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
- Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California – April 5, 1969
- 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
- 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
Personnel
Grateful Dead- Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
- Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
- Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
- Bill Kreutzmann – drums
- Mickey Hart – drums
- Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – keyboards, harmonica, percussion, vocals
- Tom Constanten – keyboards
- Keith Godchaux – keyboards
- Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
- Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals
- Vince Welnick – keyboards, vocals
- Ned Lagin - Wurlitzer electric piano – "Dark Star", "Brokedown Palace"
- Clarence Clemons – saxophone – "Iko Iko", "Playing in the Band", "The Wheel", "I Need a Miracle"
- Bruce Hornsby – keyboards – full show
- Produced by Grateful Dead
- Produced for release by David Lemieux
- Associate Producer: Ivette Ramos
- Recording:
- *Owsley Stanley
- *Betty Cantor-Jackson
- *Kidd Candelario
- *Dan Healy
- *John Cutler
- 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- "Dupree's Diamond Blues" >
- "Mountains of the Moon" >
- "Dark Star" >
- "St. Stephen"
- "Turn On Your Lovelight"
- "China Cat Sunflower" >
- "Doin' That Rag"
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA
- "Morning Dew" – 10:01
- "Me and My Uncle" – 3:20
- "Doin' That Rag" > – 6:54
- "He Was a Friend of Mine" – 10:58
- "Hard to Handle" – 5:07
- "Cosmic Charlie" – 6:43
- "Cryptical Envelopment" > – 2:11
- "Drums" > – 1:26
- "The Other One" > – 8:27
- "Cryptical Envelopment" – 12:23
- "China Cat Sunflower" – 4:28
- "Sitting on Top of the World" – 4:40
- "Dark Star" – 20:59
- "Dire Wolf" – 4:30
- "Dupree's Diamond Blues" – 4:36
- "Mountains of the Moon" – 5:44
- "Dark Star" – 21:07
- "Dancing in the Street" – 12:57
- "He Was a Friend of Mine" – 12:15
- "China Cat Sunflower" – 4:22
- "New Potato Caboose" – 13:50
- "Me and My Uncle" – 3:17
- "Cryptical Envelopment" – 2:30
- "Drums" – 0:58
- "The Other One" – 11:04
- "Cosmic Charlie" – 7:12
Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY
- "Casey Jones" – 5:50
- "Me and My Uncle" – 4:32
- "Cumberland Blues" – 5:24
- "Next Time You See Me" – 3:58
- "Bird Song" – 8:19
- "Me and Bobby McGee" – – 6:17
- "Bertha" – 5:52
- "Hard to Handle" – 7:16
- "Loser" – 6:55
- "Playing in the Band" – 4:58
- "Good Lovin'" – 16:58
- "Sugar Magnolia" – 7:31
- "I'm a King Bee" – 8:02
- "Greatest Story Ever Told" – 4:13
- "Johnny B. Goode" – 4:01
- "Deal" – 4:57
- "New Minglewood Blues" – 5:14
- "Truckin'" > – 8:57
- "Not Fade Away" > – 3:43
- "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > – 2:19
- "Not Fade Away" > – 2:19
- "Turn On Your Love Light" – 19:47
- "Hard to Handle" – 8:16
- "Cryptical Envelopment" > – 1:56
- "Drums" > – 3:50
- "The Other One" > – 10:43
- "Wharf Rat" – 7:25
- "Ripple" – 4:49
- "Not Fade Away" > – 4:22
- "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > – 8:44
- "Not Fade Away" > – 1:34
- "Turn On Your Love Light" – 24:51
Fillmore East, New York, NY
- "Truckin'" – 8:43
- "Loser" – 7:08
- "Hard to Handle" – 9:16
- "Me and Bobby McGee" – 6:50
- "Cold Rain and Snow" – 6:41
- "Ain't It Crazy " – 4:06
- "Playing in the Band" – 5:31
- "Friend of the Devil" – 3:53
- "Casey Jones" – 5:57
- "Morning Dew" – 10:48
- "Bertha" – 6:01
- "Good Lovin'" – 24:23
- "Not Fade Away" > – 5:43
- "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > – 7:21
- "Not Fade Away" – 3:28
- "Uncle John's Band" – 6:56
- "Truckin'" – 8:55
- "Mama Tried" – 3:05
- "Bertha" – 6:28
- "Next Time You See Me" – 4:17
- "Cumberland Blues" – 4:26
- "Me and Bobby McGee" – 6:21
- "Loser" – 7:19
- "Hard to Handle" – 9:28
- "China Cat Sunflower" – 4:39
- "I Know You Rider" – 5:57
- "Casey Jones" – 6:21
- "Sugar Magnolia" – 6:40
- "Deal" – 5:12
- "Me and My Uncle" – 3:37
- "Bird Song" – 8:34
- "Playing in the Band" – 5:15
- "Dire Wolf" – 3:47
Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA
- "Promised Land" – 4:04
- "Sugaree" – 8:12
- "Greatest Story Ever Told" – 5:56
- "China Cat Sunflower" > – 8:32
- "I Know Your Rider" – 6:16
- "Black Throated Wind" – 6:52
- "Tennessee Jed" – 8:06
- "El Paso" – 5:17
- "Loser" – 6:52
- "Jack Straw" – 5:25
- "Friend of the Devil" – 3:57
- "Playing in the Band" – 17:43
- "Casey Jones" – 6:24
- "He's Gone" – 13:08
- "Me and My Uncle" – 3:52
- "Bird Song" – 12:32
- "Mexicali Blues" – 3:49
- "Ramble On Rose" – 6:16
- "Truckin'" > – 11:26
- "Drums" > – 1:13
- "The Other One: > – 20:45
- "Morning Dew" > – 11:35
- "Dark Star" > – 26:58
- "Brokedown Palace" – 5:30
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
- "China Cat Sunflower" > – 8:01
- "I Know Your Rider" – 6:13
- "Jack Straw" – 5:02
- "Wave That Flag" – 6:56
- "Looks Like Rain" – 7:56
- "Ramble On Rose" – 6:48
- "Box of Rain" – 5:26
- "Beat It On Down the Line" – 3:33
- "They Love Each Other" – 6:08
- "El Paso" – 5:08
- "Row Jimmy" – 8:34
- "Mexicali Blues" – 3:47
- "Bird Song" – 12:01
- "Playing in the Band" – 20:22
- "Promised Land" > – 2:55
- "Bertha" > – 5:38
- "Greatest Story Ever Told" – 5:37
- "Loser" – 7:21
- "Big River" – 4:40
- "Don't Ease Me In" – 3:25
- "Me and My Uncle" – 3:35
- "Dark Star" > – 27:17
- "Truckin'" > – 9:18
- "Morning Dew" – 11:42
- "Sugar Magnolia" – 9:11
Winterland, San Francisco, CA
- "New Minglewood Blues" – 5:38
- "Ramble On Rose" – 8:51
- "El Paso" – 4:49
- "Deal" – 6:20
- "Cassidy" – 5:13
- "Peggy-O" – 8:22
- "Beat It On Down the Line" – 4:31
- "Brown-Eyed Women" – 5:55
- "Estimated Prophet" – 8:57
- "Scarlet Begonias" – 13:17
- "Samson and Delilah" – 9:22
- "Row Jimmy" – 10:43
- "Promised Land" – 5:32
- "St. Stephen" > – 9:56
- "The Other One" > – 15:44
- "Stella Blue" – 9:17
- "Around and Around" – 9:23
- "U.S. Blues" – 7:22
- "Terrapin Station" – 11:46
Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
- "Jack Straw" – 6:46
- "Dire Wolf" – 4:36
- "Beat It On Down the Line" – 3:41
- "Peggy-O" – 7:52
- "El Paso" – 5:03
- "Row Jimmy" – 11:05
- "New Minglewood Blues" – 5:52
- "Candyman" – 8:34
- "The Music Never Stopped" – 9:24
- "Bertha" > – 7:37
- "Good Lovin'" – 7:11
- "Terrapin Station" > – 11:26
- "Playing in the Band" > – 14:12
- "Drums" – 22:26
- "Truckin'" > – 11:17
- "Black Peter" > – 10:40
- "Sugar Magnolia" – 11:20
- "One More Saturday Night"
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
- "Promised Land" – 4:46
- "They Love Each Other" – 7:27
- "Mama Tried" > – 2:32
- "Mexicali Blues" – 4:49
- "Peggy-O" – 8:59
- "Lazy Lightning" > – 3:32
- "Supplication" – 4:53
- "Brown-Eyed Women" – 5:19
- "Looks Like Rain" – 7:57
- "Althea" > – 7:50
- "Passenger" – 5:00
- "China Cat Sunflower" > – 5:21
- "I Know Your Rider" – 6:41
- "Lost Sailor" – 6:59
- "Don't Ease Me In" – 4:06
- "Estimated Prophet" > – 13:54
- "Eyes of the World" > – 19:35
- "Drums" – 10:03
- "Space" > – 5:09
- "Not Fade Away" > – 13:53
- "Black Peter" > – 10:06
- "Around and Around" – 8:26
- "U.S. Blues" – 5:25
Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI
- "Alabama Getaway" > – 5:19
- "Promised Land" – 4:46
- "Candyman" – 7:56
- "Me and My Uncle" > – 3:05
- "Big River" – 6:17
- "Tennessee Jed" – 9:32
- "Lazy Lightning" > – 3:23
- "Supplication" – 7:09
- "Althea" – 9:20
- "The Music Never Stopped" – 8:12
- "Don't Ease Me In" – 4:13
- "Lost Sailor" > – 6:24
- "Saint of Circumstance" > – 5:59
- "He's Gone" > – 20:49
- "Drums" > – 7:37
- "Space" > – 4:15
- "Wharf Rat" > – 10:14
- "Around and Around" > – 4:12
- "Good Lovin'" – 8:03
- "One More Saturday Night" – 4:40
- "Lost Sailor" > – 8:08
- "Saint of Circumstance" > – 6:36
- "Ship of Fools" – 8:43
- "He's Gone" > – 13:37
- "Truckin'" > – 15:19
- "Drums" > – 9:42
- "Space" > – 5:29
- "The Other One" – 4:24
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT
- "Feel Like a Stranger" – 8:55
- "Sugaree" – 12:38
- "Me and My Uncle" > – 2:53
- "Big River" – 5:48
- "Peggy-O" – 8:01
- "C.C. Rider" – 9:24
- "Althea" – 9:14
- "Passenger" – 5:50
- "China Cat Sunflower" > – 5:44
- "I Know You Rider" – 6:28
- "Alabama Getaway" > – 5:25
- "Greatest Story Ever Told" – 4:47
- "Ship of Fools" – 9:06
- "Lost Sailor" > – 6:23
- "Saint of Circumstance" > – 6:59
- "Drums" – 12:54
- "Space" > – 2:50
- "The Other One" > – 5:28
- "Stella Blue" > – 10:06
- "I Need a Miracle" > – 3:24
- "Bertha" > – 6:02
- "Good Lovin'" – 7:57
- "One More Saturday Night" – 4:40
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
- "Alabama Getaway" > – 4:54
- "Promised Land" – 4:12
- "Friend of the Devil" – 9:34
- "Me and My Uncle" > – 3:01
- "Big River" – 6:10
- "Althea" > – 8:46
- "Little Red Rooster" – 9:45
- "Tennessee Jed" > – 8:54
- "Let It Grow" > – 10:23
- "Deal" – 7:27
- "Feel Like a Stranger" – 9:58
- "Franklin's Tower" > – 11:30
- "Lost Sailor" > – 6:02
- "Saint of Circumstance" > – 6:31
- "He's Gone" > – 11:41
- "The Other One" > – 5:41
- "Drums" – 11:21
- "Space" > – 5:59
- "The Wheel" > – 5:51
- "Wharf Rat" > – 10:19
- "Sugar Magnolia" – 8:53
- "U.S. Blues" – 5:16
Frost Amphitheater, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
- "Alabama Getaway" > – 5:41
- "Greatest Story Ever Told" – 5:13
- "They Love Each Other" – 7:52
- "New Minglewood Blues" – 9:13
- "Bird Song" – 10:00
- "Looks Like Rain" – 8:18
- "Tennessee Jed" – 7:56
- "My Brother Esau" – 5:12
- "Deal" – 9:48
- "Shakedown Street" – 14:03
- "Man Smart, Woman Smarter" – 7:27
- "Ship of Fools" > – 7:00
- "Estimated Prophet" > – 13:57
- "Eyes of the World" > – 10:00
- "Drums" – 10:17
- "Space" > – 8:10
- "The Other One" > – 7:58
- "Black Peter" – 9:30
- "Good Lovin'" – 10:43
- "One More Saturday Night" – 5:07
Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, CA
- "Bertha" > – 6:51
- "Greatest Story Even Told" – 4:01
- "Dire Wolf" – 3:06
- "C.C. Rider" – 8:54
- "Loser" – 7:05
- "Cassidy" – 6:02
- "Dupree's Diamond Blues" – 7:09
- "Hell in a Bucket" > – 7:26
- "Might as Well" – 4:35
- "Scarlet Begonias" > – 12:08
- "Touch of Grey" > – 6:40
- "Fire on the Mountain" > – 12:12
- "Man Smart, Woman Smarter" > – 6:59
- "Drums" > – 8:25
- "Space" – 7:48
- "The Wheel" > – 5:50
- "I Need a Miracle" > – 4:08
- "Stella Blue" > – 8:31
- "Sugar Magonlia" – 10:11
- "Dark Star" – 16:20
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA
- "Big Boy Pete" – 3:46
- "Dire Wolf" – 3:58
- "Little Red Rooster" – 7:12
- "Brown-Eyed Women" – 5:32
- "Me and My Uncle" > – 3:02
- "Mexicali Blues" – 4:33
- "Ramble On Rose" – 6:41
- "Looks Like Rain" > – 8:33
- "Might as Well" – 4:52
- "Shakedown Street" > – 13:20
- "Crazy Fingers" – 7:20
- "Playing in the Band" > – 12:16
- "She Belongs to Me" > – 8:50
- "Drums" > – 9:21
- "The Other One" > – 8:10
- "Wharf Rat" > – 8:40
- "Playing in the Band" > – 1:49
- "Gimme Some Lovin'" > – 4:50
- "In the Midnight Hour" – 5:08
- "Walking the Dog" – 5:18
- "Touch of Grey" – 6:28
- "Estimated Prophet" > – 10:39
- "Eyes of the World" > – 11:17
- "Drums" > – 11:00
- "Space" > – 5:58
- "Morning Dew" > – 10:33
- "Throwing Stones" > – 7:57
- "Turn On Your Lovelight" – 5:23
- "Brokedown Palace" – 5:33
Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY
- "Touch of Grey" > – 6:35
- "Scarlet Begonias" – 9:20
- "Little Red Rooster" – 10:07
- "Dire Wolf" – 4:28
- "My Brother Esau" – 4:56
- "High Time" – 7:18
- "Let It Grow" > – 12:34
- "Don't Ease Me In" – 3:36
- "Bertha" > – 7:10
- "Greatest Story Ever Told" > – 3:54
- "Devil with the Blue Dress" / "Good Golly Miss Molly" / "Devil with the Blue Dress" > – 3:56
- "He's Gone" > – 13:48
- "Drums" > – 10:25
- "Space" – 10:44
- "Truckin'" > – 7:00
- "Wharf Rat" > – 10:36
- "Throwing Stones" > – 9:30
- "Not Fade Away" – 12:27
- "Black Muddy River" – 7:01
Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN
- "Bertha" > – 7:30
- "Greatest Story Ever Told" – 4:26
- "Candyman" – 6:53
- "Walkin' Blues" – 6:40
- "Peggy-O" – 8:06
- "Queen Jane Approximately" – 7:30
- "We Can Run" – 5:47
- "Bird Song" – 13:54
- "Foolish Heart" > – 10:56
- "Victim or the Crime" > – 7:50
- "Crazy Fingers" > – 9:07
- "Truckin'" > – 8:03
- "Smokestack Lightnin'" > – 10:23
- "Drums" – 10:07
- "Space" > – 16:58
- "China Doll" > – 7:00
- "All Along the Watchtower" > – 6:57
- "Stella Blue" > – 8:22
- "Sugar Magnolia" – 10:22
- "Brokedown Palace" – 7:07
Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA
- "Cold Rain and Snow" – 6:38
- "Greatest Story Ever Told" – 4:28
- "Never Trust a Woman" – 7:15
- "Althea" – 8:04
- "Me and My Uncle" > – 3:12
- "Big River" – 6:31
- "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" – 5:14
- "Bird Song" > – 13:33
- "Promised Land" – 4:45
- "Iko Iko" – 8:40
- "Playing in the Band" > – 13:43
- "Crazy Fingers" > – 8:47
- "Uncle John's Band" > – 9:17
- "Drums" > – 11:04
- "Space" > – 9:32
- "The Wheel" > – 5:48
- "I Need a Miracle" > – 4:00
- "Morning Dew" – 13:38
- "Johnny B. Goode" > – 4:04
- "Black Muddy River" – 6:25
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
- "Picasso Moon" – 7:16
- "Althea" – 9:00
- "C.C. Rider" > – 3:33
- "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" – 4:12
- "El Paso" – 4:57
- "High Time" – 7:19
- "Black Throated Wind" > – 6:05
- "Deal" – 10:58
- "Help on the Way" > – 4:15
- "Slipknot!" > – 7:50
- "Franklin's Tower" – 16:38
- "Looks Like Rain" > – 7:02
- "Terrapin Station" > – 24:10
- "Drums" – 10:38
- "Space" > – 11:50
- "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > – 8:26
- "Throwing Stones" > – 8:34
- "Turn On Your Lovelight" – 7:56
- "The Weight" – 5:42
Capital Centre, Landover, MD
- "Shakedown Street" – 12:56
- "Wang Dang Doodle" – 6:34
- "Lazy River Road" – 7:18
- "Desolation Row" – 11:20
- "Ramble On Rose" – 8:14
- "Eternity" – 9:03
- "Liberty" – 6:34
- "Picasso Moon" – 7:14
- "Crazy Fingers" > – 8:37
- "Playing in the Band" – 7:33
- "Dark Star" > – 10:15
- "Drums" > – 8:49
- "Space" > – 12:07
- "The Other One" > – 5:52
- "Days Between" > – 10:11
- "Good Lovin'" – 7:38
- "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" – 4:48
- "Shakedown Street" > – 15:18
- "Lost Sailor" > – 7:03
- "Saint of Circumstance" > – 3:57
- "Drums" > – 7:19
- "Jam" > – 6:51
- "Not Fade Away" > – 9:00
- "Stella Blue" – 8:51
- "Around and Around" > – 3:55
- "Good Lovin'" – 8:06
- "Touch of Grey" – 6:55
Boston Garden, Boston, MA
- "Touch of Grey" > – 7:49
- "Beat It On Down the Line" – 3:13
- "Loose Lucy" – 7:43
- "Little Red Rooster" – 8:21
- "Childhood's End" – 4:19
- "Dire Wolf" – 3:20
- "Black Throated Wind" – 5:53
- "Bird Song" – 13:27
- "Box of Rain" – 5:38
- "Shakedown Street" – 16:57
- "Cassidy" > – 7:43
- "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > – 8:07
- "Drums" – 17:59
- "Space" > – 12:49
- "The Wheel" > – 4:51
- "All Along the Watchtower" > – 6:37
- "Attics of My Life" – 4:14
- "Around and Around" – 9:14
- "Brokedown Palace" – 5:17