Holly Bowling Performs Hour-Long ‘Terrapin Station’ For ‘Wilderness Sessions’
By Nate Todd Nov 6, 2020 • 2:58 pm PST
Photo by Jeffery Bowling
Holly Bowling continued her Wilderness Sessions livestream series from Breckenridge, Colorado on Thursday. The session consited entirely of an hour-long version of the Grateful Dead’s “Terrapin Station” suite.
The video kicks off with Holly’s road notes detailing her Rocky Mountain trip from Taos, New Mexico to Breckenridge. Bowling gets the music underway above 11,000 feet with some awe-inspiring piano runs to match the mountain vistas before trickling into the opening strains of “Terrapin Station” and heading into the “Lady With A Fan” segment.
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Next, Holly got into some improvisation, adding percussion effects before returning to “Terrapin.” Bowling then delivered unique piano and rhythmic interpretations of the epic’s middle sections ahead of the made for piano “Terrapin Flyer” and the cascading “Refrain” to cap off the majestic performance surrounded by the equally majestic scenery of Colorado’s Summit County.
Watch Holly Bowling’s hour-long “Terrapin Station” from her Breckenridge Wilderness Session below:
