David Holt (born October 15, 1946 in Gatesville, Texas) is a musician. He is dedicated to performing and preserving traditional American music and stories. Holt plays ten acoustic instruments and has released numerous recordings of traditional mountain music and southern folktales. He also hosts a jazz program for public radio, Riverwalk, as well as a television program on folk music and culture on North Carolina public television, Folkways. He frequently performed with Doc Watson.
Holt always performs wearing his trademark fedora, prefering vintage examples from the 1930's and 1940's.
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