Episode 154: Ben Smith (Oldtime Central Can Take You Where You Want to Go)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Ben Smith, the founder of Oldtime-Central! We recorded this last week at Clifftop. Tunes in this episode: Leeray Wolf Chase (1027 Dogs) Paddy on the Turnpike Little Boy Where’d You Get Your Britches Old Buzzard Wink the Other Eye Bonus track: Cornstalk Fiddle and a Shoestring Bow Visit Oldtime Central’s website: https://oldtime-central.com/ Support Oldtime Central on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oldtimecentral Join the Oldtime Commons Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2091964730865082/ Contact Ben Smith about his handmade guitars: ben@oldtime-central.com Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Big thanks to @Elderly Instruments for sharing the show on social media! Visit their online store at https://www.elderly.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.