Episode 285: Erik Killops (Portland Trad Music Scenes, Earl White Acolytes, and Bowing for Old Time)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Erik Killops. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: Old Time Fire on the Mountain (0:52) Ora Lee (19:37) Wolves A’ Howlin’ (26:30) Old Hen She Cackled (40:07) Road to Malvern (49:22) Bonus track: Walk Along John to Kansas Visit Erik Killop’s band’s website: https://www.narosai.com/ See Erik and friends play Sundays and Mondays at T.C. O’Leary’s. 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 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.