David Holt (musician)

David Holt (born October 15, 1946 in Gatesville, Texas) is a musician who performs traditional American music and stories. A four-time Grammy Award winner,[1] Holt plays 10 acoustic instruments and has released recordings of traditional mountain music and southern folktales, hosted Riverwalk, a jazz program on public radio,[2] Folkways, a television program on folk music and culture, Great Scenic Railway Journeys, and North Carolina Mountain Treasures on North Carolina public television.

For the former member of Storyville who is also a Texas-based guitarist, see David Lee Holt.
David Holt
Background information
Born (1946-10-15) October 15, 1946
Gatesville, Texas, U.S.
Genresfolk music
Websitedavidholt.com

He is the host of David Holt's State of Music, a public-TV series distributed nationwide by PBS. The program is produced and directed by Will and Deni McIntyre and was nominated for a Midsouth Regional Emmy in 2015.[3]

Holt performed with Doc Watson from 1998 to 2012. He performs wearing his trademark fedora, preferring vintage examples from the 1930s and 1940s.

Holt and his wife, Ginny, have a son, Zeb, who worked for NBC in New York City. Their daughter, Sarah Jane, died in 1989 at age 10 following a car crash.[4]

Discography
YearTitleLabelAwardsNotes
1986Reel & RockHigh Windy AudioNAIRD Folk Record of the Yearw/ Doc and Merle Watson
1991Grandfather's Greatest HitsHigh Windy AudioGrammy nominee
1994I Got a Bullfrog: Folksongs for the Fun of ItHigh Windy AudioGrammy nominee
1996Folk Rhythms (DVD)Homespun
2000StellalunaHigh Windy AudioGrammy award
2000Why the Dog Chases the CatHigh Windy AudioGrammy nomineew/ Bill Mooney
2002Spiders in the HairdoHigh Windy AudioGrammy nomineew/ Bill Mooney
2002Legacy - Doc Watson and David HoltHigh Windy AudioGrammy award
2003Live and Kickin' at the National Storytelling FestivalHigh Windy AudioGrammy nomineew/ Zeb Holt
2003Blue Ridge Parkway (DVD)UNC-TV
2004Great Scenic Railway Journeys - The West (DVD)Wide Eye ProductionsEmmy award
2004Clawhammer Banjo 1 (DVD)Homespun
2004Clawhammer Banjo 2 (DVD)Homespun
2005Let It SlideHigh Windy Audio
2006Hairyman Meets TailyboneHigh Windy Audio
2006Mostly Ghostly StoriesHigh Windy Audio
2006David Holt & The Lightning BoltsHigh Windy Audio
2009Cutting LooseHigh Windy AudioGrammy nomineew/ Josh Goforth
2012Great Scenic Railway Journeys - Trains Around North America (DVD)Wide Eye ProductionsEmmy award
2013Clawhammer Banjo - The Basics and Beyond (DVD)Homespun
2014Ready For The TimesHigh Windy Audioas Sutton, Holt and Coleman
2015David Holt's State of MusicHigh Windy Audio
2016Good MedicineHigh Windy Audiow/ Josh Goforth

References
  1. "David Holt | Profile on". Ted.com. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  2. "David Holt - Host Profile". riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu.
  3. "Emmy Nominations 2015" (PDF).
  4. Reinhardt, Susan (2 June 2013). "On grief after the loss of a child". Asheville Citizen-Times.
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