Episode 30: Don Stratton (Original Northern Flavor)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is fiddler Don Stratton, and he has some original old time tunes to share with a northern flavor. We recorded this in Alan Kaufman’s cabin during the Fiddlin’ Bear festival at Lake Genero in the Poconos; making it the final installment of that day’s marathon recording session.  Most of the tunes in this episode are featured in Don’s CD with former guest of the show, Alan Kaufman, so if you want to hear the studio versions, go to peapatchmusic.com and order a copy or download the album. It’s a very good CD; there’s some really inspired stuff in there, including my new tune crush, Don’s original melody titled New Harbor, which we play in this episode. Don's website: http://www.don-stratton.com/ Don and Alan's All in Good Time CD: http://www.peapatchmusic.com/ Don's contra dance band: http://www.reddogriley.com/ Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Field Recorder's Collective: http://fieldrecorder.org/ Click here for sheet music for Don's tune New Harbor! And click here to contact Don and Alan to get a copy of their All in Good Time book.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.