Episode 439: Benny Bleu and Titus Stevens (Old Time in Upstate New York)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Benny Bleu and Titus Stevens! We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Brushy Run (0:42) The Death of John Henry / Edward Chops a Tree Down (11:39) Walking Up Georgia Row (24:24) Benzinho (35:03) Leland’s Waltz (Foghorn Stringband original) (38:48) All I Wanna Be (Benny Bleu original) (45:49) Bonus Track: I’ve Endured (Ola Belle Reed original) Visit Benny Bleu’s website Sign up for his newsletter Buy his albums Take his 1/25 banjo workshop at Dusty Strings in Seattle Come see Tradwife Stringband open for Rachel Sumner on February 26th at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon Follow Tradwife Stringband on Instagram 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.