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, Holt plays 10 acoustic instruments and has released recordings of traditional mountain music and southern folktales, hosted Riverwalk, a jazz program on public radio, Folkways, a television program on folk music and culture, Great Scenic Railway Journeys, and North Carolina Mountain Treasures on North Carolina public television.
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.
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.
Discography
Year Title Label Awards Notes 1981 It Just Suits Me June Appal w/ Bob Jordan, Mike Hunter, and Buddy Davis 1981 The Hairy Man And Other Tales High Windy Audio 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 1994 Why the Dog Chases the Cat High Windy Audio Grammy nominee w/ Bill Mooney 1996 Folk Rhythms (DVD) Homespun 2000 Stellaluna High Windy Audio Grammy award 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 as Sutton, Holt and Coleman 2015 David Holt's State of Music High Windy Audio 2016 Good Medicine High Windy Audio w/ Josh Goforth
References
External links
Performance by David Holt at TED, March 2004 Culture Unplugged