Episode 231: Annie Staninec (The Bluegrass vs. Old Time Dichotomy, Improvisation, and Musical Upbringing)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Annie Staninec! We recorded this in person, outside my front door, socially distant back in early November. Tunes and songs in this episode: Salt River Steely Rag Old Dirty Boot (Betse Ellis original) All the Way Across Texas (Paul Schelasky original) I’ve Always Been a Rambler Bonus track: Elzic’s Farewell Annie Staninec’s website: https://anniestaninec.com/ Follow Annie on Facebook for livestream shows and news: https://www.facebook.com/whiskeydeaf Attend "A Place in the Band: Women in Bluegrass and American Roots Music" on February 26: lhttps://www.blueridgemusiccenter.org/concert-calendar/a-place-in-the-band/ Get your tickets for the Winter Online Old Time Banjo Festival, January 29-31! https://www.cathymarcy.com/winter-online-old-time-banjo-festival/ Sign up for my workshops with the Old Town School of Folk Music: February 21: Anticipated Notes and Ghost Strokes: https://www.oldtownschool.org/classes/detail/?courseid=6812 February 28: Slides from Every Angle: https://www.oldtownschool.org/classes/detail/?courseid=6813 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.