Full Show Audio: Holly Bowling Welcomes Tom Hamilton At Ardmore Music Hall

Pianist Holly Bowling continued her fall tour at Ardmore Music Hall outside of Philadelphia on Wednesday night. Guitarist Tom Hamilton of American Babies/Joe Russo’s Almost Dead fame opened with an acoustic set and then wound up sitting-in with Bowling.

Tom’s opening set in his hometown saw him joined by guitarist Raina Mullen. Hamilton and Mullen played a set that included a number of American Babies songs and Alice In Chains’ “Got Me Wrong.” Holly kicked off her first set with “China Cat Rider,” which gave way to interpretations of “Swept Away” > “Steep” and “Fast Enough For You” by Phish. Bowling brought out Tom Hamilton after treating the crowd to her recently debuted original, “Proxima B.”

The Holly/THam pairing paid immediate dividends with a gorgeous “Eyes Of The World.” From there, the pair worked into “Slipknot!” and back into “Eyes” before bringing the set to a close with “Crazy Fingers.” Bowling returned to open the second set with the Dead’s “Althea” followed by covers of Phish’s “A Song I Heard The Ocean Sing,” “Dark Star” by the Grateful Dead and Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt.” An airy “Roggae” came next along with a set-closing “St. Stephen” > “I Know You Rider” sequence. The pianist said farewell with a “Tela” encore.

Watch a portion of the show captured by 215Music including “Swept Away” > “Steep” and “Fast Enough For You”:

Check out video of “Eyes featuring Tom Hamilton thanks to Rich Stoler:

Here’s full show audio captured by Papaphunk:

Setlist

Set One: China Cat Sunflower > Swept Away > Steep, Fast Enough For You, Proxima B, Eyes Of The World* > Slipknot!* > Eyes Of The World* > Crazy Fingers*

Set Two: Althea > A Song I Heard The Ocean Sing > Dark Star > Hurt, Roggae, St. Stephen > I Know You Rider

Encore: Tela