Jerry Garcia returned from his long, strange, scary coma, and got back on the stage with the Grateful Dead on December 15, 1986.
The lovable guitarist fell into a coma on July 10th and as he recovered, the then-44-year-old musician discovered there were parts of his motor skills that needed to relearn how to play the guitar.
To prepare for getting back on the road with Bob, Phil and the rest, Jerry played 10 small gigs at The Stone in San Francisco from October to early December, leading The Jerry Garcia Band.
Once satisfied that he was healed, The Dead rolled out a trio of gigs at the familiar Oakland Coliseum Arena whose capacity was about 18,000.
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