The Grateful Dead had worked on songs in the early 1990s for an album that was intended to be the follow-up to Built to Last (1989), but it was never completed.
When Jerry Garcia died in 1995, the band decided to break up and this album was never finished.
[1][2][3] Work on the unfinished album began in February 1992 in West Marin County in California, at a studio the band called "the Site", which was located on a hill with scenic views and occasional views of wildlife.
In 1997, Bob Weir stated that the album could potentially be completed, but that it would take additional collaboration from the remaining band members.
[1] The box set So Many Roads (1965–1995) has six songs from live concert performance and rehearsal tracks from the unfinished Grateful Dead album.