Episode 259: Wendy Robinson and Phil Watson (The Harry Smith Frolic and the Legacy of Jon Bekoff)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Wendy Robinson and Phil Watson. We recorded this last month at the Harry Smith Frolic in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Tunes and songs in this episode: What Made the Wildcat Wild (1:39) Jon Bekoff’s Little Birdie (15:09) Cotton Baggin’ (24:09) Blackberry Waltz (35:03) Crockett’s Honeymoon (47:47) Bonus track: Tanner’s Reel Harry Smith Frolic’s website: http://www.sacrasoft.com/HarrySmith/ Follow the Harry Smith Frolic on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Harry-Smith-Frolic-445886508842301/ Miss Moonshine V’s youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/moonshineV Sign up for Cameron's banjo workshops with Caffè Lena! Beginning Clawhammer: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/165579253003 Intermediate Clawhammer: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/166397971813 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.