Dead Meat, the Hudson Valley’s premier Grateful Dead tribute band, has released its second live album, “The Other One,” captured at Park City Music Hall in Bridgeport, Connecticut on January 30, 2026 — just twenty days after the death of Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir.
The timing is not incidental. It is everything.
Weir passed on January 10, 2026, at 78, leaving Bill Kreutzmann as the last surviving original member of the band that changed American music. For Deadheads everywhere, the loss landed with a particular weight — not just of a musician, but of a living link to something irreplaceable. Twenty days later, Dead Meat took the stage in Bridgeport and did what the best tribute acts do: they held the flame.
A Title That Earned Its Meaning
“The Other One” — the swirling, lysergic Weir composition that became one of the Grateful Dead’s most reliably explosive live vehicles — has always carried an air of mystery about its subject. In a band defined by the heroic lead guitar of Jerry Garcia, Weir occupied a different but equally essential role: the rhythmic anchor, the counterpoint, the co-pilot. He was, in every sense, the other one.
That title has taken on new resonance now. With Garcia gone since 1995 and Weir following thirty years later, Dead Meat’s decision to name this album after that song feels less like a setlist choice and more like a statement of devotion.
The Album
Recorded live at Park City Music Hall — a venue that has become a home base for Dead Meat in the Northeast — The Other One captures more than two hours of performance in full. The audio-only version is available now on all major streaming platforms. For those who want the full experience, the complete show is available to watch on YouTube.
The album includes two songs closely associated with Weir’s voice and songwriting: “Black Throated Wind,” the driving, underplayed gem from Ace, and “Looks Like Rain,” the tender ballad that opens so many second sets with a kind of aching beauty. “Looks Like Rain” has been released as Dead Meat’s single from the album — a fitting tribute to the man who wrote it.
The album was recorded live and mixed and mastered by Dead Meat bassist Dan Rappaport.
The Band
Dead Meat features Steve Jordan on guitar and vocals, Dan Rappaport on bass and vocals, Tom Clancey on guitar and vocals, Ryan Liaitsis on guitar and keyboards, and Kevin Weinberger on drums. Together they bring a combined command of the Dead’s catalog that stretches from the early psychedelic years through the band’s long strange trip into the 1990s — and they treat that material with the kind of loving precision that serious Deadheads demand.
This is Dead Meat’s second live album, building on the reputation the band has established as one of the most committed and musically credible Grateful Dead tributes in the region.
On Tour Now
Dead Meat carries this music forward with a run of shows this spring and summer 2026:
- Saturday, May 2 — Dancing in the Streets, Nyack, NY
- Thursday, May 29 — The Cutting Room, New York, NY
- Friday, June 5 — Park City Music Hall, Bridgeport, CT
- Tuesday, June 24 — The Colony, Woodstock, NY
Tickets and full tour information at DeadMeatBand.com.
Stream “The Other One” now on Spotify, Apple Music, and all major platforms. Watch the full show on YouTube. And the music, as Bobby always insisted, plays on.
