Episode 227: Brandon Olszewski (Tradition vs. Evolution and How to Build an Old Time Scene)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Brandon Olszewski! We recorded this in October, 6 feet apart in Melissa Takush’s backyard in Eugene, OR. Tunes and songs in this episode: Lawry’s Reel New Five Cents Pig Ankle Rag Duck’s Eyeball Wish I’d Stayed in the Wagon Yard Bonus track: Cincinnati Rag Breakers Yard’s: https://breakersyardmusic.com/ Mud City Old Time Society: http://www.mudcityoldtime.org/ Get your early bird tickets for the Winter Online Old Time Banjo Festival before December 30th! https://www.cathymarcy.com/winter-online-old-time-banjo-festival/ Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! 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.