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]

• 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

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