Grateful Shred brings a bone shaking Halloween performance to Williamsburg
By Jake Van Tassel With such a long history of Halloween night shows, Halloween has always been a special night for Deadheads. Halloween celebrations like the ones held in Columbus Ohio in 1971 and Radio City NY in 1980 are fan favorites and repeat listens for many, making the energy brought on stage by Grateful Shred last night at Brooklyn Bowl Williamsburg all the more impressive to me. Walking on stage dressed in full Muppet costumes to the tune of the Muppets show theme song, Shred had me engaged in the performance the entire time. Shows performed at Brooklyn Bowl locations have a very interesting feeling to them in atmosphere, having a decently large floor space in front of the stage for general admission and to the right of the stage a set of bowling lanes that can be rented. The venue provides a unique dichotomy of the dancing and partying of people who came solely for the music and others who are utilizing all the venue has to offer. Hearing the sudden crash of a bowling ba...