Episode 185: W.B. Reid and Bonnie Zahnow (Explain West Coast Trad Music in the 70's)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are W.B. Reid and Bonnie Zahnow. We recorded this a few weeks ago at their home in Seattle. Tunes in this episode: Bulldog Rye Straw Tohono Special Polka A Lazy Farmer Boy I Once Loved a Sailor Bonus tracks: Hold That Woodpile Down Visit W.B. and Bonnie’s website for tour dates and to buy their album. That’s http://wbandbonnie.com/ W.B.’s band the Todalo Shaker’s website: http://todaloshakers.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! 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.