Episode 303: Alex MacLeod (Melodically Crooked Tunes, Instrument Building, and Square Dance Calling)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Alex MacLeod. We recorded this last weekend in his home in Seattle. Tunes in this episode: Chinquapin Hunting (0:37) New Castle (8:58) Granddad’s Favorite (18:06) Boatin’ Up Sandy (33:03) Gone Indian (40:58) Bonus track: Brushy Fork of John’s Creek Join the Seattle Old-Time Music Facebook group for news about Tractor Tavern dances and more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1660407714219306 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/ Check out Cameron’s old time trio Tall Poppy String Band: https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/ 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.