Watch Holly Bowling And Elise Testone’s Outstanding Performance Of Grateful Dead’s “Sugaree”

Last Saturday marked the return of Brooklyn Comes Alive, the one-day music festival that saw over 50 musicians performing in super groups across three different Brooklyn venues. It was pianist Holly Bowling that got the day started, performing a set of Phish and Grateful Dead songs arranged for solo piano.

Though Bowling typically appears as a solo artist, her deep knowledge of those two catalogs has offered up some unique collaborative opportunities. One of those came at the finale of her Brooklyn Comes Alive set, when Bowling welcomed vocalist Elise Testone on stage to perform a rendition of “Sugaree.” It was Bowling’s debut of “Sugaree,” and the two women were absolutely mesmerizing on the Dead classic.

Fortunately, a full video of the Bowling/Testone performance of “Sugaree” can be viewed below.

Holly Bowling is also set to release an album of Grateful Dead arrangements titled Better Left Unsung, due out on December 9th. Find out more about that project through the official crowdfunding page. Meanwhile, Ms. Testone has some big fall tour shows ahead, including a “Haunted Houses Of The Holy” tribute to Led Zeppelin on Halloween night in Brooklyn! More information about those shows and Testone can be found here.