David Holt (musician)
# 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, 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
