David Holt (musician)
David Holt (born October 15, 1946 in Gatesville, Texas) performs and preserves traditional American music and stories. A four time Grammy Award winner,[1] Holt plays ten acoustic instruments and has released recordings of traditional mountain music and southern folktales, hosts 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.
Holt performed with Doc Watson from 1998 to 2012. Holt performs wearing his trademark fedora, preferring vintage examples from the 1930s and 1940s.
Holt and his wife, Ginny, have two children. His son worked for NBC in New York City. His daughter died in 1989 at age 10 following a car crash.[3]
Discography
Year | Title | Label | Awards | Notes |
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1986 | Reel & Rock | High Windy Audio | NAIRD Folk Record of the Year | w/ Doc and Merle Watson |
1991 | Grandfather's Greatest Hits | High Windy Audio | Grammy nominee | |
1994 | I Got a Bullfrog: Folksongs for the Fun of It | High Windy Audio | Grammy nominee | |
1996 | Folk Rhythms (DVD) | Homespun | ||
2000 | Stellaluna | High Windy Audio | Grammy award | |
2000 | Why the Dog Chases the Cat | High Windy Audio | Grammy nominee | w/ Bill Mooney |
2002 | Spiders in the Hairdo | High Windy Audio | Grammy nominee | w/ Bill Mooney |
2002 | Legacy - Doc Watson and David Holt | High Windy Audio | Grammy award | |
2003 | Live and Kickin' at the National Storytelling Festival | High Windy Audio | Grammy nominee | w/ Zeb Holt |
2003 | Blue Ridge Parkway (DVD) | UNC-TV | ||
2004 | Great Scenic Railway Journeys - The West (DVD) | Wide Eye Productions | Emmy award | |
2004 | Clawhammer Banjo 1 (DVD) | Homespun | ||
2004 | Clawhammer Banjo 2 (DVD) | Homespun | ||
2005 | Let It Slide | High Windy Audio | ||
2006 | Hairyman Meets Tailybone | High Windy Audio | ||
2006 | Mostly Ghostly Stories | High Windy Audio | ||
2006 | David Holt & The Lightning Bolts | High Windy Audio | ||
2009 | Cutting Loose | High Windy Audio | Grammy nominee | w/ Josh Goforth |
2012 | Great Scenic Railway Journeys - Trains Around North America (DVD) | Wide Eye Productions | Emmy award | |
2013 | Clawhammer Banjo - The Basics and Beyond (DVD) | Homespun | ||
2014 | Ready For The Times | High Windy Audio | w/ Sutton, Holt and Coleman | |
2015 | David Holt's State of Music | High Windy Audio | ||
2016 | Good Medicine | High Windy Audio | w/ Josh Goforth |
References
- ↑ "David Holt | Profile on". Ted.com. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ↑ "David Holt - Host Profile". riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu.
- ↑ Reinhardt, Susan (2 June 2013). "On grief after the loss of a child". Asheville Citizen-Times.
External links
- Official website
- Performance by David Holt at TED, March 2004
- Culture Unplugged