Episode 341: Amelia and Dirk Powell (Making and Sustaining Musical Family)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Amelia and Dirk Powell, with special guest friends Jason Sypher and River Scheuerell. We recorded this last week in Bellevue, Washington on the last evening of Wintergrass. Songs in this episode: Greasy Coat (1:04) Jack of Diamonds (11:32) Breakin’ Up Christmas (23:01) I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly (Dirk Powell original) (35:02) Fortune (42:25) Bonus track: Polecat Blues Visit Dirk Powell’s website Follow Dirk Powell on Instagram Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set Check out Cameron’s old time trio Tall Poppy String Band 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.