Episode 376: Neal Pressley (Raising an Old Time Community)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Neal Pressley. We recorded this at his home in Lancaster, PA. Tune in this episode: Trouble on my Mind (1:01) Get Up in the Cool (15:27) Chinquapin Hunting (29:58) Irish Polka (47:37) Greasy String (52:24) Bonus Track: Mike in the Wilderness Tall Poppy String Band is touring the PNW in November! Sign up for my Learning Tunes on the Fly online banjo workshop series Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with CameronSupport 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.