Episode 149: Ruby John (The Fiddle Is Good Medicine)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Ruby John! We recorded this last week at the Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp in Rodney, Michigan! Tunes in this episode: Medicine Fiddle Big John McNeil The Whitefish on the Rapids/Mitton’s Breakdown Red Prairie Dawn Bonus track: Red River Jig Like and Follow Ruby John on FB: https://www.facebook.com/Ruby-John-Music-258845485067488/ Sign up for Janie's Jumpstart camp in Portland in November: http://www.janiesjumpstart.com/ Big thanks to Elderly Instruments for sharing the show on social media! Visit their online store at https://www.elderly.com/ Don’t miss Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp next year! http://www.earfuloffiddle.com/Support Get Up in the Cool

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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.