Episode 430: Irene Herrmann (Old Time Mandolin and Fiddle and The Harmony Sisters)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Irene Herrmann! We recorded this last week at her home in Santa Cruz, CA. Tunes in this episode: Walking in the Parlor (0:35) Betty Likens (18:25) Folding Down the Sheets (31:34) Shoes and Stockings (47:31) Sheep Shells Corn by the Rattle of his Horn (52:47) Bonus Track: Shaking Down the Acorns Buy The Early Years from The Harmony Sisters Check Irene’s Paul Bowles collection with the University of Delaware Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas 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.