Biography
Adam Holt hails from the delta of Mobile, Alabama, the ‘Port City’, which is noted as the backdoor of New Orleans. Adam is a noted musician among an unnoted melting pot of talent from the ‘Port City’. His blood runs thick with southern culture, heritage, and music. However, even though he is steeped in acoustic/slide Delta blues, his most powerful playing comes from the electric guitar.
Adam Holt defines the sound of Mobile, Alabama, which is a southern blend of blues, roots and soul. From the Mobile river and delta and the famed Dauphin St. music scene of downtown Mobile, to the cotton fields across the Baldwin County region and to the white sands of Gulf Shores, you can hear the influences of Adam Holt through his music.
Adam’s sound capture’s a listening audience, with its stinging guitar licks and ‘behind-the-head’ guitar showmanship. Adam Holt's playing reflects that of his influences such as Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Eric Clapton, while his singing comes from his own unique blend of soul drenched, gut wrenched blues feeling. Adam Holt & The Blues Congregation's show consists of a fired up, energetic, electric blues show, and also an acoustic blues set, where Adam takes the stage solo, with his acoustic, and plays a small set of Robert Johnson type, "early roots" music.
Adam has shared the stage with several major artists, including the one and only Lynyrd Skynyrd, Drivin' n' Cryin', Waldoxy/Malaco recording artists, The Beat Daddy’s, Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown guitarist and bassist, Luther "Blu Lu" Wamble and Harold Floyd, New Orleans acoustic extraordinaire Grayson Capps and The Stump Knockers, Hank Becker Becker & The Boogie Chillun, and many more. Adam has been writing and producing music for several years and has much notoriety for his work as a solo artist and producer.
As a young man, at the age of 23, Adam Holt has far surpassed that of many his age. He has written and produced music for himself and others, had local, regional and international airplay, and has played in front of thousands of people.
The gulf coast knows the name, has seen the face, and has heard the untamed passionate power of Adam Holt. You can hear the distinctive tone of his voice preachin' the truth and his guitar cryin' the blues in the whisper of the Port City. He has left an indelible mark on the lives of music lovers near and far, not only for his sound, but for his songs, and the true person that created those songs. He has no enemies, and knows no strangers.
His 2002 CD "Who I Am" pulls from a traditional blues sound but introduces the modernized blues guitar work of Adam Holt. 'Who I Am' defines the sound of Mobile, Alabama and pays respect to the traditional blues artists. The album is a blend of Texas style rockin’ blues and Delta blues, with a couple of acoustic songs.
You can hear the blistering string bending of Adam Holt on guitar, and the powerful bite and growl of his vocal range. You can hear the tinkering of white keys on a barrelhouse piano. You can hear a whining, note-bending harmonica. And you can hear a fat robust drum and bass rhythm section holding the beat.
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