Episode 265: Vivian Williams (Old Time Music from the Pacific Northwest)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Vivian Williams. We recorded this in her home a couple weeks ago in Seattle, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: Tennessee Grey Eagle (0:40) The Unfortunate Dog (25:45) St. Adele’s Reel (44:22) Pete’s Breakdown (1:06:24) Peter Barnes (1:11:25) Frog Heaven (1:18:53) Bonus track: Peekaboo Waltz Visit the Voyager Records website for Vivian and Phil’s CD’s and books: https://folkways.si.edu/voyager/ 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.