Some of the jam+ scene’s heavier-inclined musicians came together earlier this month for a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne. On December 3rd, which would have marked The Ozzman’s 77th birthday, members of lespecial, Dopapod, Lotus, One Time Weekend, and Residual Groove linked up at Bridgeport, CT’s Park City Music Hall for an Ozzy Osbourne tribute show.

The concert fittingly opened with “Black Sabbath”, the first song from the band’s first album of the same name. Lotus guitarist and tribute organizer Tim Palmieri wailed some pretty convincing Ozzy vocals, accompanied by lespecial drummer Rory Dolan and guitarist Jonny Grusauskas, Dopapod bassist Chuck Jones, and Residual Groove keyboardist Kiran Edwards. On the opening number, Palmieri went from Ozzy to Iommi (complete with Gibson SG for that signature tone) for a towering guitar solo that signaled the opening wave of the metal maelstrom ahead.

Throughout the evening, the supergroup also welcomed drummer Christian Lawrence of Sabbath tribute Earth and One Time Weekend’s Ian D’Arcangelo, who stepped up to the formidable task of taking lead vocals. Singer Hayley Jane was originally booked to play the part of Ozzy, but tragically lost her mom shortly before the show and had to cancel. Following a wide range of Osbourne classics—including Sabbath staples “Paranoid”, “Fairies Wear Boots”, “Sweet Leaf”, “N.I.B.”, “The Wizard” (ft. Don DeStefano on harmonica), deeper cuts “A National Acrobat”, “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath”, and Ozzy solo hits “Mr. Crowley”, “No More Tears”, and “Crazy Train”—the band dedicated the “Mama, I’m Coming Home” encore to Jane’s mother.

Many of the musicians onstage that night at Park City Music Hall have made their love for Ozzy/Sabbath known either implicitly through their original music or explicitly through covers. One of the most prominent examples was Dopapod’s innovative Grateful Sabbath Halloween show in 2017, where the electro-prog-jam band played Grateful Dead songs in the style of Black Sabbath and vice versa. The resulting set (available in full 4K video thanks to MKDevo) birthed such classic crossovers as Sabbath “Scarlet Begonias”, Dead “N.I.B.”, a fitting Sabbath “Friend of the Devil”, and also-appropriate Dead “Sweet Leaf”. As we prepare to enter our second year with Dopapod on indefinite hiatus, we at least still have the memories.

Check out some clips from the Ozzy Osbourne tribute featuring members of lespecial, Dopapod, Lotus, and more courtesy of Rory Dolan. lespecial and Lotus will both round out 2025 with multi-city New Year’s runs. Visit the lespecial and Lotus websites for tour dates and tickets. If you’re looking for some good offstage Ozzy footage, check out this clip from The Osbournes where he’s reunited with his old synthesizer he used to write songs from ’70s Sabbath albums Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage.

Ozzy Osbourne Tribute — “Black Sabbath” (Black Sabbath) — 12/3/25

Ozzy Osbourne Tribute — “Mr. Crowley” (Ozzy Osbourne) — 12/3/25

Ozzy Osbourne Tribute — “No More Tears” (Ozzy Osbourne) — 12/3/25

Ozzy Osbourne Tribute — “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” (Black Sabbath) — 12/3/25

Ozzy Osbourne Tribute — “A National Acrobat” (Black Sabbath) — 12/3/25

Setlist: Ozzy Osbourne Tribute | Park City Music Hall | Bridgeport, CT | 12/3/25

Set: Black Sabbath, Mr. Crowley, The Wizard, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Changes, No More Tears, Wicked World, Paranoid, Wasp -> N.I.B., Supernaut, War Pigs, Sweet Leaf, A National Acrobat, Planet Caravan, Into the Void, Fairies Wear Boots, Iron Man, Crazy Train
Encore: Mama I’m Coming Home