David Holt (musician)


David Holt performs and preserves traditional American music and stories. A four time Grammy Award winner, Holt plays ten 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. Holt 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

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 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 UNC-TV
2004Great Scenic Railway Journeys - The West Wide Eye ProductionsEmmy award
2004Clawhammer Banjo 1 Homespun
2004Clawhammer Banjo 2 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 Wide Eye ProductionsEmmy award
2013Clawhammer Banjo - The Basics and Beyond 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