Grateful Dead Family Discography: The Wheel

The Wheel

Composer: Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter / Bill Kreutzmann

The Wheel was performed just over 250 times by the Grateful Dead between 1976 and 1995.

The Wheel was composed spontaneously in the studio during the recording of the second side of Jerry Garcia's first solo LP. Garcia spoke about it in an interview;

...that side was really almost one continuous performance, pretty much. When a song would come up in there, or just a progression, we'd play with it and work it through a few more times. And The Wheel came out of that. It wasn't written, I didn't have anything in mind, I hadn't sketched it out.

The engineer on the recording session, Bob Matthews, spoke in an interview about the addition of the lyrics;

As we were playing it back and doing some of the overdubs, Hunter was there and he had a big piece of paper and he was writing on it up on the wall. He was writing words while we were listening to one of the playbacks and it turned out to be perfect. It was The Wheel. That song came from nowhere and just happened like that.

A track named Study For The Wheel was also included on the 2004 Garcia box set and on the subsequent expanded CD release of the Garcia album.

Jerry Garcia

Garcia, 1972
Single (Deal / The Wheel), 1972
Whole Burbank Catalog, Various Artists, 1972
Warner/Reprise Display Case Vol. 3 , Various Artists, 1972
All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions, 2004
Garcia, 2005 (bonus track)
The Very Best Of Jerry Garcia, 2006
Might As Well: A Round Records Retrospective, Jerry Garcia, 2023

Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead Movie (video), 1981
Dozin' At The Knick, 1996
Downhill from Here, 1997
So Many Roads (1965-1995), 1999
Dick's Picks, Vol. 18, 2000
Dick's Picks, Vol. 20, 2001
Dick's Picks, Vol. 29, 2003
Dick's Picks, Vol. 32, 2004
Dick's Picks, Vol. 33, 2004
The Grateful Dead Movie (DVD), 2004
Grateful Dead Download Vol. 4: 6/18/76, 2005
Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork: Lim. Edition CD, 2005
Grateful Dead Download Vol. 9: 4/2 & 3/89, 2006
Grateful Dead Download Vol. 11: 6/20/91, 2006
Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork: Coll. Edition CD, 2007
Road Trips: Vol 1, No 2: October 1977 (Bonus CD), 2008
Formerly The Warlocks, 2010
Road Trips: Vol 4, No. 5: Boston Music Hall 6.9.76, 2011
Dave's Picks Vol 1: Richmond, VA, 5/25/77, 2012
Dave's Picks Vol. 8: Atlanta, GA 11/30/80, 2013
Spring 1990 (The Other One), 2014
Wake Up To Find Out: Nassau Coliseum, 3/29/90, 2014
30 Trips Around The Sun Box Set, 2015
On The Road: Dave's Picks Bonus CD 2016, 2016
May 1977: Get Shown the Light, 2017
Dave's Picks Vol 29: San Bernardino, 2/26/77, 2019
Dave's Picks Vol 35: Philadelphia, 4/20/1984, 2020
June 1976, 2020
Dave's Picks Vol 39, Philadelphia, 4/26/83, 2021
Dave's Picks Vol 44: Eugene, 6/23/90, 2022
In and Out of the Garden: '81, '82, '83, 2022
Dave's Picks Vol 45: Portland, 10/1 & 2/77, 2023
Boston 5/7/77, 2023
Dave's Picks Vol 49: Frost Amph, 4/27&28/85, 2024

Fare Thee Well shows 2015

Fare Thee Well July 3, 4 & 5 2015 Complete Box, 2015

The Dead

Virginia Beach, VA, June 17, 2003
Hartford, CT, June 21, 2003
Vernon, NY, June 29, 2003
Morrison, CO, July 10, 2003
Joliet, IL, August 2, 2003
Irvine, CA, September 18, 2003
Oakland, CA, December 31, 2004
Morrison, CO, June 18, 2004
Irvine, CA, June 24, 2004
George, WA, July 3, 2004
East Troy, WI, July 24, 2004
Boston, MA, July 30, 2004
Wantagh, NY, August 13, 2004
Raleigh, NC, August 17, 2004
Dead '09: Worcester, MA April 19, 2009
Dead '09: E. Rutherford, NJ, April 29, 2009

Further

Dec 9, 2009, New York, NY
Dec 31, 2009, San Francisco, CA
Feb 6, 2010, Orlando, FL
Feb 15, 2010, Bethlehem, PA
Feb 20, 2010, Utica, NY
Feb 27, 2010, Atlantic City, NJ
Mar 5, 2010, Denver, CO
June 25, 2010, Rochester, NY
June 30, 2010, Lowell, MA
July 11, 2010, Philadelphia, PA
July 30, 2010, Bridgeport, CT
September 18, 2010, Redmond, WA
September 22, 2010, Las Vegas, NV
September 26, 2010, Morrison, CO
November 11, 2010, St. Louis, MO
November 16, 2010, Reading, PA
November 21, 2010, New York, NY
December 31, 2010, San Francisco, CA
February 13, 2011, Broomfield, CO
March 4, 2011, Boston, MA
March 12, 2011, New York, NY
March 19, 2011, Upper Darby, PA
March 27, 2011, New York, NY
March 30, 2011, Pittsburgh, PA
April 5, 2011, Orlando, FL
June 4, 2011, Mountain View, CA
July 17, 2011, Wantagh, NY
July 24, 2011, Holmdel, NJ
July 30, 2011, St. Augustine, FL
Sept 23, 2011, Eugene, OR
Sept 30, 2011, Morrison, CO
Oct 6, 2011, Los Angeles, CA
Nov 3, 2011, Manchester, NH
Nov 10, 2011, New York, NY
Nov 16, 2011, Columbus, OH
Dec 31, 2011, San Francisco, CA
April 5, 2012, Boston, MA
April 14, 2012, New York, NY
April 20, 2012, Live Oak
July 7, 2012, Philadelphia, PA
July 14, 2012, Brooklyn, NY
September 21, 2012, Morrison, CO
September 28, 2012, Troutdale, OR
October 6, 2012, Los Angeles, CA
December 31, 2012, San Francisco, CA
January 19, 2013, Mill Valley, CA
February 24, 2013, Broomfield, CO
April 17, 2013, Port Chester, NY
April 25, 2013, Port Chester, NY
July 11, 2013, Brooklyn, NY
July 18, 2013, Boston, MA
Sept 6, 2013, Arrington, VA
Sept 21, 2013, Morrison, CO
Sept 27, 2013, Berkeley, CA
Oct 2, 2013, Las Vegas, NV

Dead & Company

Camden, NJ, 20 June, 2016
Hartford, CT, 28 June, 2016
Clarkston, MI, 07 July, 2016
Portland, OR, 22 July, 2016
Mountain View, CA, 3 Jun, 2017
Burgettstown, PA, 15 Jun, 2017
Camden, NJ, 25 Jun, 2017
Boston, MA, 17 Nov, 2017
Detroit, MI, 24 Nov, 2017
Dallas, TX, 1 Dec, 2017
Riviera Maya, MX, 17 Feb, 2018
Orlando, FL, 27 Feb, 2018
Camden, NJ, 1 Jun, 2018
Raleigh, NC, 9 Jun, 2018
East Troy, WI, 22 Jun, 2018
Albuquerque, NM, 11 July, 2018
Mountain View, CA, 31 May, 2019
George, WA, 8 Jun, 2019
New York, NY, 23 Jun, 2019
New York, NY, 10 Oct, 2019
San Francisco, CA, 30 Dec, 2019
Canc�n, MX, 16 Jan, 2020
Raleigh, NC, Aug 16, 2021
Philadelphia, PA, Aug 21, 2021
Mansfield, MA, Sep 2, 2021
Lakewood, Atlanta, GA, Oct 12, 2021
Morrison, CO, Oct 20, 2021
Mountain View, CA, June 14, 2022
Chicago, IL, June 25, 2022
Hartford, CT, July 5, 2022
Riviera Canc�n, Mexico, Jan 17, 2023
Los Angeles, CA, May 19, 2023
Charlotte, NC, May 30, 2023
Cincinnati, OH, June 13, 2023
George, WA, July 8, 2023

Ratdog

Live Oak FL: October 11, 2003
Hampton Beach NJ: October 17, 2003
Milwaukee WI: November 1, 2003
Detroit MI: November 6, 2003
DeKalb IL: November 14, 2003
New Orleans LA: November 22, 2003
Las Vegas NV, February 25, 2004
Vancouver BC, March 6, 2004
Boulder CO, March 16, 2004
Worcester MA, April 2, 2004
Tulsa OK, September 15, 2004Ratdog, 2004
Las Vegas NV, February 6, 2005
Indianapolis IN, April 4, 2005
Frederick MD, April 11, 2005
Washington DC, April 27, 2005
Norfolk VA, April 29, 2005
Columbus, OH, June 8, 2005
Terra Alta, WV, August 5, 2005
Ocean City, MD, August 9, 2005
Mariaville, NY, August 12, 2005
Gilford, NH, September 2, 2005
Atlanta, GA, November 16, 2005
Santa Fe, NM, December 3, 2005
Reno, NV, December 14, 2005
Danbury, CT, March 20, 2006
Morrison, CO, July 2, 2006
St. Louis, MO, July 8, 2006
Columbus OH, October 26, 2006
York PA, November 7, 2006
San Diego CA, February 9, 2007
Springfield MA, March 15, 2007
University Park, PA, November 4, 2007
Baltimore, MD, April 8, 2008
Indio, CA, June 28, 2008
Washington, DC, November 6, 2008
Wilmington, NC, July 21, 2009
Boise, ID, August 27, 2009
Negril, Jamaica, January 31, 2010
Washington DC, February 17, 2014
Port Chester, NY, March 2, 2014
Louisville, KY, March 12, 2014
Grand Rapids, MI, June 10, 2014

Weir/Robinson/Greene Trio

May 27, 2012, Bella Music Fest, Geneva, MN, 2012
May 31, 2012, Wakarusa Festival, Ozark, AR, 2012
June 4, 2012, Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, 2012

Phil Lesh

Live at the Warfield, 2006
Instant Live: June 23, 2006, Tampa, FL, 2006
Instant Live: June 27, 2006, Asheville, NC, 2006
Instant Live: July 2, 2006, Saratoga, NY, 2006
Instant Live: July 8, 2006, Darien Lakes, NY, 2006
Instant Live: July 11, 2006, Scranton, PA, 2006
Instant Live: July 14, 2006, Columbus, OH, 2006
Instant Live: July 18, 2006, Louisville, KY, 2006
April 2, 2014, Port Chester, NY, 2014
April 12, 2014, Port Chester, NY, 2014
April 18, 2014, Las Vegas, NV, 2014
May 30, 2014, Port Chester, NY, 2014
October 17, 2014, Las Vegas, NV, 2014
November 7, 2014, Port Chester, NY, 2014
November 14, 2014, Port Chester, NY, 2014
December 29, 2014: Port Chester, NY, PhilRAD, 2014
March 15, 2015, Port Chester, NY, 2015
November 7, 2015, Port Chester, NY, 2015
March 18, 2016, Port Chester, NY, 2016
May 29, 2016, Port Chester, NY, 2016
August 28, 2016, Arrington, VA, 2016
September 14, 2016, Brooklyn, NY, 2016
Dear Jerry (CD), Various Artists (Phil Lesh & Communion), 2016
Dear Jerry (DVD), Various Artists (Phil Lesh & Communion), 2016
October 29, 2016, Port Chester, NY, 2016
March 17, 2017, Port Chester, NY, 2017

Billy & The Kids

8/15/15, The Peach Music Festival, Scranton, PA, Billy & The Kids, 2015
8/16/23, Baltimore, MD, Billy & The Kids, 2023

Other recordings

Cool In The Furnace, Ember (Throbbing Ember), 1994
Blue Morning, Toni Brown, 1996
Relix Bay Record Shop : Tribute To Jerry Garcia, Various Artists, 1997
Fire On The Mountain - Reggae Celebrates The Grateful Dead - Volume 2, Various Artists, 1997
The Vineyard Sound, Vol. 3, Various Artists, 1997
Keeper Of The Key, David Nelson Band, 1997
Relix's Best Of Truck Driving Songs, Various Artists, 1997
Tribute To Jerry Garcia, John McEuen and Phil Salazar, 1999
Wake the Dead, Wake The Dead, 2000
Live at Maritime Hall: San Francisco, The Congos, 2000
Pickin' On The Grateful Dead, Vol. 2, Various Artists, 2000
Live At Twenty North, Jake's Leg, 2001
Long Strange Trip: Swingin' and Pickin' on the Grateful Dead, Various Artists, 2001
Pickin' On Jerry Garcia, Various Artists, 2001
20� Of Solitude, Grass Is Dead, 2004
Live From Berkeley, Various Artists (David Nelson and Friends), 2005
December 31, 2009, Portland, OR, Railroad Earth, 2009
Songs of the Grateful Dead: A Tribute to Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter, Jesse McReynolds & Friends, 2010
December 31, 2010, Denver, CO, Railroad Earth, 2010
The Wheel: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Garcia, Various Artists, 2011
Jerry Jams For Rex, Vol. Two, Various Artists (Railroad Earth), 2011
January 28, 2011, Santa Cruz, CA, Railroad Earth, 2011
November 26, 2011, Stroudsburg, PA, Railroad Earth, 2011
Peach Music Festival, August 10, 12, Dark Star Orchestra, 2012
July 11, 2014, Syracuse, NY, Railroad Earth, 2014
December 31, 2014, Atlanta, GA, Railroad Earth, 2015
March 20, 2015, Solana Beach, CA, Railroad Earth, 2015
Alone Together, Vol 1, Holly Bowling, 2020
Shred 420, Grateful Shred, 2021
The Wilderness Sessions Vol. 5: Beartooth Mountains, Holly Bowling, 2021

Chris Robinson Brotherhood: live recordings

These live recordings are available via the Chris Robinson Brotherhood website.

7/1/2012, Winston-Salem, NC, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, 2013
7/15/2012, Salt Lake City, UT, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, 2013
8/19/2012, Cincinnati, OH, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, 2013
8/26/2012, Amagansett, NY, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, 2013
11/4/2012, Charlottesville, VA, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, 2013
11/11/2012, Philadelphia, PA, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, 2013
11/25/2012, Portland, OR, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, 2013
12/16/2012, San Francisco, CA, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, 2013