web02.fireside.fm Thu, 14 May 2026 16:41:18 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Get Up in the Cool - Episodes Tagged with “Tackhead Banjo” https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/tags/tackhead%20banjo Wed, 07 May 2025 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 454: Kristina R. Gaddy (Early Black American Fiddle and Banjo Music) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/454 7150b30d-f6fe-4c1e-b86b-d6a242be776c Wed, 07 May 2025 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 Kristina R. Gaddy! We recorded this at Brad Kolodner’s place in Baltimore. 1:10:32 yes <p>Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Kristina R. Gaddy! We recorded this at Brad Kolodner’s place in Baltimore. </p> <p>Tunes in this episode:</p> <ul> <li>Pompey Ran Away (0:45)</li> <li>Throw the Banjo Out of Tune (12:15)</li> <li>Congo Prince Jig (36:39)</li> <li>Congo (55:55)</li> <li>Poor Rosy (1:07:45)</li> <li>BONUS TRACK: That’s My Rabbit My Dog Caught It</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://uncpress.org/book/9781469690575/go-back-and-fetch-it/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Buy Kristina R. Gaddy’s and Rhiannon Giddens’ book Go Back and Fetch It</a><br> <a href="https://www.kristinagaddy.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Visit Kristina R. Gaddy’s website</a></p> <p><a href="https://detroitfolkschool.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Buy tickets to see Morgan Harris and Cameron DeWhitt at Detroit Folk School</a><br> [and at The Robin Theatre in Lansing](Morgan Harris &amp; Cameron DeWhitt at The RobinThe Robin Theatrehttps://<a href="http://www.therobintheatre.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">www.therobintheatre.com</a> › events › morgan-har…)<br> <a href="https://www.wheatlandmusic.org/Online/Online/Events/Traditional-Arts-Weekend.aspx" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">See Tall Poppy String Band at Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon</a><br> <a href="https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas</a><br> <a href="https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!</a> <br> <a href="https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron</a><br> <a href="https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website</a><br> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">and follow us on Instagram</a> </p> banjo, old time banjo, minstrel banjo, tackhead banjo, fiddle, old time fiddle, Black American music, Black Banjo Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Kristina R. Gaddy! We recorded this at Brad Kolodner’s place in Baltimore.

Tunes in this episode:

  • Pompey Ran Away (0:45)
  • Throw the Banjo Out of Tune (12:15)
  • Congo Prince Jig (36:39)
  • Congo (55:55)
  • Poor Rosy (1:07:45)
  • BONUS TRACK: That’s My Rabbit My Dog Caught It

Buy Kristina R. Gaddy’s and Rhiannon Giddens’ book Go Back and Fetch It
Visit Kristina R. Gaddy’s website

Buy tickets to see Morgan Harris and Cameron DeWhitt at Detroit Folk School
[and at The Robin Theatre in Lansing](Morgan Harris & Cameron DeWhitt at The RobinThe Robin Theatrehttps://www.therobintheatre.com › events › morgan-har…)
See Tall Poppy String Band at Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas
Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!
Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website
and follow us on Instagram

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 Kristina R. Gaddy! We recorded this at Brad Kolodner’s place in Baltimore.

Tunes in this episode:

  • Pompey Ran Away (0:45)
  • Throw the Banjo Out of Tune (12:15)
  • Congo Prince Jig (36:39)
  • Congo (55:55)
  • Poor Rosy (1:07:45)
  • BONUS TRACK: That’s My Rabbit My Dog Caught It

Buy Kristina R. Gaddy’s and Rhiannon Giddens’ book Go Back and Fetch It
Visit Kristina R. Gaddy’s website

Buy tickets to see Morgan Harris and Cameron DeWhitt at Detroit Folk School
[and at The Robin Theatre in Lansing](Morgan Harris & Cameron DeWhitt at The RobinThe Robin Theatrehttps://www.therobintheatre.com › events › morgan-har…)
See Tall Poppy String Band at Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas
Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!
Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website
and follow us on Instagram

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> Episode 264: Heidi Kristenson (Banjo Duets) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/264 caa4d4a9-ebbe-4666-b016-020d5e0a2a42 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 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 Heidi Kristenson. We recorded this back in August at the Centralia Campout in Centralia, Washington. 46:36 no <p>Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Heidi Kristenson. We recorded this back in August at the Centralia Campout in Centralia, Washington. </p> <p>Tunes and songs in this episode: </p> <ul> <li>Needlecase (0:50)</li> <li>Spotted Pony (12:02)</li> <li>Boys Them Buzzards are Flying (23:41)</li> <li>Dull Chisel (34:18) </li> <li>Roscoe (41:18)</li> <li>Bonus track: Old Molly Hare</li> </ul> <p>Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool</a><br> Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! <a href="https://teespring.com/new-get-up-in-the-cool-swag" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://teespring.com/new-get-up-in-the-cool-swag</a><br> Sign up at <a href="https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/</a> for my clawhammer instructional series! <br> Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: <a href="https://boxset.fireside.fm/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://boxset.fireside.fm/</a> </p> banjo duet, clawhammer banjo, old time banjo, old time music, tackhead banjo, minstrel banjo, fretless banjo Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Heidi Kristenson. We recorded this back in August at the Centralia Campout in Centralia, Washington.

Tunes and songs in this episode:

  • Needlecase (0:50)
  • Spotted Pony (12:02)
  • Boys Them Buzzards are Flying (23:41)
  • Dull Chisel (34:18)
  • Roscoe (41:18)
  • Bonus track: Old Molly Hare

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://teespring.com/new-get-up-in-the-cool-swag
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. This week’s friend is Heidi Kristenson. We recorded this back in August at the Centralia Campout in Centralia, Washington.

Tunes and songs in this episode:

  • Needlecase (0:50)
  • Spotted Pony (12:02)
  • Boys Them Buzzards are Flying (23:41)
  • Dull Chisel (34:18)
  • Roscoe (41:18)
  • Bonus track: Old Molly Hare

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://teespring.com/new-get-up-in-the-cool-swag
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

]]> Episode 218: The Vox Hunters (Filipin{x/a/o} Music) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/218 62fd83b1-a711-4533-bc64-0e5d17f954dd Wed, 28 Oct 2020 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 Armand Aromin and Benedict Gagliardi of The Vox Hunters! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. 1:11:26 no <p>Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Armand Aromin and Benedict Gagliardi of The Vox Hunters! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards.</p> <p>Tunes in this episode: <br> Magtanim ay di Biro (Planting Rice is No Joke)<br> Chotis Vintarina<br> Prelude Etnika<br> The Violin Maker’s Alphabet<br> Have You Got a Girlfriend Yet?<br> Jesusita en Chihuahua (Palo-sebo)<br> Bonus track: Cariñosa</p> <p>The Vox Hunters’ website: <a href="https://thevoxhunters.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://thevoxhunters.com/</a> <br> and Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thevoxhunters/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.instagram.com/thevoxhunters/</a><br><br> Aromin Violins’ website: <a href="http://www.arominviolins.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">http://www.arominviolins.com/</a> <br> and Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/arominviolins/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.instagram.com/arominviolins/</a> </p> <p>Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool</a><br> Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! <a href="https://teespring.com/new-get-up-in-the-cool-swag" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://teespring.com/new-get-up-in-the-cool-swag</a><br> Sign up at <a href="https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/</a> for my clawhammer instructional series! <br> Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: <a href="https://boxset.fireside.fm/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://boxset.fireside.fm/</a> </p> fiddle, filipinx music, filipino music, baritone ukulele, tenor guitar, concertina, jaw harp, banjo, tackhead banjo, minstrel banjo, clawhammer, clawhammer banjo Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Armand Aromin and Benedict Gagliardi of The Vox Hunters! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards.

Tunes in this episode:
Magtanim ay di Biro (Planting Rice is No Joke)
Chotis Vintarina
Prelude Etnika
The Violin Maker’s Alphabet
Have You Got a Girlfriend Yet?
Jesusita en Chihuahua (Palo-sebo)
Bonus track: Cariñosa

The Vox Hunters’ website: https://thevoxhunters.com/
and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevoxhunters/

Aromin Violins’ website: http://www.arominviolins.com/
and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arominviolins/

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://teespring.com/new-get-up-in-the-cool-swag
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! This week’s friends are Armand Aromin and Benedict Gagliardi of The Vox Hunters! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards.

Tunes in this episode:
Magtanim ay di Biro (Planting Rice is No Joke)
Chotis Vintarina
Prelude Etnika
The Violin Maker’s Alphabet
Have You Got a Girlfriend Yet?
Jesusita en Chihuahua (Palo-sebo)
Bonus track: Cariñosa

The Vox Hunters’ website: https://thevoxhunters.com/
and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevoxhunters/

Aromin Violins’ website: http://www.arominviolins.com/
and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arominviolins/

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://teespring.com/new-get-up-in-the-cool-swag
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

]]> Episode 199: Jake Blount (Spider Tales) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/199 b9d36ceb-5d24-4e2d-8da3-6bfa0256d601 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 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 Jake Blount! We recorded this via Skype a couple weeks ago and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. 1:25:40 yes <p>Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jake Blount! We recorded this via Skype a couple weeks ago and I recorded my musical parts afterwards.</p> <p>Tunes in this episode: <br> Old-Timey Grey Eagle<br> Roustabout<br> Brown Skin Baby<br> The Angels Done Bowed Down<br> Beyond This Wall<br> Bonus track: Rocky Road to Dublin</p> <p>Buy Spider Tales from Bandcamp on June 19: <a href="https://jakeblountmusic.bandcamp.com/album/spider-tales" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://jakeblountmusic.bandcamp.com/album/spider-tales</a> <br> And buy it on Free Dirt the rest of the time: <a href="https://freedirt.net/products/jake-blount-spider-tales" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://freedirt.net/products/jake-blount-spider-tales</a><br> Catch us and the rest of the Porch Pride bill on June 27 and 28! <a href="https://bluegrasspride.net/pages/porch-pride" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://bluegrasspride.net/pages/porch-pride</a></p> <p>Come study music and dance at Earful of Fiddle! <a href="https://www.earfuloffiddle.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.earfuloffiddle.com/</a></p> <p>Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool</a><br> Get a Get Up in the Cool t shirt and phone case! <a href="https://teespring.com/new-get-up-in-the-cool-swag" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://teespring.com/new-get-up-in-the-cool-swag</a><br> Sign up at <a href="https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/</a> for my clawhammer instructional series! <br> Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: <a href="https://boxset.fireside.fm/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://boxset.fireside.fm/</a><br> Come celebrate Porch Pride on June 27 and 28! And donate now if you can: <a href="https://bluegrasspride.net/pages/porch-pride" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://bluegrasspride.net/pages/porch-pride</a> </p> fiddle, old time fiddle, banjo, clawhammer banjo, old time banjo, old time music, banjo duet, tackhead banjo, fretless banjo Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jake Blount! We recorded this via Skype a couple weeks ago and I recorded my musical parts afterwards.

Tunes in this episode:
Old-Timey Grey Eagle
Roustabout
Brown Skin Baby
The Angels Done Bowed Down
Beyond This Wall
Bonus track: Rocky Road to Dublin

Buy Spider Tales from Bandcamp on June 19: https://jakeblountmusic.bandcamp.com/album/spider-tales
And buy it on Free Dirt the rest of the time: https://freedirt.net/products/jake-blount-spider-tales
Catch us and the rest of the Porch Pride bill on June 27 and 28! https://bluegrasspride.net/pages/porch-pride

Come study music and dance at Earful of Fiddle! https://www.earfuloffiddle.com/

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool
Get a Get Up in the Cool t shirt and phone case! https://teespring.com/new-get-up-in-the-cool-swag
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/
Come celebrate Porch Pride on June 27 and 28! And donate now if you can: https://bluegrasspride.net/pages/porch-pride

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 Jake Blount! We recorded this via Skype a couple weeks ago and I recorded my musical parts afterwards.

Tunes in this episode:
Old-Timey Grey Eagle
Roustabout
Brown Skin Baby
The Angels Done Bowed Down
Beyond This Wall
Bonus track: Rocky Road to Dublin

Buy Spider Tales from Bandcamp on June 19: https://jakeblountmusic.bandcamp.com/album/spider-tales
And buy it on Free Dirt the rest of the time: https://freedirt.net/products/jake-blount-spider-tales
Catch us and the rest of the Porch Pride bill on June 27 and 28! https://bluegrasspride.net/pages/porch-pride

Come study music and dance at Earful of Fiddle! https://www.earfuloffiddle.com/

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool
Get a Get Up in the Cool t shirt and phone case! https://teespring.com/new-get-up-in-the-cool-swag
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/
Come celebrate Porch Pride on June 27 and 28! And donate now if you can: https://bluegrasspride.net/pages/porch-pride

Support Get Up in the Cool

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