Episode 341: Amelia and Dirk Powell (Making and Sustaining Musical Family)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Amelia and Dirk Powell, with special guest friends Jason Sypher and River Scheuerell. We recorded this last week in Bellevue, Washington on the last evening of Wintergrass.

Songs in this episode:

• Greasy Coat (1:04)


• Jack of Diamonds (11:32)


• Breakin’ Up Christmas (23:01)


• I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly (Dirk Powell original) (35:02)


• Fortune (42:25)


• Bonus track: Polecat Blues

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