Lady in Red

Lady in Red is a Syracuse, New York Grateful Dead outfit that plays Funk 'n Waffles' long-running Monday DEAD NIGHT. Its own billing treats the band as something that materialises rarely rather than a working gig act — "once in a great while... Lady In Red appears to perform in this realm." The lineup is Mike Hamilton and Michael Vincitore on guitars, Brian Lauri on keyboards, Eric Wise on bass and Jack Jarvis on drums. Those five are all established players in the Central New York Dead scene: Hamilton, Vincitore and Jarvis play in Dark Hollow, the area's best-known Dead tribute, while Lauri and Wise are in Pearly Baker's Best, which has anchored the Funk 'n Waffles Dead Night residency since 2015. In practice it reads as an occasional all-star configuration of the same Syracuse Dead circle rather than a separate touring band.