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David Holt's State of Music
United States
Registrace 9. 04. 2015
David Holt has dedicated his life to collecting and playing songs from masters of southern Appalachian folk music. He has won four Grammy Awards, toured internationally for the US State Department, given hundreds of workshops, and taken his music into public schools throughout the country.
"David Holt’s State of Music" introduces viewers to performers who are taking traditional music to a new level. The program premiered on North Carolina public TV in January 2015 and is distributed nationally by PBS. Its fifth season will begin filming in the spring of 2020.
This channel features great musicians doing what they do best, on location in the countryside that nurtured them and their music.
"David Holt’s State of Music" introduces viewers to performers who are taking traditional music to a new level. The program premiered on North Carolina public TV in January 2015 and is distributed nationally by PBS. Its fifth season will begin filming in the spring of 2020.
This channel features great musicians doing what they do best, on location in the countryside that nurtured them and their music.
John Hartford 1996: Origins
John Hartford tells David about his early life up through his stints on the Smothers Brothers and Glen Campbell TV series.
Interview recorded by David Holt with a VHS camera at John's house on the Cumberland River in 1996.
Interview recorded by David Holt with a VHS camera at John's house on the Cumberland River in 1996.
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John Hartford 1996, part 8
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John tells David how and why he learned antique Spencerian penmanship.
John Hartford 1996, part 7
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John Hartford on swinging the rhythm, emphasizing the one-and-three beats, not playing with dynamics, recording his practice on cassette tapes, and punishing himself to get better.
John Hartford 1996, part 6
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John talks about his approach to performing, and his time on the Smothers Brothers and Glen Campbell TV shows. Apologies for the funky audio near the end, but John's voice dropped so much that the built-in mic on the VHS camera couldn't pick it up.
John Hartford 1996, part 4
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John talks about his five-year study of the life and music of blind fiddler Ed Haley. For the story of how David came to do this interview, click here: czcams.com/video/XD_FT6zOdX4/video.html
John Hartford 1996, part 3
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John talks about steamboats and plays the 19th-century ballad "Lorena." For the story of how David came to do this interview, click here: czcams.com/video/XD_FT6zOdX4/video.html
John Hartford 1996, part 2
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John Hartford’s Litany Every molecule and cell in my entire body, mind, spirit, and soul is absolutely pure and clean, clear and free of all disease, cancer, and sickness like leukemia, Hodgkin’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, bone marrow cancer, AIDS, herpes, stress, strain, anger, worry, fear, and guilt; free of jealousy, impatience, intimidation, self-braggadocio, pretent...
John Hartford 1996, part 1
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David Holt talks to John Hartford about music, mentors, and more. Recorded with a VHS camera at John's house on the Cumberland River on December 10, 1996. Apologies for the less-than-stellar audio quality... . For the story of how David came to do this interview, click here: czcams.com/video/XD_FT6zOdX4/video.html
Interviewing John Hartford
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David Holt talks about his longtime friendship with the late, great John Hartford and how he came to do the interview to follow in this playlist.
Kirk Sutphin, Double Decker String Band
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Kirk Sutphin is a great old-time fiddler who started very young and mastered the fiddle style of Surry County, NC legend Tommy Jarrell. In this clip from 1984, David and Kirk team up for "Sally Ann." Then David introduces the Double Decker String Band, who play "Old Aunt Betsy," a song first recorded by Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers in the 1920s. Double Decker String Band Banjo- Craig J...
Ralph Stanley on "Fire On the Mountain"
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In this clip from 1984, Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys perform "Swinging a Nine Pound Hammer All Day," and Dr. Ralph talks to host David about receiving the NEA National Heritage Award. Clinch Mountain Boys: Ralph Stanley- vocals, banjo Charlie Sizemore- vocals, guitar Jack Cooke- vocals, bass Junior Blankenship- guitar Curly Ray Cline- fiddle
Marc Pruett Band- Limehouse Blues
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Here's a clip from the mid-1980s featuring the Marc Pruett Band on The Nashville Network's "Fire On the Mountain," an early cable TV series hosted by David Holt. Recorded on tape at The Stompin' Ground in Maggie Valley, NC. David says "During the 1980s and '90s The Marc Pruett Band was one of the finest bluegrass bands in North Carolina. What a group!" Studio tapes of this series have been lost...
Preview- Season 6!
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Season 6 of David Holt's State of Music on PBS features the Becky Buller Band, Jontavious Willis, Darrell Scott, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, Paul Brown and Terri McMurray, Ruthie Foster, John Doyle, Andrew Finn Magill, and Will McMorran. Join host David Holt for conversation and music filmed on location around the Southeast. Season 6 premieres on PBS stations nationwide beginning in May 2022. ...
Becky Buller Band- 30s episode promo
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Season 6 premieres on PBS stations nationwide beginning in May 2022. In this Season 6 episode, series host David Holt visits with bluegrass fiddler and vocalist Becky Buller at the Isis Music Hall in Asheville, NC. Season 6 of David Holt's State of Music also features artists Darrell Scott, Ruthie Foster, John Doyle, Andrew Finn Magill, Will MacMorran, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, Paul Brown an...
Celtic music in America- 30s episode promo
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Celtic music in America- 30s episode promo
Season 6 of David Holt's State of Music- 30s promo
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Season 6 of David Holt's State of Music- 30s promo
The Tradition of Community Music- 30s episode promo
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The Tradition of Community Music- 30s episode promo
Cluck Old Hen- Rhiannon Giddens and David Holt
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Cluck Old Hen- Rhiannon Giddens and David Holt
Rob Ickes and and Trey Hensley, episode promo (30s)
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Rob Ickes and and Trey Hensley, episode promo (30s)
Tray Wellington and Lakota John, 30s promo
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Tray Wellington and Lakota John, 30s promo
My brother-in-love gave me a set of bones for my birthday. I'm just starting to learn. I had no idea how wonderful they could sound until I listened to this. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! Good luck!
Thank you!
Wonderful music - greeting from germany
So good to track down Alice Gerrard and remember the Harmony sisters. I first heard them On the Larman's show on KPFK. Howard and Roz brought us a lot of geat artists and the Harmony sisters were certainly at the top of the list for me. I still have a couple of the LP's which I prize. Thanks for all the wonderful music.
Great Performance!!!
That was awesome
Real Folk Music. Thanks
Awesome
EDNA KANSAS ,, i like this
No more Bruce Molsky. Boring.
GREAT job guys! What make of banjo is that? Havent seen one like it before. Wonderful tone.
Hard to get a good look but to me it looks and sounds like a clawgrass. Same kind that Steve Martin plays.
Do you have the sheet music for the violin part?
That double bones was amazing at the end. Both these guys are awesome
Love the power of this performance so much :)
Havent yet seen a video with Rhiannon Giddens in it where her name isnt the 1st 2 words in the title. People really are impressed with her. Thats great. So am I.
Yep!
Beautiful! Brought tears to my eyes!
Sounds great but looks sort of like cerebral palsy dancing,love it!
That is awesome!!
What is a person who plays the bones called? A boneist? A boner? Oh no
Haha. Boneologist?
this is awesome!!
What's the name of this tune?
"Billy Wilson"
Awesome!
This song predicted Donald Trump.
He really got into the bone zone
The look of pure joy on his face makes this a lot better
What a treasure!
Three powerhouses jamming together. This is perfection!
This brings tears to my eyes.
What a great video. Thanks!
Sadness.....
The music was brilliant, the talk so intreasting, the guy on the bones loved it, you can hear the simularety to the flat foot buckdance, accomplement to said instruments dave Uk Suffolk Ps love CCD also pps "Julie " is great to dance too love it
Have Roy Acuff ever appear on a episode of fire on the mountain
love it !
There is a a lot of similarities with this song and shady grove.
African American history is really amazingly sad and amazingly beautiful all at once. So proud of my culture!!!
Ms. Giddens, you are clearly highly intelligent, well versed in history, and a talented musician. In short,you know your s$+%. The more of your music I have the opportunity to hear, the better. Your music is beautiful, and deeply moving, and it's an excellent refrain for the current day. I truly and deeply hope that influences such as yours can help us ACTUALLY deal with America's past and help build a more (and eventually completely) anti-racist future.
It's interesting that she said Celtic
Maravilloso
I'm guessing that gentleman is supremely skilled with chopsticks.
I can't believe I just discovered them tonight and oh my heavens, new favorites, phenomeal
Someone get Rhiannon a TV show! PBS, this is right up your alley.
Thank you, RG for giving us this song and thanks to DH for putting it up here. The work of facing history takes courage.
What an interesting guitar Driftwood is playing!
Thank you for putting all these clips up. They really are an invaluable time capsule.
I enjoyed this discussion by two intelligent people from different (I assume) backgrounds.
Jerry what key are you playing in please?
Thanks, great video
Emotional laden with a twist of lemon and sugar.
Ripoff of Pretty Polly....nice bit of plagiarism...