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David Holt

Acting
1946-10-15
Gatesville, Texas, USA
David Holt (born October 15, 1946, in Gatesville, Texas) 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 television series distributed nationwide by PBS. The program 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.

He and wife Ginny have a son, Zeb. Their daughter, Sarah Jane, died in 1989 at age 10 following a car crash.

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Known For 6 titles
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) subtitle poster
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000 Movie
as Village Idiot
Subtitles
David Holt's State of Music (2016) subtitle poster
David Holt's State of Music
2016 TV
as Self - Host
Subtitles
The Porchlight Sessions (2017) subtitle poster
The Porchlight Sessions
2017 Movie
as Self
Subtitles
Storyville - Live at Antone's (2008) subtitle poster
Storyville - Live at Antone's
2008 Movie
as Himself
Subtitles
David Holt's State of Music (2015) subtitle poster
David Holt's State of Music
2015 Movie
as Himself - Host
Subtitles
Great Scenic Railway Journeys (2004) subtitle poster
Great Scenic Railway Journeys
2004 TV
as Host
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