Bushwick’s Dead Host Guest-Packed Tribute to Bob Weir at Brooklyn Bowl (Gallery + Recap)

January 14, 2026
Bushwick’s Dead Host Guest-Packed Tribute to Bob Weir at Brooklyn Bowl (Gallery + Recap)

Bushwick’s Dead, photo by Scott Harris

Last night, Brooklyn-based Grateful Dead cover collective Bushwick’s Dead took the stage at New York’s Brooklyn Bowl for a free celebration of the life and music of Bob Weir. As friends and fans from across the musical spectrum continue to pay their respects to the legendary guitarist, singer, songwriter and Grateful Dead co-founder, Tuesday’s memorial event became a summit of the city’s foremost talents, who stopped in through the sprawling show to bolster 21 treatments of Dead classics.

Alongside the core octet of Sarah Elaz, Strangers Stopping Strangers’ Jeff Greenspan, James Calleo and Dave Deriso, Quinn Tuff, Michael Butler and special full set contributions from Vinnie Amico and Ross Bogan, a grand total of seven more guests cycled in to lend their support. Ace bassist Karina Rykman held down the low-end on “I Need a Miracle,” Matisyahu appeared for “Estimated Prophet,” “sacred steel” firebrand Robert Randolph solo’d through “Samson and Delilah,” rock-and-soul vocalist Honey Marmalade roared on “The Music Never Stopped,” and Antibalas horn players and general New York jazz prime movers Stuart Bogie and Jordan McLean fortified a grand finale of “One More Saturday Night” and “I Know You Rider.”

Other participants included The National’s bassist Scott Devendorf and frequent collaborator Conrad Dusset, who spun Grateful Dead classics during the pre-show and set break as their DJead Night. Both Devendorf and Dusset had a direct connection to Weir through their involvement in 2016’s Blue Mountain, the artist’s third and final solo studio album.

At the end of an exhilarating and exuberant show that ran past midnight, attendees were given roses to toss into the air as a final demonstration of love for Weir and his musical legacy. Get an inside look at the concert in the gallery below, courtesy of photographer Scott Harris.