Episode 440: Richard Melling & Karen McCracken (Old Time Duet Singing)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Richard Melling & Karen McCracken! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: My Texas Girl (0:35) Pretty Little Pink (11:07) Black Robe (25:47) Moses on the Mountain (Richard Melling original) (44:46) Beautiful (53:08) Bonus Track: Light in Your Eyes (Richard Melling original) Visit Ross Island Ramblers’ website and follow them on Facebook Catch the Ross Island Ramblers at Multnomah Grange #71 on Feb 8 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.