Name: Baltimore Folk Club Presents: Tall Poppy String Band
Start: 2026-06-19T23:00:00+00:00
Location: Zissimos Bar

Baltimore Folk Club Presents: Tall Poppy String Band

Time: Friday June 19, 2026. Doors at 7:00, concert at 7:30 PM
Address: Zissimos (upstairs), 1023 W 36th St, Baltimore, MD 21211
Price: $20 in advance // $25 at the door // $10 for students (with valid ID) and children under 18
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VENMO: @raosban
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CASH: at the door ($20 with RSVP, $25 without)
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About Tall Poppy String Band
Tall Poppy String Band is a majority trans old-time trio featuring Cameron DeWhitt, Morgan Harris (both based in Portland, OR) and George Jackson (Nashville, TN). Their shows are deeply historically informed by the American string band tradition, with special emphasis on those parts of the music’s lineage that are often ignored. Yet they also approach their source material with playfulness and experimentation, joyfully engaging with old time tunes and songs from where they stand as contemporary musicians with their own distinct artistic voices.
Cameron DeWhitt is a clawhammer banjoist based in Portland, Oregon, named by R.D. Eno of Banjo Newsletter as being “…among the finest clawhammer banjo players alive.” They are the creator and host of Get Up in the Cool, a weekly old time music and interview podcast featuring conversations and musical collaborations with some of the most influential traditional musicians working today. Cameron also produces PitchforkBanjo.com, an online instructional video series for clawhammer banjo, and teaches private lessons.
George Jackson is a New Zealand-born fiddle player based in Nashville, Tennessee. He is known for Time and Place, his acclaimed 2019 album of original old time fiddle tunes (from which sprang the old time viral hit “Dorrigo”) and now Hair and Hide, his new collection of fiddle/banjo duets with some of the brightest stars of the banjo world. George has toured both as a band leader and with such artists as Jake Blount, Front Country, Peter Rowan, Missy Raines, and many more. He is the three-time winner of the Australian National Bluegrass Championship on fiddle, and the recipient of the 2019 Mike Auldridge composition award from the DC Bluegrass Union.
Morgan Harris is a guitarist based in Portland, Oregon. Originally from Australia, she has made a name for herself by rethinking the role of the guitar in old time music, developing a style of melodic playing that recreates the droning, driving sound characteristic of old time fiddle and banjo. Morgan's solo record Alone Will Tell showcases this groundbreaking approach, drawing on historic source recordings of driving fiddle breakdowns, hypnotic banjo pieces and austere mountain ballads. Her playing has been featured on The Bluegrass Situation and Acoustic Guitar Magazine.