Episode 367: Suzy Thompson (Cultural Appropriation and Extraction, Women in Old Time, and the BOTMC)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Suzy Thompson! We recorded this in her home in Berkeley, California. Tune in this episode: The Shores of Lake Erie (0:37) Hog Eyed Man (13:45) Jenny Run Away in the Mud in the Night (28:11) The Spring’s All Muddy and the Pond’s All Dry (39:24) Acadian Waltz (45:31) Bonus Track: Marion Reece’s Scolding Wife Learn more about the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention Visit Suzy’s website 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 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.