"Play Me Something Quick and Devilish"
Bob Holt (1930–2004) was a respected Missouri dance fiddler, a 1999 recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship. He is featured on several videotapes of Ozark style dancing in this website's collection.
This article appeared in the English journal, Musical Traditions, and in The Old-Time Herald.
See also:
• Bob Holt: Dance Fiddling from the Missouri Ozarks CD with notes
• a book of the same title, written by Howard Wright. It is a comprehensive history of Missouri fiddling, and the events which influenced it, from the time of the first Missouri fiddlers to the present.
• Now That's a Good tune: Masters of Traditional Missouri Fiddling, with detailed biographies of the fiddlers represented, many of whom played for old time square dances.
• Vesta Johnson: North Missouri Dance Fiddling; also see this 2015 interview with Vesta Johnson
• The Field Recorders' Collective website contains interviews and numerous recordings that have been made available for purchase. The focus is on the region from Missouri to southern Illinois.
Tags: Ava, Bill Eddy, Bob Holt, Bob Walsh, Carol Hascall, Charlie Walden, Cyril Stinnett, Dean Johnston, fiddle, fiddler, Gene Goforth, Howe Teague, Lyman Enloe, Missouri, Nile Wilson, Ozark, Pete McMahan, R. P. Christeson, Vesta Johnson
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This article appeared in the English journal, Musical Traditions, and in The Old-Time Herald.
See also:
• Bob Holt: Dance Fiddling from the Missouri Ozarks CD with notes
• a book of the same title, written by Howard Wright. It is a comprehensive history of Missouri fiddling, and the events which influenced it, from the time of the first Missouri fiddlers to the present.
• Now That's a Good tune: Masters of Traditional Missouri Fiddling, with detailed biographies of the fiddlers represented, many of whom played for old time square dances.
• Vesta Johnson: North Missouri Dance Fiddling; also see this 2015 interview with Vesta Johnson
• The Field Recorders' Collective website contains interviews and numerous recordings that have been made available for purchase. The focus is on the region from Missouri to southern Illinois.