David Holt

Known for

Acting

Born

October 15, 1946 (age 79)

Birthplace

Gatesville, Texas, USA

Biography

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...