Bob Holt | |
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| Born | November 25, 1930 Ava, Missouri |
| Died | March 19, 2004 (aged 73) Ava, Missouri |
| Genres | Old-time music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Fiddle |
| Years active | 1947–2004 |
| Labels | Rounder |
Bob Holt was an American fiddler, playing old-time and for square dances. He was known for his lightning-fast, energetic style of playing. He played his signature song "Ninth of January" at as much as 144 beats per minute while playing for dances. [1] He was born on November 25, 1930, in Ava, Douglas County, Missouri. [2] He died March 19, 2004, in Ava.
Holt was a recipient of a 1999 National Heritage Fellowship in the amount of $10,000 [3] from the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States' highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. [4]
Recordings
- Rabbit in the Pea Patch (cassette tape)
- The Way I Heard It (cassette tape)
- Got a Little Home to Go To [1] [2] Rounder, 1998 CD 0432
He appears on:
- Jump Fingers, a tape by the Childgrove Country Dancers.
- Face the Creek, a CD produced by the Childgrove Country Dancers.
- Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks: Volume I: Along the Eastern Crescent, Rounder, 1999 (CDROUN0435 / 018964443528)
- North American Traditions: The Art of Traditional Fiddle [3] Rounder, 1999
References
- ^ Marshall, Howard Wight (2017). "Lonnie Robertson". Fiddler's Dream: Old-Time, Swing, and Bluegrass Fiddling in Twentieth-Century Missouri. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-8262-2121-6. OCLC 2017933621.
- ^ Govenar, Alan (2001). "Bob Holt: Anglo-American Ozark Fiddler". Masters of Traditional Arts: A Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 1 (A-J). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio. pp. 277–278. ISBN 1576072401. OCLC 47644303.
- ^ "Ozarks Fiddler Honored with Heritage Fellowship". www.morninmail.com. Heritage Publishing. 1999. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
- ^ "NEA National Heritage Fellowships 1999". www.arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on May 21, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
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