Episode 187: Devon Legér (Acadian Fiddling)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Devon Legér. We recorded this in February at his home in Seattle. Tunes in this episode: Gigue à Jérome Québécois and Acadian St. Anne’s Reel Théotime à Six-pouces/Narcisse à John Cé fret su’l picassau Valse à Aurélien Jomphe Bonus track: Québécois Double File Learn more about Acadian fiddling: http://www.acadianfiddle.com/ Get Devon’s family band album: https://lafamilleleger.bandcamp.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/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.