ Follow them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/banjosamjo/ and Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@banjosamjo Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! https://get-up-in-the-cool-swag.creator-spring.com/ Sign up at https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/ for my clawhammer instructional series! Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/ Check out Cameron’s old time trio Tall Poppy String Band: https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/ banjo duet, clawhammer banjo, old time banjo, old time music, bluegrass banjo, original songs, three-finger banjo, banjo Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Sam Armstrong-Zickefoose. We recorded this in August at Swallow Hill in Denver, Colorado.

Tunes in this episode:

  • Josie-O (0:51)
  • Katydid (13:50)
  • Hop High (26:36)
  • Heart of Mine (41:06)
  • Jinny Pup (50:06)
  • Bonus track: Little Billy Wilson

Visit Sam’s website for their albums, merch, and lessons: https://samazmusic.com/
Follow them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/banjosamjo/
and Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@banjosamjo

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool
Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! https://get-up-in-the-cool-swag.creator-spring.com/
Sign up at https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/ for my clawhammer instructional series!
Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/
Check out Cameron’s old time trio Tall Poppy String Band: https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Sam Armstrong-Zickefoose. We recorded this in August at Swallow Hill in Denver, Colorado.

Tunes in this episode:

  • Josie-O (0:51)
  • Katydid (13:50)
  • Hop High (26:36)
  • Heart of Mine (41:06)
  • Jinny Pup (50:06)
  • Bonus track: Little Billy Wilson

Visit Sam’s website for their albums, merch, and lessons: https://samazmusic.com/
Follow them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/banjosamjo/
and Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@banjosamjo

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool
Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! https://get-up-in-the-cool-swag.creator-spring.com/
Sign up at https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/ for my clawhammer instructional series!
Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/
Check out Cameron’s old time trio Tall Poppy String Band: https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> Episode 275: Keith Billik (The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast / Get Up in the Cool Crossover!) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/275 05101172-28cb-4f61-b466-b50726d1b8ff Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0800 Cameron DeWhitt full Cameron DeWhitt Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! Also, welcome to The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast! Keith Billik and I did a crossover podcast back in early October at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. If you’re not already subscribed, go follow Picky Fingers wherever you get your podcasts! 1:41:26 no Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! Also, welcome to The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast! Keith Billik and I did a crossover podcast back in early October at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. If you’re not already subscribed, go follow Picky Fingers wherever you get your podcasts! Tunes and songs in this episode: * Farewell Trion (0:50) * Jeff Sturgeon (28:04) * Avalon Quickstep (1:01:19) * Daley’s Reel (1:13:22) * Road to Malvern (1:37:10) * Bonus track: Home Sweet Home Visit The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast’s website! www.banjopodcast.com Support the podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/banjopodcast Subscribe on your favorite podcast app! Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! https://get-up-in-the-cool-swag.creator-spring.com/ Sign up at https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/ for my clawhammer instructional series! Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/ banjo duet, clawhammer banjo, old time banjo, old time music, bluegrass banjo, three-finger banjo, podcast crossover Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! Also, welcome to The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast! Keith Billik and I did a crossover podcast back in early October at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. If you’re not already subscribed, go follow Picky Fingers wherever you get your podcasts!

Tunes and songs in this episode:

  • Farewell Trion (0:50)
  • Jeff Sturgeon (28:04)
  • Avalon Quickstep (1:01:19)
  • Daley’s Reel (1:13:22)
  • Road to Malvern (1:37:10)
  • Bonus track: Home Sweet Home

Visit The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast’s website! www.banjopodcast.com
Support the podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/banjopodcast
Subscribe on your favorite podcast app!

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool
Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! https://get-up-in-the-cool-swag.creator-spring.com/
Sign up at https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/ for my clawhammer instructional series!
Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! Also, welcome to The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast! Keith Billik and I did a crossover podcast back in early October at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. If you’re not already subscribed, go follow Picky Fingers wherever you get your podcasts!

Tunes and songs in this episode:

  • Farewell Trion (0:50)
  • Jeff Sturgeon (28:04)
  • Avalon Quickstep (1:01:19)
  • Daley’s Reel (1:13:22)
  • Road to Malvern (1:37:10)
  • Bonus track: Home Sweet Home

Visit The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast’s website! www.banjopodcast.com
Support the podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/banjopodcast
Subscribe on your favorite podcast app!

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool
Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! https://get-up-in-the-cool-swag.creator-spring.com/
Sign up at https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/ for my clawhammer instructional series!
Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/

Support Get Up in the Cool

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