HOLUS BOLUS (One-Man-Band) HOLUS BOLUS is one person, Tom Boylan, with a solo, multi-instrumetal act called HOLUS BOLUS, the One-Man-Psychedelic-Acoustiloop artist. HOLUS BOLUS does live real-instrument looping in front of the audience with acoustic guitars, drums, percussion, and vocals, laying instrument layers one at a time that culminates into the sound of several musicians playing at once. He's been touring all throughout the west for the last 10 years or so, playing all throughout 7 western states, and he will be bringing his show to Redwood Curtain Brewing (Myrtletown) in Eureka on Thursday night (4/14/22) from 6pm-9pm!
After a difficult year of lockdowns and bans on gatherings, local musicians are beginning to hear the music at the end of the tunnel.
Tom Boylan is the one-man band known as Holus Bolus, which he describes as a âpsychedelic acoustiloop.â Psychedelic because his music smacks of Pink Floyd and other psych-rock influences, and âacoustiloopâ because Boylan uses a looper pedal to individually record instruments, including drums, guitars and shakers. Altogether, itâs as if Boylan has a full band behind him.
Pre-pandemic, Boylan was performing up to 80 times each year and touring across the West often. In fact, he had a slew of shows booked in the Pacific Northwest when the virus struck last March.