Holly Bowling experienced a true breakout year in 2015, emerging on to the scene with a triumphant solo piano interpretation of Phish’s 30-plus minute “Tweezer” jam from Lake Tahoe, NV. The so-called “Tahoe Tweezer” catapulted Bowling to the spotlight, and her subsequent release of the Distillation Of A Dream album all but cemented her fate in the scene.
With 2015 in the books, Bowling kicked off the new year with a bang, performing on her first Jam Cruise. Bowling had a solo piano set in the Atrium, where she delighted with a mixture of Phish and Grateful Dead covers. Bowling’s set also included a cover of Disco Biscuits’ “Magellan” featuring Aron Magner, and Umphrey’s McGee’s “Cemetery Walk II” featuring Joel Cummins, who was scheduled to perform immediately following.
Thanks to Bowling, we now have full set audio of her Jam Cruise Atrium set. Take a listen below:
Setlist: Holly Bowling on Jam Cruise, MSC Divina
Fly Famous Mockingbird, A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing* > Help On the Way > Slipknot!** > Theme From The Bottom> Swept Away > Slipknot! > Franklin’s Tower *** > Magellan (ending only) ***, It’s Ice > Frankenstein > It’s Ice, Harry Hood **** > Tweezer Reprise %, Cemetery Walk II %
* The Ocean (Led Zeppelin) tease
** China Cat Tease
*** w/ Aron Magner
**** Confrontation (Disco Biscuits) & Windshield (Greensky Bluegrass) teases. Hood was unfinished.
% w/ Joel Cummins
[Cover photo via Dave Vann]