Enjoying the Ride

Enjoying the Ride is a live album by the rock group the Grateful Dead. Packaged as a box set of 60 CDs and commemorating the band's 60th anniversary, it contains complete and partial recordings of concerts performed from 1969 to 1994. Housed in a faux wood box, it also includes a cassette tape, a numbered sticker, a paperback book, a poster, a map, several bumper stickers, a keychain, a fridge magnet, several reproductions of backstage passes, tickets, and a note for tapers, as well as an essay from the Owsley Stanley Foundation. It was released on May 30, 2025, in a limited edition of 6,000 copies.

An album of selections from the box set on three CDs or six LPs, titled The Music Never Stopped, was also released on May 30, 2025.

Concerts Enjoying the Ride contains recordings from 21 concert venues, comprising: 17 complete concerts – four of them with bonus tracks from different concerts at the same venues 3 recordings each compiled from two or three concerts from the same run of shows 1 bonus cassette of a partial concert

The recordings are:

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California – April 5, 1969 (on cassette) Fillmore West, San Francisco, California – June 5 / 7 / 8, 1969 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, New York – February 24, 1971 Fillmore East, New York, New York – April 25 / 27, 1971 Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts – September 15 / 16, 1972 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York – March 16, 1973 Winterland Arena, San Francisco, California – March 20, 1977 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – May 13, 1978 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado – August 12, 1979 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin – August 23, 1980 Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut – March 14, 1981 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia – May 1, 1981 Frost Amphitheater, Palo Alto, California – August 20, 1983 Greek Theatre, Berkeley, California – July 13, 1984 Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, California – November 21, 1985 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York – September 16, 1987 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana – July 15, 1989 Oakland Arena, Oakland, California – December 27, 1989 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California – May 12, 1991 Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland – March 17, 1993 Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts – October 3, 1994

Enjoying the Ride includes bonus tracks from these concerts:

Capitol Theatre – February 20, 1971 Alpine Valley Music Theatre – July 11, 1981 Capital Centre – September 15, 1982 Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center – November 22, 1985

Note:

Personnel Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals Bob Weir – guitar, vocals Phil Lesh – bass, vocals Bill Kreutzmann – drums Mickey Hart – drums (1967 – 1971; 1974 – 1995) Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – keyboards, harmonica, percussion, vocals (1965 – 1972) Tom Constanten – keyboards (1968 – 1970) Keith Godchaux – keyboards (1971 – 1979) Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals (1972 – 1979) Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals (1979 – 1990) Vince Welnick – keyboards, vocals (1990 – 1995) Additional musicians Ned Lagin - Wurlitzer electric piano (September 16, 1972 concert) – "Dark Star", "Brokedown Palace" Clarence Clemons – saxophone (December 27, 1989 concert) – "Iko Iko", "Playing in the Band", "The Wheel", "I Need a Miracle" Bruce Hornsby – keyboards (May 12, 1991 concert) – full show Production Produced by Grateful Dead Produced for release by David Lemieux Associate Producer: Ivette Ramos Recording: Owsley Stanley (Fillmore West, Boston Music Hall) Betty Cantor-Jackson (Capitol Theatre, Fillmore East, Winterland Arena, The Spectrum, Red Rocks Amphitheatre) Kidd Candelario (Nassau Coliseum) Dan Healy (Alpine Valley Music Theatre, Hartford Civic Center, Hampton Coliseum, Frost Amphitheater, Greek Theatre, Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Madison Square Garden, Deer Creek Music Center, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Capital Centre) John Cutler (Oakland Arena, Boston Garden) Mastering: David Glasser, Jeffrey Norman Art Direction: Ivette Ramos and Shannon Ward Liner notes: Jesse Jarnow, David Lemieux, Owsley Stanley Foundation

Track listing Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA Cassette Avalon Ballroom – April 5, 1969 – selections: Side 1 "Dupree's Diamond Blues" > (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) "Mountains of the Moon" > (Garcia, Hunter) "Dark Star" > (Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Ron McKernan, Bob Weir, Hunter) "St. Stephen" (Garcia, Hunter) Side 2 "Turn On Your Lovelight" (Joseph Scott, Deadric Malone) "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) "Doin' That Rag" (Garcia, Hunter)

Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA Disc 1 Fillmore West – June 5, 1969 – selections: "Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) – 10:01 "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:20 "Doin' That Rag" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:54 "He Was a Friend of Mine" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 10:58 "Hard to Handle" (Otis Redding, Alvertis Isbell, Allen Jones) – 5:07 "Cosmic Charlie" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:43 "Cryptical Envelopment" > (Garcia) – 2:11 "Drums" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 1:26 "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 8:27 "Cryptical Envelopment" (Garcia) – 12:23

Disc 2 "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:28 "Sitting on Top of the World" (Lonnie Carter, Walter Jacobs) – 4:40 "Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 20:59 Fillmore West – June 7, 1969 – selections: "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:30 "Dupree's Diamond Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:36 "Mountains of the Moon" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:44 "Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 21:07

Disc 3 Fillmore West – June 8, 1969 – selections: "Dancing in the Street" (William Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter) – 12:57 "He Was a Friend of Mine" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 12:15 "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:22 "New Potato Caboose" (Lesh, Robert Petersen) – 13:50 "Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:17 "Cryptical Envelopment" (Garcia) – 2:30 "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 0:58 "The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 11:04 "Cosmic Charlie" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:12

Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY Disc 4 Capitol Theatre – February 24, 1971 – first set: "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:50 "Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 4:32 "Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 5:24 "Next Time You See Me" (Bill Harvey, Earl Forest) – 3:58 "Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:19 "Me and Bobby McGee" – (Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster) – 6:17 "Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:52 "Hard to Handle" (Redding, Isbell, Jones) – 7:16 "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:55 "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 4:58 "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 16:58

Disc 5 Capitol Theatre – February 24, 1971 – second set: "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:31 "I'm a King Bee" (Isiah Moore) – 8:02 "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 4:13 "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry) – 4:01 "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:57 "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:14 "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 8:57 "Not Fade Away" > (Norman Petty, Charles Hardin) – 3:43 "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 2:19 "Not Fade Away" > (Petty, Hardin) – 2:19 "Turn On Your Love Light" (Scott, Malone) – 19:47

Disc 6 Capitol Theatre – February 20, 1971 – bonus tracks: "Hard to Handle" (Redding, Isbell, Jones) – 8:16 "Cryptical Envelopment" > (Garcia) – 1:56 "Drums" > (Kreutzmann) – 3:50 "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 10:43 "Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:25 "Ripple" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:49 "Not Fade Away" > (Petty, Hardin) – 4:22 "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:44 "Not Fade Away" > (Petty, Hardin) – 1:34 "Turn On Your Love Light" (Scott, Malone) – 24:51

Fillmore East, New York, NY Disc 7 Fillmore East – April 25, 1971 – selections: "Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 8:43 "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:08 "Hard to Handle" (Redding, Isbell, Jones) – 9:16 "Me and Bobby McGee" (Kristofferson, Foster) – 6:50 "Cold Rain and Snow" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:41 "Ain't It Crazy (The Rub)" (Lightnin' Hopkins) – 4:06 "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:31 "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, Hunter, John Dawson) – 3:53 "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:57 "Morning Dew" (Dobson, Rose) – 10:48 "Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:01

Disc 8 "Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 24:23 "Not Fade Away" > (Petty, Hardin) – 5:43 "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:21 "Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) – 3:28 "Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:56 Fillmore East – April 27, 1971 – selections: "Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 8:55 "Mama Tried" (Merle Haggard) – 3:05 "Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:28 "Next Time You See Me" (Harvey, Forest) – 4:17 "Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 4:26

Disc 9 "Me and Bobby McGee" (Kristofferson, Foster) – 6:21 "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:19 "Hard to Handle" (Redding, Isbell, Jones) – 9:28 "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:39 "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:57 "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:21 "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:40 "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:12 "Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:37 "Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:34 "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:15 "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:47

Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA Disc 10 Boston Music Hall – September 15, 1972 – selections: "Promised Land" (Berry) – 4:04 "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:12 "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:56 "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:32 "I Know Your Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:16 "Black Throated Wind" (Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 6:52 "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:06 "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 5:17 "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:52 "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:25 "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, Hunter, Dawson) – 3:57

Disc 11 "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 17:43 "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:24 "He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:08 "Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:52 "Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:32 "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:49 "Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:16

Disc 12 "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 11:26 "Drums" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 1:13 "The Other One: > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 20:45 Boston Music Hall – September 16, 1972 – selections: "Morning Dew" > (Dobson, Rose) – 11:35 "Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 26:58 "Brokedown Palace" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:30

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY Disc 13 Nassau Coliseum – March 16, 1973 – first set: "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:01 "I Know Your Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:13 "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:02 "Wave That Flag" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:56 "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:56 "Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:48 "Box of Rain" (Lesh, Hunter) – 5:26 "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:33 "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:08 "El Paso" (Robbins) – 5:08 "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:34 "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:47

Disc 14 "Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:01 "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 20:22 Nassau Coliseum – March 16, 1973 – second set: "Promised Land" > (Berry) – 2:55 "Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:38 "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:37 "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:21 "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 4:40 "Don't Ease Me In" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:25 "Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:35

Disc 15 "Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 27:17 "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 9:18 "Morning Dew" (Dobson, Rose) – 11:42 "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:11