Get Up in the Cool - Episodes Tagged with “Clawhammer Duet”

Episode 496: Evan Coombs (Green Day, Maritime Folk, and Hiking the AT)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0800

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Evan Coombs! We recorded this on Sunday at my home in Portland, Oregon.

Tunes in this episode:

Little Pine Siskin (John Reischman original) (1:22)
Rattletrap (22:06)
I Wash Myself with a Rag on a Stick (Kieran Towers & Charlotte Carrivick original) (45:16)
The Cuckoo (52:15)
The Black Ball Line (Alex Sturbaum original) (1:01:29)
BONUS TRACK: Speed the Plough

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Episode 458: Micah Ling (Dressing Tradition)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0700

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

Email Micah Ling if you want to read her dissertation: micah.j.ling@gmail.com
Buy her album Kingdom Come

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!

Episode 435: Countercurrent (Original Tunes and Writing Anti-Capitalist Folk Music)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0800

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Alex Sturbaum and Brian Lindsay of Countercurrent! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR.

Tunes in this episode:

Mississippi Snagboat (1:16)
Brighter / No Fun Allowed (Countercurrent original) (13:24)
The Fox (Nancy Kerr original) (21:21)
Six Workers Dead in Illinois (Alex Sturbaum original) (37:23)
The Reptile Room (Countercurrent original) (51:55)
Bonus Track: Ursa Minor (Countercurrent original) / Little Billy Wilson

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Episode 394: Hal Cannon (Old Time in Utah and Cowboy Music)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Hal Cannon. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR.

Tune in this episode:

Peter Francisco (0:54)
Frosted Horses (Hal Cannon original) (14:02)
Dust Devil (Hal Cannon original) (28:47)
Crippled Up Blues (Hal Cannon original) (36:12)
Utah Trail March (Hal Cannon original) (51:17)
Texas Traveler (1:00:09)
Bonus Track: Hometown (Hal Cannon original)

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Episode 303: Alex MacLeod (Melodically Crooked Tunes, Instrument Building, and Square Dance Calling)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Alex MacLeod. We recorded this last weekend in his home in Seattle.

Tunes in this episode:

Chinquapin Hunting (0:37)
New Castle (8:58)
Granddad’s Favorite (18:06)
Boatin’ Up Sandy (33:03)
Gone Indian (40:58)
Bonus track: Brushy Fork of John’s Creek

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Episode 208: Maddie Witler (Mandolin in Old Time and Lateral Learning)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Maddie Witler! We recorded this via Skype last week and I recorded my musical parts afterwards.

Tunes in this episode:
Poplar Bluff
Dunbar
Cranberry Rock
Cherry River Rag
Bonaparte’s Retreat
Bonus track: John Henry

Della Mae on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/firstsongdancers/posts
and website: https://www.dellamae.com/
Lonely Heartstring Band’s record with Maddie Witler: http://smarturl.it/podjw8
Follow Maddie Witler on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maddie_witler/

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Episode 194: Collin Stackhouse (Has a New Album and No Tour)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 13 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Collin Stackhouse. We recorded this a month ago in my front yard in Portland, Oregon, about 8 feet apart, with masks.

Tunes in this episode:
Donald Blue
Spotted Pony
Master of My Fate (Collin Stackhouse original)
Pawtuxet (Armand Aromin original https://thevoxhunters.com/)
Lockstep (Collin Stackhouse original)
Bonus track: Far From Home

Preorder Collin’s new album on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hottestsummeryet/stackhouse-and-the-garden-debut-album
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Episode 175: Evie Ladin (Live at the Kauai Old Time Gathering 2019)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0800

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Evie Ladin, with special guest Keith Terry! We recorded this at the Kauai Old Time Gathering back in November.

Tunes in this episode:
Five Miles from Town
Jenny Get Around
Lonesome John
Precious Days
I Love My Honey
Bonus tracks: Say Darling Say and a certain 90’s R&B song that will not be named for copyright reasons mashed up with Hunting the Buffalo

Evie Ladin’s website: http://www.evieladin.com
Like and Follow her band on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EvieLadin/
Evie Ladin’s personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/evie.ladin1
Follow Evie Ladin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evieladin/
Follow Evie Ladin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EvieLadin
Listen to the Evie Ladin Band on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1iLSCtfJXy3IVYzeAkJXDJ?si=bX6cpeDPRpKxBrFuEzfDxg
As well as her solo material: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6sTZhHbZkS4PiHlE2StJkc?si=D72fnEZeRsqOjk1-yMInyw
Take Evie’s Peghead Nation Clawhammer Banjo Courses: https://pegheadnation.com/string-school/instructors/evie-ladin/
Crosspulse website (Keith’s intercultural music and dance non-profit): https://www.crosspulse.com/

Kauai Old Time Gathering: https://www.kauaioldtime.com/
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Episode 160: Maggie Shar (Clawhammer Banjo)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Maggie Shar! We recorded this at Clifftop a few months ago in the Long Point String Band tent.

Tunes in this episode:
Indian Ate the Woodchuck
Highlander’s Farewell
Josie-O
Horses in the Canebreak
Sally in the Rye
Bonus track: Jon Bekoff’s Durang’s Hornpipe

Visit The Moon Shells’ website and buy their albums! https://www.themoonshells.com/
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Visit Little Roots’ website for kids music classes, concerts, and lessons: https://www.littlerootsmusic.com/
Like and Follow Little roots on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LittleRootsFamilyMusic/
Contact Maggie Shar for Skype or i music lessons! http://maggieshar.com/
The Ephemeral Stringband: https://www.ephemeralstringband.com/
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This episode is brought to you in part by the Kauai Old Time Gathering! So I’m going to pass along a message for them. Aloha y’all. Tickets are on sale for the 3rd Annual Kauai Old Time Gathering this November 22-24. Workshops and performances by Magnolia Sisters, Lone Piñon, Evie Ladin, Jane Rothfield and lots of local Hawaiian artists. Head over to kauaioldtime.com for more information and to reserve a bed or a campsite in the beautiful mountains of Kauai. Lots of music and lots of dancing with Cajun two-step, old time bailes nuevomexicanos and square dancing. Get your tickets now at https://www.kauaioldtime.com/.

Episode 151: Micah Ling (Old Time Cello, Folklore, and Festival Dress)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0700

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 in June at the Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp in Rodney, Michigan.

Tunes in this episode:
Lost Everything
Betty and Beauty
Fall On My Knees
Old Man at the Mill
Kingdom Come
Bonus track: Waynesboro

Micah Ling’s album Kingdom Come: https://micahling.bandcamp.com/album/kingdom-come

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This episode is brought to you in part by Banjo Newsletter! Banjo Newsletter has published old-time banjo content in every issue since its founding in 1973. Along with Dan Levenson’s quarterly section “The Old-Time Way,” which consists of profiles, reviews and tabs, banjo Newsletter has three monthly old-time banjo columns. Recent players and builders they’ve covered include Frank Lee, Lukas Pool, Mark Olitsky, Noah Cline, Adam Hurt, Nora Brown, RG Hocutt, David Bragger, Rhiannon Giddens, Seth Swingle and collector Jim Bollman, and Chris Coole, Jake Blount, Alison De Groot and Ben Krakauer are all upcoming. Subscribers to either print or online editions also get online access to the last eleven years of back copies, with tabs, accompanying sound files and video links. All that can be found at https://banjonews.com/.

Thanks to Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan for sharing the show with their customers. Visit their website at https://www.elderly.com/.

Don’t miss Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp next year! http://www.earfuloffiddle.com/

Episode 107: Tom MacKenzie (Twin Banjos)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Tom MacKenzie from Vermont! We recorded this at Vermont’s own Old Time on the Onion! Thanks again to RD Eno for inviting me to come teach the workshop!

This episode of Get Up in the Cool is brought to you by Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan—my goto for traditional instruments and accessories. Next time you want to upgrade your instrument or you run out of strings, or lose your favorite pick, or your tuner breaks, go stock up at https://www.elderly.com/.

Tunes we’ll play:
Roses in the Morning
Dog-Eared
Farewell to Trion
Billy in the Lowground
Elzic’s Farewell
Bonus Track: Hangman’s Reel

Tom MacKenzie’s website (books, cds, booking, lessons, etc.): http://tmackenzie.com/

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Episode 101: Brad Kolodner (Old Time in the Community)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Brad Kolodner! Brad was my guest for episode one, and this is episode 101, and I feel very sentimental about that. I love having guests return on the show, because we get past the basic “how did you get in to old time” question and into the good stuff! And Brad has lots of good stuff to share, especially about why he’s an old time music organizer and community builder.

Buy Charm City Junction’s new album, Duckpin! And Check their tour dates: https://www.charmcityjunction.com/
Baltimore jam: https://www.facebook.com/groups/445722452176784/
Baltimore square dance: https://www.facebook.com/baltimoresquaredance/
Check out Brad’s house shows at Bmore Old Time: http://www.bmoreoldtime.com/
The Brad Kolodner Show on Bluegrass Country: https://bluegrasscountry.org/shows/the-brad-kolodner-show/
Old Time Jam on Bluegrass Country: https://bluegrasscountry.org/shows/old-time-jam/
Brad's website: http://www.bradkolodner.com/
Brad and his dad's band: http://www.kenandbrad.com/
Save the date for the Baltimore Old Time Festival March 2019!