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Brian Holt

About Me

I am a musician and guitar teacher in Roanoke, VA. I play with the Pop Rivets, LEGGZ, Vintage Reign, The Autumn Start , and several other musical projects. I am a guitar player at heart and a bassist by necessity. I am a Berklee College of Music graduate(B.A. Performance). I have had the honor of sharing playbills with Edwin McCain, Aztec Trip, Theory of a Deadman, Pete Best(original drummer for the Beatles), Southern Culture on the Skids, The Brainsurgeons, Steve Lippia, and Cowboy Crush, among others. I recently took a teaching position at Roanoke College where I have been teaching upright bass is the jazz and classical genres. I continue to tour across the eastern United States with my bands and I am happy to support many worthy causes through benefit shows. You can find me regularly performing jazz, rock, funk, musicals, and original music around the area. I'd like to prove that title of "musician" doesn't always imply "unemployed," and that if you want something bad enough, you might just be lucky enough to get it.

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Member Since: 08/06/2006
Band Website: thepoprivets.com, brianholtmusic.com
Band Members: I work as a session musician in addition to playing in the Pop Rivets and CFD. Through my sessions, I have played with Kenwood Denard(Blue Note Records), Mick Goodrick(ECM Records), Albert Bouchard(Blue Oyster Cult/ Brainsurgeons), Lew Woodall, Kevin Jones(www.kjpas.com), Steve Lippia, Kelley Gravley(drummer w/Victor Wooten), Richard Rudolph, Chip McNeal, Gunnar Mossbled, Jimmy Landry, Bob Peckman(www.peckmanjazz.com), Will Davis, Bob Bowen, Ocie Davis(New Orleans), and many other wonderful musicians. As a member of the Pop Rivets, I share the stage with Jason Hill(guitar, vocals) and Mark Lynch(drums). I am the touring bassist for LEGGZ, bassist/vocalist with Vintage Reign, guitarist for The Autumn Start, principle bassist with Kevin Jones Performing Arts Studio, bassist for Chris Shepard and the Astronaut Love Triangle, and bassist for Mindspin-A Tribute to 311.
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My Blog

for those who like Sinatra... .

If you are a fan of Frank Sinatra and big band jazz, you should check out Las Vegas singer Steve Lippia(www.stevelippia.com). I had the opportunity to perform with him last weekend, and he REALLY soun...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:44:00 GMT

Birthday

Thanks to everyone who sent out birthday wishes to me today! I really appreciate it. It's wonderful to have such great friends :) Thanks, Brian
Posted by on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:28:00 GMT

Friends and changes... .

Hello everyone!    First of all, thanks to everyone who came out to Elmwood park last week for the Hokie Spirit benefit! I'm not sure of the final fundraising figures, but I know it was a gr...
Posted by on Thu, 03 May 2007 18:03:00 GMT

I'm Not Over You

Hi everyone!  I've put up a new song as of 3/12/07. Let me know what you think of it. Thanks for listening! Brian
Posted by on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:39:00 GMT

New songs(sort of)

Hello everyone!     I've added two new songs to my page. "Inner Urge" was recorded along with the other two songs with the same wonderful musicians(Kelley Graveley on drums, Al Broholm ...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:21:00 GMT

Song info

The songs on this page are original songs I wrote a few years back. I feel honored to have such wonderful musicians perform on these recordings. They are: Kelley Gravley-Drums Al Broholm-Piano th...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:26:00 GMT