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David Holt


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Four-time Grammy Award winner David Holt is a musician, storyteller, artist, historian and radio and television host.

Holt has hosted television programs including the PBS series David Holt’s State of Music, Folkways and Great Scenic Railway Journeys. He was featured in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou and was host of the Nashville Network’s Fire On the Mountain and American Music Shop. In 2016 he was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame.

David Holt is the founder and former Director of The Appalachian Music program at Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, N.C.

ALBUMS


David Holt (5) & Josh Goforth
Good Medicine
2016, CD, Album, High Windy Audio
Sutton*, Holt* & Coleman*
Ready For The Times
2013, CD, Album, High Windy Audio
David Holt
Reel & Rock
2010, CD, Spe, High Windy Records
David Holt
Hairyman Meets Tailybone
2007, CD, Album, High Windy Audio
David Holt (5) With Sam Bush And Doc Watson
Let It Slide
2005, CD, Album, High Windy Audio
David Holt
Live & Kickin' At The National Storytelling Festival
2003, CD, Album, High Windy Records
Doc Watson & David Holt
Legacy
2002, 3xCD, Album, High Windy Audio
Doc Watson And David Holt
An Evening With Doc Watson And David Holt
1999, CD, Album, Not On Label
David Holt (5) & Bill Mooney
Spiders In The Hairdo (Modern Urban Legends)
1997, Cass, Album, High Windy Audio, ,
Spoken Word
David Holt
Stellaluna
1996
David Holt
I Got A Bullfrog: Folksongs For The Fun Of It
1994, CD, Album, High Windy Audio
The Jim Cullum Jazz Band And Host David Holt
New Year's All Star Jam
1993, CD, Album, Pacific Vista Productions, ,
Dixieland
David Holt (5), Robert Neufeld
Walking Tour Of Historic Downtown Asheville
1992, Cass, Not On Label (Robert Neufeld Self-released)
David Holt
Grandfather's Greatest Hits
1991, CD, Album, High Windy Records, ,
Bluegrass
David Holt
Play The Jaw Harp Now
1988, Cass, Album, High Windy Records
David Holt
Taily Bone And Other Strange Stories
1985
David Holt
Reel & Rock
1985
David Holt
The Hairy Man And Other Tales
1981, LP, Album, High Windy Records
David Holt
Hairy Man
1981, Cass, Album, High Windy Records
David Holt
The Hairy Man And Other Tales
1981, LP, Album, High Windy Records
David Holt
It Just Suits Me
1981, ,
Folk/Appalachian Music
Katie Lee featuring Travis Edmonson with Earl Edmondson & David Holt
Sings Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle
1977
The Jack Montrose & Pete Jolly Quartet
Plays David Holt Spread A Little Joy
1987, LP, Album, Slingshot Records (4)
Various
Hear & Gone In 60 Seconds!
2003, CD, Rounder Kids,

APPEARANCES +


David Holt
State of Music: Season 2
2017, 2xDVD, NTSC, PBS (4),
David Holt
State of Music: Season 1
2016, DVD, NTSC, wid, PBS (4),
Richard Hurley
Cataloochee
2021, CD, Album + DVD, Single, Shuck Pen Gap Records, ,
Country/Bluegrass/Appalachian Music
Holiday Childress
Mind The Gap
2016, CD, Album, Not On Label,
Three Decades
Santa Baby / The Christmas Blues
2016, 7", Single, Gilda Galleria, ,
Holiday
Timmy Abell
Could Come True
2016, CD, Album, Upstream Records (2),
Fred Cockerham
Sunny Home In Dixie
2015, ,
Appalachian Music/Bluegrass
The Okee Dokee Brothers
Through The Woods (An Appalachian Adventure Album)
2014, CD, Album, Dig + DVD, Okee Dokee Music LLC, ,
Appalachian Music/Bluegrass/Story
Richard Hurley
My Mountains, My Songs
2013, CD, Album, Shuck Pen Gap Records
Kevin Fore
Round Peak, The Tradition Continues
2008, CD, Album, Heritage Records (7)
Timmy Abell
Little Red Wagon
2005, CD, Album, Upstream Records (2),
Various
Autoharp Legacy
2003, 3xCD, Album, Arts In The Wood, ,
Country
The Jim Cullum Jazz Band
The Bix Beiderbecke Letters
2003, CD, Promo, Riverwalk Jazz
Ralph Sutton (2) / Jim Cullum Jazz Band*
Long Way From Saint Louis
2002, CD, Album, Gaslight Records (4), ,
Swing/Stride
Doug* & Taylor Rorrer
Tradition
1999, CD, Album, Flyin' Cloud Records, ,
Appalachian Music/Bluegrass
Tommy Jarrell
Sail Away Ladies
1999, ,
Appalachian Music
Wayne Erbsen
Love Songs Of The Civil War
1999,
Wayne Erbsen
Singing Rails
1997, CD, Album, Native Ground Music, ,
Folk/Bluegrass
Wayne Erbsen
Railroadin' Classics
1997
Wayne Erbsen
Southern Soldier Boy
1996, ,
Folk/Country
Timmy Abell
I Know An Old Lady
1995, CD, Album, Upstream Records (2), ,
Bluegrass
Wayne Erbsen
Cowboy (Songs Of The Wild Frontier)
1995, ,
Country/Folk
Wayne Erbsen
Front Porch Favorites
1995,
Various
Old-Time Music On The Air Volume One
1994, CD, Comp, Rounder Records,
The Jim Cullum Jazz Band
Honky Tonk Train: The Boogie Woogie Craze
1994, CD, Album, Riverwalk, Live From The Landing
The Jim Cullum Jazz Band
The Bessie Smith Story: Bessie & The Blues
1994, CD, Pacific Vista Productions,
Mary McCaslin
Broken Promises
1994, ,
Folk
Wayne Erbsen
The Home Front - 17 Authentic Tunes Of The Civil War
1992, Cass, Album, Native Ground Music,
Tommy Jarrell
Joke On The Puppy
1992, ,
Appalachian Music
Timmy Abell
Play All Day
1992,
Laura Boosinger
My Carolina Home
1990, ,
Bluegrass/Country
Timmy Abell
The Farmer's Market
1989, CD, Album, Upstream Records (2), ,
Bluegrass
Various
The Young Fogies
1985, ,
Folk
Katie Lee
Fenced!
1983, Cass, Album, Katydid Records,
Luke Smathers String Band
In Full Swing
1981, LP, June Appal Recordings, ,
Bluegrass
Carey Rowland
Revelation 5:9
1979, LP, Album, Not On Label
Luke Smathers String Band
Mountain Swing
1978, LP, Album, June Appal Recordings, June Appal Recordings, ,
Folk/Country
Various
Tunes From David Holt's State Of Music 2
2017, CD, Album, High Windy Audio, ,
Country/Bluegrass/Gospel
Various
Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition
2017, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Great Smoky Mountain Association, ,
Folk/Appalachian Music
Various
On Top Of Old Smoky: New Old-Time Smoky Mountain Music
2016, CD, Album, Dig, Great Smoky Mountain Association, ,
Bluegrass
Various
LEAF Performing Artists Collection: Volume 4- The Leaf Village For Kids And Families
2010, CD, Comp, Not On Label,
Various
Old Time Banjo Festival
2007, CD, Album, Rounder Records,
Various
LEAF Performing Artists Collection Volume 2- Our Backyard
2007, CD, Comp, Not On Label, ,
Afrobeat
Various
Audio Catalogue Volume III - Artists In Resonance, Vol. II
2006, 2xCD, Comp, Not On Label,
Various
4th International Jew's Harp Festival
2006, 2xCD, Comp + DVD-V, Heilo, Grappa Musikkforlag AS, ,
Nordic/Folk/Népzene
Various
Crowd Around The Mic Volume 10
2006, 2xCD, Comp, WNCW 88.7, ,
Bluegrass
Various
Unbroken Tradition (Music From The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area)
2005, CD, Album, Promo, North Carolina Arts Council, ,
Spoken Word
Various
Acoustic Rainbow Volume 19
2004, CD, Comp, Promo, Poetman Records USA,
Various
Return To Cold Mountain - Songs Inspired By The Film
2004, CD, Album, Comp, Compendia
Various
Celebrating The 75th Mountain Dance & Folk Festival
2004, CD, Comp, Folk Heritage Committee, ,
Bluegrass
Various
Merlefest Live! The 15th Anniversary Jam
2003
Various
Acoustic Holiday At The Crossroads (Live On WNCW Volume I)
2001, CD, Comp, WNCW 88.7,
Various
Destination: Appalachia
2001, CD, Album, Comp, Sugo Music, National Geographic, ,
Bluegrass/Country
Various
Folk Sampler
1992, CD, Smplr, Adventures In Music, ,
Folk
Various
Fiddlers & Pickers
1992, CD, Smplr, Adventures In Music, ,
Folk/Bluegrass
Various
Storytelling: The National Festival
1983, ,
Spoken Word
Various
Music Of North Carolina: Recorded Live At The 1978 Brandywine Music Festival
1979, LP, Heritage Records (7), Heritage Records (7), ,
Appalachian Music
Various
A Storytelling Sampler
1978, LP, Album, NAPPS
Various
June Appal Sampler
Cass, Comp, Smplr, June Appal Recordings, June Appal Recordings, ,
Appalachian Music/Bluegrass
Various
Making A Difference: A Collection Of Acoustic Music To Commemorate The Centennial Of Warren Wilson College
CD, Comp, The Celtic Trader,
Various
NARM Independent Music Sampler 1
CD, NARM,