On Friday (Jan. 31), the MusiCares Individuals Of The 12 months charity gala celebrated the Grateful Useless. The band’s Mickey Hart and Bob Weir had been available, and with Useless & Firm they carried out “Althea,” “Sugar Magnolia,” and “Contact Of Gray.”
On the Los Angeles Conference Heart, different performers included the Warfare On Medication, Vampire Weekend, John Mayer, Zac Brown, Noah Kahan, Maren Morris, Billy Strings, the Warfare And Treaty, My Morning Jacket, Stewart Copeland, Mick Fleetwood, Sammy Hagar, Norah Jones, Wynonna Judd, Lukas Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, Sierra Ferrell, Maggie Rose, and Bruce Hornsby who was as soon as a touring member of the Useless. (Earlier this week it was introduced scheduled performer Dave Matthews couldn’t make it resulting from a household emergency.) Famous Useless fan Andy Cohen served as host.
Music choices final evening included “Field Of Rain” (the Warfare On Medication), “Scarlet Begonias” (Vampire Weekend), “Pal Of The Satan” (Noah Kahan with Béla Fleck), and “Ripple” (Norah Jones). The occasion follows a current tribute to the Grateful Useless at Kennedy Heart Honors and comes a number of months after the loss of life of the band’s founding bassist Phil Lesh. Lesh’s son Grahame performed guitar as a part of the home band on the MusiCares gala together with Useless & Firm’s Jeff Chimenti, Goose’s Rick Mitarotonda, and others.
Try the setlist and pictures from the evening under.
SETLIST:
The Warfare And Treaty, Mick Fleetwood, & Stewart Copeland – “Samson And Delilah”
My Morning Jacket & Maggie Rose – “One Extra Saturday Night time”
Norah Jones – “Ripple”
Zac Brown & Marcus King – “Bertha”
Wynonna Judd – “Ramble On Rose”
Noah Kahan & Béla – “Pal Of The Satan”
Vampire Weekend – “Scarlet Begonias”
Dwight Yoakam – “Truckin’”
Maren Morris – “They Love Every Different”
Lukas Nelson & Sierra Ferrell – “It Should Have Been The Roses”
Billy Strings – “Wharf Rat”
Sammy Hagar – “Free Lucy”
Bruce Hornsby & Rick Mitarotonda – “Standing On The Moon”
The Warfare On Medication – “Field Of Rain”
John Mayer – “Terrapin Station”
Useless & Firm – “Althea,” “Sugar Magnolias,” “Contact Of Gray”
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@musicaresfoundation @My Morning Jacket and @Maggie Rose @gratefuldead’s ‘One Extra Saturday Night time’ at #PersonsoftheYear ♬ unique sound – MusiCares
John Mayer reveals horniest Grateful Useless tune at MusiCares 2025 Individuals of the 12 months Gala pic.twitter.com/c05gl2cT6C
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 1, 2025
Useless & Firm will return to Las Vegas’ Sphere for a residency subsequent month.