Episode 270: George Jackson (Hair & Hide)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! It’s the fourth and final week of Get Up in the Cool month; every year I post some extra special interviews in hopes that you’ll be moved to support the show. This week’s extra special guest is George Jackson! We recorded this about a month ago at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tunes and songs in this episode: Peter Francisco (2:18) Town’s End (14:24) Mississippi Sawyer (25:57) Neighbor Mike (39:45) Lady Hamilton (52:13) Bonus track: Three Shoes Visit George Jackson’s website: https://www.georgejacksonmusic.com/ Buy George’s new album Hair & Hide on Bandcamp: https://georgejacksonmusic.bandcamp.com/ Buy and Stream Hair & Hide on your preferred platform: https://lnk.to/hairandhide Join George Jackson’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/georgejackson Sign up for Cameron’s online banjo workshops with Caffe Lena starting October 31! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/caffe-lena-school-of-music-intermediate-workshops-on-clawhammer-banjo-tickets-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.