Episode 299: Kelsey Nelsen (Square Dance Calling, Crankies, and Ballads)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Kelsey Nelsen. We recorded this a couple weeks ago in her home outside of Port Townsend, Washington when she hosted Tall Poppy String Band during our tour.

Squares, Tunes, and songs in this episode:

• Dip and Dive (to Chattanooga) (0:34)


• Uptown Downtown (to Salt River) (19:20)


• Undone in Sorrow (31:41)


• Who Killed Cock Robin (42:39)


• Ouvre La Porte (54:10)


• Bonus track: Three Little Babes

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