Dennis Holt is one of Nashville's most gifted musicians, whose drumming abilities cross nearly every genre from Americana to Country to Rock, Jazz, Ambient and R & B. He was born in Hawaii and raised in Jacksonville, FL. He has performed with: Taylor Swift, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, K. T. Oslin, Loretta Lynn, Felix Cavalier And The Rascals, Chris Stapleton, Ricky Skaggs, Shawn Mullins, Hank Williams Jr., Trisha Yearwood and many others. 

 

Some Things That Came Up: 

-1:30 The Trader Joes experience

-3:30 Dennis is left handed and plays on a right handed kit (cross over and open handed)

-11:30 Growing up in Hawaii

-16:30 The influence of Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five”

-19:00 Those Ringo fills are truly left handed

-22:40 Quit junior college to take a playing gig in LA in 1976

-23:30 Jim Keltner, Jim Gordon, Paul Leim, Mike Baird. Keltner inspired Dennis to be a session musician

-25:30 Playing clubs, 4 sets a night, 6 nights a week

-27:00 Turned down the Lynyrd Skynyrd gig

-35:00 Denny the Surfer

-40:00 Getting highly connected in the Nashville scene in the late 70’s

-46:00 SYNDRUMS!!!

-47:15 10-12 sessions per week in the 80’s

-47:45 The offer to be a band member in Restless Heart

-49:30 Playing in the band Kansas 83-85’

-50:00 Playing with John Elefante 

-52:00 The fine art of replacing…

-52:15 Took a break to live in Colorado. Moved back to Nashville in 2000

-53:00 The perks of working with bassist Spady Brannen 

-57:40 Biking accident

-1:09:0- Go-To Snare Drums

-1:10:40 “The Big Yellow” DW Kit

-1:17:40 Spectrasonics Audio 

-1:19:30 “The Cajon Stack”

-1:24:50 “The Fave 5”

-1:33:00 Refine your craft, be early, be kind and always say yes unless it compromises your ethics. 

 

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IG: @dennydrums

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