David Holt collection, 1970-2009.

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David Holt collection, 1970-2009.

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The collection contains materials relating to the career of musician and storyteller David Holt. Included is correspondence, printed materials, clippings, and photographs that Holt referred to as "Career Memorabilia" and organized by decade. Correspondence chiefly consists of letters from children and thank you notes. Printed materials are chiefly advertisement for musical and storytelling events and festivals. Clippings are chiefly reviews of Holt's performances and albums. Photographs include both publicity and performance photographs. There is also material relating to the television and radio shows Holt hosted, including "Fire on the Mountain," "Celebration Station," "Folkways," and "Riverwalk," and to Holt's work with Doc Watson and their album "Legacy." Also included are publicity materials, information about Holt's work with the Warren Wilson College Appalachian Music Program, his international tours, and his Grammy Awards. There are also audiovisual materials documenting Holt's performances, both alone and with other artists such as Doc and Merle Watson and on "Riverwalk," "Fire on the Mountain," and "Folkways," as well as recordings of other artists (primarily the Jim Cullum Jazz Band), interviews, other television programs, instructional videos on how to play various instruments, and other recordings.

ca. 10000 items (13.5 linear feet)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7660713

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Fire on the mountain (Television program)

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Watson, Doc

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Doc Watson (1923- ), Anglo-American guitarist, of Deep Gap, N.C., winner of four Grammy music industry awards, and considered by many to be the foremost player of the flat-picking guitar style. From the description of John Edwards memorial collection, 1963-1965. WorldCat record id: 27190383 ...

Riverwalk (Television program)

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Holt, David, 1946-

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Multi-instrumentalist and Grammy Award winner David Holt was born in Gatesville, Tex., in 1946. After graduating from the University of California at Santa Barbara, Holt began collecting Appalachian music and stories in the southeastern mountains. A historian of Appalachian music and culture, Holt began performing his collected music and stories in the early 1970s. In the mid-1970s, Holt founded the Appalachian Music Program at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, N.C. In the early 1980s, Holt re...

Warren Wilson College

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Folkways (Television program)

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Watson, Merle

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Celebration station (Television program)

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Jim Cullum Jazz Band

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