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R A P I D R I V E R A R T S
performance
The Driving and Energetic
David Holt and The Lightning Bolts
L
egendary musician, storyteller and
four-time Grammy award winner
David Holt returns to Diana
Wortham Theatre, this time with his
five-piece band the Lightning Bolts.
Featuring an all-local line-up of instrumental
superstars, Laura Boosinger
on
guitar, Josh Goforth on fiddle, guitar and
mandolin, Jeff Hersk
on upright bass, and
Byron Hedgepeth on percussion, the wide
diversity of ages, styles and dynamic personalities
gives David Holt and the Lightning
Bolts the spark that keeps their music fresh,
fun and fired up.
For more than thirty years, David Holt
has been living in the Blue Ridge Mountains
collecting and performing the songs and stories
of the old-time mountaineers. His passion
for traditional music and culture has fueled
his successful performing and recording
career. Most recently his CD Cutting Loose,
recorded with young acoustic music star Josh
Goforth, was nominated for a 2010 Grammy
award in the Traditional Folk Category.
Holt is known best for his folk music
and storytelling recordings, his numerous
programs on TNN, Folkways
on
PBS, Riverwalk
on public radio, and his
popular concerts performed throughout the
country. David Holt performs solo, with
the Lightning Bolts, with Josh Goforth, and
for the last twelve years with the legendary
Doc Watson on their “Hills of Home”
tour, which sold out at the Diana Wortham
Theatre during last year’s Mainstage Special
Attractions Series.
The exceptional line-up of the Lightning
Bolts offers experience and excellent
musicianship. Laura Boosinger (guitar) has
earned a well-deserved reputation as one of
North Carolina’s most talented singers and
interpreters of the music of the Southern
Appalachians through her concert performances,
recordings, and Arts In Education
programs. Boosinger is the Executive Direc-
tor of the Madison
County Arts Council.
Josh Goforth
(fiddle, guitar, mandolin)
is a young awardwinning
WNC multiinstrumentalist
and a
descendent of many
of the same old-time
musicians that David
Holt learned from in
this region. Recently
nominated for his first
Grammy with Holt,
Goforth is an avid performer
and educator.
Jeff Hersk (upright bass) is a fixture on
the local music scene, playing with several
bands in local venues, at large festivals
such as Merlefest, and with the Blue Ridge
Orchestra. Hersk serves on staff each year
with The Swannanoa Gathering at Warren
Wilson College.
Byron Hedgepeth (percussion) is
among the most versatile percussionists in
the southeast, performing and recording
regularly with a wide variety of artists across
genres from jazz to classical to old-time
music. A devoted educator, Hedgepeth
implemented and developed the percussion
program at UNC-Asheville in 1981 and
served as Director of Percussion Studies
there until 2005.
IF
YOU
GO:
BY JOHN ELLIS
David Holt and the
Lightning Bolts, 8 p.m.,
Saturday, March 27 at Diana
Wortham Theatre at Pack
Place. Tickets: Regular $28;
Seniors $26; Students $23; Children 12
and under $12; Student Rush day-of-theshow
(with valid ID) $10.
Info/Tickets: Box Office (828) 257-4530 or
visit www.dwtheatre.com
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