Episode 420: Mark Olitsky (Changing as a Musician)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Mark Olitsky. We recorded this last month at the Minnesota Bluegrass August Festival. Thanks for having us! Tunes in this episode: John Brown’s Dream (1:05) Georgia Railroad (19:52) Elk River Blues (38:46) Darling Nellie Gray (59:20) Possum On a Rail (1:16:49) Bonus Track: Garfield’s Blackberry Blossom Mark Olitsky’s albums with Cary Moskovitz Sign up for Cameron’s new banjo workshop series Riffs, Fills, and Grooves: Adding Flavor to Your Clawhammer Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram 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.