Get Up in the Cool - Episodes Tagged with “Flatfooting”

Episode 476: Kelsey Sutton (Flatfooting and Ballad Singing)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 08 Oct 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 Kelsey Sutton! We recorded this in September at the Queer and Trans Old Time Music Gathering.

Tunes in this episode:

Sail Away Ladies (0:55)
Henry King’s Reel (Trevor Stuart original) (13:43)
My Dearest Dear (29:44)
No Ash Will Burn (Walt Aldridge original) (44:30)
Winderslide (52:43)
BONUS TRACK: Western Country

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Episode 469: Ben Nelson (Live at Earful of Fiddle, feat. Becky Hill)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 20 Aug 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 Ben Nelson, with special guest Becky Hill! We recorded this back in June in front of a live audience of campers at Earful of Fiddle in Rodney, MI.

Watch the videos of the dancing moments of this episode!

Tunes in this episode:

Camp Chase (0:43)
Natural Bridge Blues (15:49)
Sally Sifting Sand (29:19)
Sugar Babe (41:32)
Sandy River Belle (46:14)
BONUS TRACK: Rocking in the Weary Land

Episode 467: Emily Doebler (Earful of Fiddle, Arts Funding, and Floor Kicking)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 06 Aug 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 Emily Doebler! I recorded her in June at Earful of Fiddle in Rodney, MI.

Tunes in this episode:

Sandy River Belle (0:50)
Walter McNew’s Lost Girl (8:01)
Half Irish (29:42)
JP Fraley’s Dry and Dusty (44:45)
Jake Phelps’ Durang’s Hornpipe (49:39)
BONUS TRACK: Winderslide

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Episode 463: Afton Coombs (Flatfooting)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 09 Jul 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 Afton Coombs! I recorded them in June at Earful of Fiddle in Rodney, MI.

Here's the link to the YouTube playlist of tunes from this episode!

Tunes in this episode:

Devil in the Strawstack (1:05)
John Lusk’s Apple Blossom (13:33)
The Blackest Crow (26:39)
Cookhouse Joe (39:37)
Great Big Taters (46:36)
BONUS TRACK: The Cuckoo

Visit Afton Coombs’ website
and follow them on Instagram

Buy tickets to see Tall Poppy String Band play in Oregon

Episode 413: Nathan Vargo (Diva Fiddling and Flatfooting)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 24 Jul 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 Nathan Vargo. We recorded this on Sunday at his home in Pittsburgh.

Tunes in this episode:

Rat Cheese Under the Hill (0:34)
Old Jake Gillie (18:28)
Sally Ann (33:57)
Sandy River Belle (45:14)
Ernie Carpenter’s Shelvin’ Rock (53:50)
Bonus Track: Blackberry Blossom

Follow Nathan Vargo on Instagram
Penna Players on Instagram
Slag Mountain on Instagram
Buy the Slack Bow Nerds album

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
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Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
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and follow us on Instagram

Episode 370: Evie Ladin (Body Music, Banjo, and Fiddling for Fun)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Evie Ladin. We recorded this at her home in Oakland, CA.

Tune in this episode:

My Epitaph (1:38)
Horse and Buggy-O (26:14)
Only You (33:43)
Jenny Get Around (41:36)
John Brown’s Dream (50:15)
Bonus Track: Swing Lady Home

Visit Evie Ladin’s website
Follow Evie Ladin on Instagram
and Facebook
TikTok
Bandcamp
Evie Ladin on Spotify
Evie Ladin Band on Spotify

See Tall Poppy String Band on our Mid-Atlantic tour!
Sign up for Cameron’s Fall Old Time Songs Banjo Workshop Series
Find out more about Old Growth Old Time, Seattle’s new old time festival!

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!
Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
Check out Cameron’s old time trio Tall Poppy String Band

Episode 310: Nic Gareiss (Upbuilding, Pleasure, and Harm Reduction)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 03 Aug 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 Nic Gareiss! We recorded this back in June in Lansing, Michigan, right after Earful of Fiddle Music & Dance Camp.

Tunes in this episode:

On Christmas Eve (1:02)
Black Tar on a Stick (19:15)
Pride of America (34:18)
Rhode Island Regimental March (44:02)
D. Ray White’s Cindy (56:47)
Bonus track: Lonesome Road

Watch the full video episode here: https://youtu.be/CA5EKXv_29Q

Visit Nic Gareiss’ website: www.nicgareiss.com
Follow Nic on social media: @NicGareissLFi
Buy Nic’s music on Bandcamp: www.nicgareiss.Bandcamp.com

Visit Nic’s band This Is How We Fly’s website: www.thisishowwefly.net
Follow them on social media: @ThisisHowweFly
Buy their music on Bandcamp: www.thisishowwefly.Bandcamp.com

Visit Earful of Fiddle Music & Dance Camp’s website: www.earfuloffiddle.com
Follow them on social media: @EarfulofFiddle

Catch Tall Poppy String Band on their Colorado tour in August! https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/shows

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/

Episode 308: Sophie Wellington (Live at Earful of Fiddle '22)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 20 Jul 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 Sophie Wellington, with lots of special guests! We recorded this back in June in Rodney, Michigan at Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp in front of a live audience of campers and staff. Special thanks to Kris Stableford, Bruce Bauman, and Nic Gareiss for hosting a live podcast taping and for creating such a lovely camp!

Tunes in this episode:

Marcus Martin’s Boatman w/ Nic Gareiss (0:57)
Liza Jane w/ Ruby John (15:17)
Puncheon Floor w/ Bruce Bauman and Lindsay McCaw (27:45)
Let’s Hunt the Horses w/ Laurel Premo and Jake Blount (35:11)
Irish Polka (43:34)
Bonus track: John Brown’s Dream w/ Bruce Bauman, Ruby John, Micah Ling, Gray Reynolds, Jake Blount, Laurel Premo, Nic Gareiss, Emily Doebler, Tyler Schwartz, and Sheila Graziano

Watch the full video episode on YouTube!

Visit Sophie Wellington’s website to buy her album Roving Jewell and the rest of her recordings: https://www.sophiewellington.com/
Venmo Sophie: @sophiewellington
Follow Sophie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophiemaewellington/
Follow Sophie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sophie.mae.wellington

Episode 256: Nicole Ball and Max Rainwater (Falling on the Melody, One Way or Another)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Nicole Ball and Max Rainwater. We recorded this in my front yard a few weeks ago.

Tunes and songs in this episode:

Florida Blues (1:34)
Kenny Baker’s Sail Away Ladies (22:26)
Old Yeller Dog Come Trottin Through the Meetinghouse (35:13)
Three In One Two-Step (45:26)
Beaumont Rag (54:06)
Bonus track: Chattanooga

Visit The Mapletones’ website! https://mapletones.band/
Leo Dance Boards: https://maxrainwater.com/leo-dance-boards/
Take lessons with Max Rainwater: https://maxrainwater.com/music-lessons/

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool
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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/

Subscribe to the Basic Folk podcast! https://cindyhowes.net/basicfolk/

Episode 234: Sophie Wellington (Loves Her Complex)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0800

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Sophie Wellington, with special guest guitarist Dan Bui! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards.

Tunes and songs in this episode:
Bound to Have a Little Fun
Marion Reece’s Cumberland Gap
Sullivan’s Hollow
Bugs in the Taters
Granddad’s Favorite
Bonus track: Hy Patillion

Visit Sophie Wellington’s website: https://www.sophiewellington.com/
Follow Sophie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sophiemaeplay
and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/so.fi.me/

Sign up for my workshops with the Old Town School of Folk Music:
February 21: Anticipated Notes and Ghost Strokes: https://www.oldtownschool.org/classes/detail/?courseid=6812
February 28: Slides from Every Angle: https://www.oldtownschool.org/classes/detail/?courseid=6813

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/
Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool

Episode 155: Becky Hill (Has a Dance Basket)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 14 Aug 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 Becky Hill! Becky is a percussive dancer, so this episode is great in it’s audio-only form, but it’s even better if you watch the video, which is available on YouTube and Get Up in the Cool’s Facebook page. We recorded this at Clifftop in the Long Point String Band tent! Thank you so much, Long Point String Band, for hosting us!

Tunes in this episode:
Pride of America
Bonaparte Crossing the Alps
Billy in the Lowground
Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase
Big Fish
Bonus track: Elk River Blues

Study dance or banjo at Augusta Heritage Center: https://augustaheritagecenter.org/
Come to the Helvetia Hoot this Labor Day: https://mountaindancetrail.org/364-2/
Buy the T-Mart Rounders album: https://www.emmyandjesse.com/store/p6/MILNES%2C_CHESSER%2C_HILL%3A_T-Mart_Rounders.html

This episode is brought to you in part by Brooks Banjos! Visit https://www.brooksbanjos.com/ for elegance through simplicity and reasonable prices (discounts available for performing musicians).

I also want to thank Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan for sharing Get Up in the Cool online with their customers and increasing the reach of the show. Next time you need an instrument upgrade or new music gear, visit their online store at https://www.elderly.com/.

I’m playing the 3rd Annual Kauai Old Time Gathering this November! Visit https://www.kauaioldtime.com/ for more info.

Episode 150: Nic Gareiss (Asking Questions Through the Body)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 10 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 Nic Gareiss! We recorded this last week at the Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp in Rodney, Michigan.

Watch the entire video episode on Youtube!

Tunes in this episode:
Davey Davey
Ramblin’ Hobo
Dorrigo (from George Jackson)
Old Yeller Dog Come Trottin' Through the Meeting House
Marcus Martin’s Jig
Bonus track: Last Chance

Nic Gareiss’ website: http://www.nicgareiss.com/
This Is How We Fly’s website: http://www.thisishowwefly.net/
This Is How We Fly on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsHowWeFly/
Nic Gareiss’ free performance in Lansing on July 18: https://www.cadl.org/event/402811?fbclid=IwAR0b5QXdp20NfN2RiSjkddHG3-mAr9uZQPPbw3lR5KcHvxuCV1hN2mbxFlA
Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp: http://www.earfuloffiddle.com/

If you liked Dorrigo, check out George Jackson's new album Time and Place: https://www.georgejacksonmusic.com/

Register for the live taping of Get Up in the Cool with Genevieve Koester in Chicago (July 27): https://www.oldtownschool.org/classes/detail/?courseid=6159&fbclid=IwAR3QKbn-uJxSMpj1vtTNFmrhWc0ZtB9KD0nV7yfGk00GXWwY7aEhqI7XN2o
Register for Cameron's clawhammer banjo workshop in Chicago (July 27): https://www.oldtownschool.org/classes/detail/?courseid=6160&fbclid=IwAR0Q4eNMVcCuDd370FeiVjEtGvf6AsLEe3AbcyniLRsRWQMG8IOTEaN2BTg

Big thanks to Elderly Instruments for sharing the show on social media! Visit their online store at https://www.elderly.com/