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Morgan Harris (she/they) is a Colorado-based guitarist specializing in traditional North American stringband (or ‘old time’) music. In contrast to the purely accompanying role the guitar often occupies in this space, Morgan’s distinctive playing technique allows the guitar to shine as an old time melody instrument, creating a rhythmic drive and a multi-layered resonance that is unique in the world of flatpicked guitar.
Cameron DeWhitt is a banjoist and Old Time musician living in Portland, Oregon. They play banjo and sing with Morgan Harris and George Jackson as Tall Poppy String Band, whom Country Queer dubbed “an old-timey, queer supergroup.” Cameron is the innovator behind pitchfork banjo, a three-finger clawhammer technique that allows them a unique, improvisatory approach to old time banjo music. They are 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, Alice Gerarrd, Tatiana Hargreaves, Bruce Molsky, and Dirk Powell. As a solo artist, Cameron plays a thoughtfully curated set of traditional and original instrumentals and songs, troubling the binary of antiquity and modernity and exploring themes of identity, power, and desire; all tasks that are uniquely suited to the banjo.
“Killer clawhammer banjo (for real, [they] can seriously pick)… I’m off to do my homework tomorrow and listen to a lot more from Cameron DeWhitt! You should too.”
— Devon Leger, KITHFOLK
“Cameron DeWhitt, at the age of 28 [is] already among the finest clawhammer banjo players alive.”
— R.D. Eno, Banjo Newsletter