Episode 356: Brooks Masten (Banjo Making and Custom Ordered Happiness)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Brooks Masten. We recorded this last week at his home in Portland, OR. Tune in this episode: Booth (1:02) The Old Yeller Dog Come Trotting Through the Meetinghouse (20:32) Tippin’ Back the Corn (39:48) Jake Phelps’ Durang’s Hornpipe (1:02:46) Maggots in the Sheep Hide (1:12:31) Bonus Track: Sarah Armstrong’s Tune Buy a Brooks Banjo! Follow him on Instagram Sign up for Cameron’s A Tunes Up the Neck online banjo workshop taking place Sunday, July 16 at 5pm Pacific! Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon 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.