Episode 129: Jamie Fox (Métis Fiddling in the US)

02/13/19 • 60 min

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jamie Fox! Also joining us, for his third appearance on Get Up in the Cool, is Scotty Leach. We recorded this in January at my home in Portland, Oregon.

Tunes we’ll play:
Barn Raising/Ice on the Road/Blue Mountain Hornpipe
Reel of 4/Drops of Brandy
Empty Canoe
Moccasin Shuffle/Saddle Old Paint
The Teardrop Waltz
Bonus track: Zacha Reel

Check out Jamie's feature on The Old Time Tiki Parlour: http://oldtimetikiparlour.com/2019/01/metis-fiddler-jamie-fox-visits-the-tiki-parlour/

This episode is brought to you by the Earful of Fiddle Music & Dance Camp! Earful of Fiddle is an immersive lakeside music and dance camp in Rodney, Michigan, whose mission is the use of traditional music and dance as community-building entertainment fostering creative arts practice. Now in its eleventh year, Earful of Fiddle provides instruction in percussive dance, song, fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, cello and uke as well as informal music sessions and evening dances from June 23-28, 2019. This year’s instructors include: Ruby John, Bruce Bauman, Jake Blount, Micah Ling, Nic Gareiss and Danielle Enblom. To register, visit www.earfuloffiddle.com.

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Tunes we’ll play:
Barn Raising/Ice on the Road/Blue Mountain Hornpipe
Reel of 4/Drops of Brandy
Empty Canoe
Moccasin Shuffle/Saddle Old Paint
The Teardrop Waltz
Bonus track: Zacha Reel

Check out Jamie's feature on The Old Time Tiki Parlour: http://oldtimetikiparlour.com/2019/01/metis-fiddler-jamie-fox-visits-the-tiki-parlour/

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

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Episode 128: Ellie Hakanson (The Importance of Bass Moms, Cute Grandma Tunes, and Rocky Top)

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

Tunes we’ll play:
Ashland Breakdown
A Few Old Memories
Snow Dear
Hard Times Come Again No More
Utpick Waltz
Garfield’s Blackberry Blossom
Bonus track: Jerusalem Ridge

Ellie's band, Jeff Scroggins & Colorado’s website: http://www.jeffscrogginsandcolorado.com/
Follow them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeffscrogginsandcolorado/
Buy their album Over the Line: http://yhst-1309885141442.stores.yahoo.net/prpacdjescco.html

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Episode 130: Robin Fischer (Square Dance Calling)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Robin Fischer! We recorded this in my home on the Friday of the Portland Old Time Music Gathering.

Tunes we’ll play:
Porter’s Reel
Sugar Hill
Booth Shot Lincoln
Black Eyed Susie
Irish Waltz
Bonus track: Chattanooga

Do you love playing old-time music with friends? Do you enjoy playing tunes in the beauty of nature? Are you up for an adventure? Then come to the fourth annual Old-Time Weekend in the Alps, happening this fall in Switzerland! Join us from September 20th-22nd 2019 for a gathering of old-time musicians from around Europe. We have the pleasure of welcoming Jane Rothfield as our tutor this year. You’re sure to make some international friends as you learn new tunes and techniques in the majestic setting of the Swiss Alps. For more information and to register, check out https://www.oldtimemusic.ch/.

Hire Robin Fischer as a caller, performer, or fiddle teacher: http://www.robinrfischer.com/
Robin’s band, The Bearcat Stringband: http://www.bearcatstringband.com/
And Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bearcatstringband

Bay Area Square Dances:
North Oakland Square Dance on 1st and 3rd Fridays (Robin is calling March 15 and April 19): https://www.facebook.com/NorthOaklandSquareDance/
Feral Fourth Friday Dance on 4th Fridays: https://www.facebook.com/FeralFourthFridayDance/

Dare to Be Square: https://www.facebook.com/DareToBeSquare
Dare to Be Square West: https://www.facebook.com/DareToBeSquareWest/

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