web02.fireside.fm Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:32:20 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Get Up in the Cool - Episodes Tagged with “String Bass” https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/tags/string%20bass Wed, 17 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 351: Six Dollar String Band (Traditional Trance Music) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/351 146d6f98-0649-4e27-b213-edc7d03d6805 Wed, 17 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 members of Six Dollar String Band: Tony Holmquist, Brendan Shafer, Stephen Sellers, and Robin Davis. We recorded this last month at the Durango Bluegrass Meltdown in Colorado. 58:47 no Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are the members of Six Dollar String Band: Tony Holmquist, Brendan Shafer, Stephen Sellers, and Robin Davis. We recorded this last month at the Durango Bluegrass Meltdown in Colorado. Tune in this episode: * Cumberland Gap (0:34) * Speed the Plow (13:34) * Big Eyed Rabbit (34:20) * Down by the Riverside (45:38) * Jimmy in the Swamp (55:18) * Bonus track: Breakin’ Up Christmas Visit Six Dollar String Band’s website (https://www.sixdollarstringband.com/) Follow them on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sixdollarstringband/) Buy their albums on Bandcamp (https://sixdollarstringband.bandcamp.com/) Stream Calico and their other albums on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/08m1D1nJ1ytQWQ051FPMdF?si=xMp6DWUOR_mWHyRxmjsscA) 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, old time guitar, guitar, drop d guitar, drop d, old time bass, string bass, upright bass, double bass Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are the members of Six Dollar String Band: Tony Holmquist, Brendan Shafer, Stephen Sellers, and Robin Davis. We recorded this last month at the Durango Bluegrass Meltdown in Colorado.

Tune in this episode:

  • Cumberland Gap (0:34)
  • Speed the Plow (13:34)
  • Big Eyed Rabbit (34:20)
  • Down by the Riverside (45:38)
  • Jimmy in the Swamp (55:18)
  • Bonus track: Breakin’ Up Christmas

Visit Six Dollar String Band’s website
Follow them on Instagram
Buy their albums on Bandcamp
Stream Calico and their other albums on Spotify

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 friends are the members of Six Dollar String Band: Tony Holmquist, Brendan Shafer, Stephen Sellers, and Robin Davis. We recorded this last month at the Durango Bluegrass Meltdown in Colorado.

Tune in this episode:

  • Cumberland Gap (0:34)
  • Speed the Plow (13:34)
  • Big Eyed Rabbit (34:20)
  • Down by the Riverside (45:38)
  • Jimmy in the Swamp (55:18)
  • Bonus track: Breakin’ Up Christmas

Visit Six Dollar String Band’s website
Follow them on Instagram
Buy their albums on Bandcamp
Stream Calico and their other albums on Spotify

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 341: Amelia and Dirk Powell (Making and Sustaining Musical Family) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/341 c54d53a5-bef1-4f03-8b28-a9b4b85806d3 Wed, 08 Mar 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 Amelia and Dirk Powell, with special guest friends Jason Sypher and River Scheuerell. We recorded this last week in Bellevue, Washington on the last evening of Wintergrass. 47:00 no Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Amelia and Dirk Powell, with special guest friends Jason Sypher and River Scheuerell. We recorded this last week in Bellevue, Washington on the last evening of Wintergrass. Songs in this episode: * Greasy Coat (1:04) * Jack of Diamonds (11:32) * Breakin’ Up Christmas (23:01) * I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly (Dirk Powell original) (35:02) * Fortune (42:25) * Bonus track: Polecat Blues Visit Dirk Powell’s website (https://www.dirkpowell.org/) Follow Dirk Powell on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/dirkpowellofficial/) 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, twin fiddling, upright bass, string bass, old time guitar Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Amelia and Dirk Powell, with special guest friends Jason Sypher and River Scheuerell. We recorded this last week in Bellevue, Washington on the last evening of Wintergrass.

Songs in this episode:

  • Greasy Coat (1:04)
  • Jack of Diamonds (11:32)
  • Breakin’ Up Christmas (23:01)
  • I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly (Dirk Powell original) (35:02)
  • Fortune (42:25)
  • Bonus track: Polecat Blues

Visit Dirk Powell’s website
Follow Dirk Powell on Instagram

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 friends are Amelia and Dirk Powell, with special guest friends Jason Sypher and River Scheuerell. We recorded this last week in Bellevue, Washington on the last evening of Wintergrass.

Songs in this episode:

  • Greasy Coat (1:04)
  • Jack of Diamonds (11:32)
  • Breakin’ Up Christmas (23:01)
  • I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly (Dirk Powell original) (35:02)
  • Fortune (42:25)
  • Bonus track: Polecat Blues

Visit Dirk Powell’s website
Follow Dirk Powell on Instagram

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 19: Alex Lacquement (Old Time Bass) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/19 a629ca37-8629-4448-968b-5ab232644ef1 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 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 friend is Alex Lacquement, and he’s a bassist! A Get Up in the Cool first, and hopefully not the last. 41:30 no Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Alex Lacquement, and he’s a bassist! A Get Up in the Cool first, and hopefully not the last. Alex plays Old Time music with a lot of freedom, but he has a keen sense for exercising restraint. It’s pretty rare to find someone who excels at both leading and following; in music, but also, in general. Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Buy Alex Lacquement’s CD’s and see him live: http://www.charmcityjunction.com/ http://www.bumperjacksons.com/ http://www.kenandbrad.com/ http://www.alexlacquement.com/ upright bass, bass, string bass, alex lacquement, cameron dewhitt, clawhammer banjo, old time music Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Alex Lacquement, and he’s a bassist! A Get Up in the Cool first, and hopefully not the last. Alex plays Old Time music with a lot of freedom, but he has a keen sense for exercising restraint. It’s pretty rare to find someone who excels at both leading and following; in music, but also, in general.

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool

Buy Alex Lacquement’s CD’s and see him live:

http://www.charmcityjunction.com/

http://www.bumperjacksons.com/

http://www.kenandbrad.com/

http://www.alexlacquement.com/

Support Get Up in the Cool

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Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool

Buy Alex Lacquement’s CD’s and see him live:

http://www.charmcityjunction.com/

http://www.bumperjacksons.com/

http://www.kenandbrad.com/

http://www.alexlacquement.com/

Support Get Up in the Cool

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