Episode 38: Ruth Rappaport and Ben Wetherbee (Old Time Family Band)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Ruth Rappaport and Ben Wetherbee. We recorded our jam in Bach Bui’s apartment during my Patreon-funded Boston trip a couple months ago. Ruth and Ben are a delightful mother and son duo! It was super fun and inspiring to hang out with them and imagine forming my own family band some day. I’m excited for you to hear it! Tunes we’ll play: Rueben’s Train New River Train Lee Highway Blues Which Side Are You On? Lonesome Road Blues Uncle Ned’s Waltz Bonus Track: Women Wear No Clothes At All Which Side Are You On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g4U40moIZk  Ruth’s site: http://www.ruthrappaportmusic.com/  The Hoot Owls: http://www.thehootowls.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.