This past weekend, Railroad Earth played a three-show run in the Northeast that featured a couple of special guests in pianist Holly Bowling and Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist Mike Robinson, and today Bowling shared video of one of the weekend highlights, a collaborative instrumental cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Brokedown Palace” from The Capitol Theatre on Saturday night.
Throughout the three performances, Bowling and Robinson sat in for the full shows, with Robinson adding banjo, guitar and pedal steel. On Saturday at The Cap, Railroad Earth’s Tim Carbone returned the favor by joining Holly, along with Robinson, for her opening set and delivering a touching, slow-burn cover of the Grateful Dead ballad.
Watch the video below via Bowling’s Facebook page and see Saturday’s full setlists.
Holly Bowling
The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY
Lost Sailor> Unbroken Chain, A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing> Saint of Circumstance, Brokedown Palace*
Notes: *w/ Tim Carbone (Railroad Earth) & Mike Robinson
Railroad Earth
The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY
w/ Holly Bowling on keys and Mike Robinson on banjo, guitar and pedal steel for entire show
Set I: Walk Beside Me, Monkey, Cold Water, Wayfaring Stranger, The Good Life, Where Songs Begin> Fisherman’s Blues> Jam> Seven Story Mountain
Set II: Storms, Head> Addin’ My Voice, Any Road, Black Elk Speaks> Piano jam> Hangtown Ball> Warhead Boogie> Mighty River> Chasin’ A Rainbow
Enc: Sing for Me
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Ghost of Andy
February 21, 2019 at 12:54 pmThese boys grew pretty stale for a few years there. I was so sad to see Andy pass. He was a brilliant musician and the unsung hero of that band. It seems that since his passing, they have been playing with a new fire! Rumor is Mike Robinson will be added as a new member and hopefully he will grow into. Holly was a perfect compliment for their shows at The Cap (recording on Archive.org) and in Boston. She fit in perfectly. I’ dlove to see that collaboration go further but with her band, Ghost Light, blowing up, seems doubtful. Either way, the state of the scene circa winter 2019 is STRONG!