Cameron DeWhitt
Instrument: Banjo
Genre: Old-time
Primary Teaching Location: Portland, OR
Teaching Levels: All Levels
Email: camerondewhitt@gmail.com
Website: www.camerondewhitt.com
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Cameron DeWhitt is a clawhammer banjoist and Old Time musician living in Portland, Oregon. They are the innovator behind pitchfork banjo, a three-finger clawhammer technique that allows them a unique, improvisatory approach to old time banjo music. Cameron is also the host of Get Up in the Cool, a weekly old time music and interview podcast, featuring conversations and musical collaborations with today’s most influential traditional musicians, such as Jake Blount, Laurel Premo, Tatiana Hargreaves, John Reischman, Adam Hurt, and Kaia Kater. As an interviewer, Cameron acts as audience surrogate, asking illuminating questions to Old Time's best and brightest while telling the larger story of the tradition's modern era. And with over 5 years and 280 episodes, Get Up in the Cool is one of the largest and fastest growing archives of new traditional music.