Episode 284: Tall Poppy String Band (w/ Special Guest Host Jake Blount!)

*note: Morgan Harris is called by a different name and different pronouns in this episode because they've since changed both. Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Morgan Harris, George Jackson, and me, as Tall Poppy String Band, with special guest host Jake Blount. We recorded this during IBMA back in February in Raleigh, NC. Tunes and songs in this episode: The Coo Coo (John Snipes) Old Cow Died Go Away Pharaoh Kiss Me Quick My Papa’s A Coming Kentucky Winder Bonus track: Rebel Raid Pre-order Tall Poppy String Band’s debut album on Kickstarter! http://kck.st/3ofpVpw Follow them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/ and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tallpoppystringband Visit Jake Blount’s website: https://jakeblount.com/ Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jake.m.blount/ and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/notjacobnotblunt/ 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://get-up-in-the-cool-swag.creator-spring.com/ 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.