Bob Holt (fiddler)

Bob Holt was an American fiddler, playing old-time and for square dances. He was known for his lightning-fast, energetic style of playing. He played his signature song "Ninth of January" at as much as 144 beats per minute while playing for dances.[1] He was born on November 25, 1930 in Ava, Douglas County, Missouri.[2] He died March 19, 2004 in Ava.

Bob Holt
Born(1930-11-25)November 25, 1930
Ava, Missouri
DiedMarch 19, 2004(2004-03-19) (aged 73)
Ava, Missouri
GenresOld-time music
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsFiddle
Years active1947–2004
LabelsRounder

Holt was a recipient of a 1999 National Heritage Fellowship in the amount of $10,000[3] from the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States' highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.[4]

Recordings
  • Rabbit in the Pea Patch (cassette tape)
  • The Way I Heard It (cassette tape)
  • Got a Little Home to Go To Rounder, 1998 CD 0432

He appears on:

  • Jump Fingers, a tape by the Childgrove Country Dancers.
  • Face the Creek, a CD produced by the Childgrove Country Dancers.
  • Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks: Volume I: Along the Eastern Crescent, Rounder, 1999 (CDROUN0435 / 018964443528)
  • North American Traditions: The Art of Traditional Fiddle Rounder, 1999

References
  1. Marshall, Howard Wight (2017). "Lonnie Robertson". Fiddler's Dream: Old-Time, Swing, and Bluegrass Fiddling in Twentieth-Century Missouri. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-8262-2121-6. OCLC 2017933621.
  2. Govenar, Alan (2001). "Bob Holt: Anglo-American Ozark Fiddler". Masters of Traditional Arts: A Biographical Dictionary. vol. 1 (A-J). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio. pp. 277–278. ISBN 1576072401. OCLC 47644303.
  3. "Ozarks Fiddler Honored with Heritage Fellowship". www.morninmail.com. Heritage Publishing. 1999. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  4. "NEA National Heritage Fellowships 1999". www.arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on May 21, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.


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