In 1995, at the age of 53, Jerry Garcia slipped into a diabetic coma and died. In December 1998, Grateful Dead bandmate 58-year-old Phil Lesh had a liver transplant. Phil, as he is commonly known ...

The family of Jerry Garcia ... after a 1964 Warlocks gig. Garcia invited Lesh to join the band on bass guitar, an instrument he had never played. The following year, Lesh performed at his first ...