Episode 328: Lillian Sawyer (Leaving Bluegrass for Sparkly Tunes)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Lillian Sawyer. We recorded this last week in my home in Portland, OR. Songs in this episode: Golden Ticket (1:02) Willow Creek (14:21) Polska i Smålandstradition (31:38) Booth Shot Lincoln (39:31) Jeff Sturgeon (45:15) Bonus track: Chinquapin Hunting Love old-time music, dance, art, & craft? Immerse yourself in Appalachian culture at the beautiful John C. Campbell Folk School. Located in Western North Carolina, we offer weeklong & weekend classes in old-time music, instrument building, woodworking, fiber arts, blacksmithing, cooking, gardening, pottery and much much more! www.folkschool.ORG to see our full catalog of classes, or 1-800-FOLK-SCH to register. Sign up for my January beginner and intermediate banjo workshops at https://www.camerondewhitt.com/store. 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.