After his 1986 coma, Jerry Garcia began looking for a way to get exercise that he would enjoy. He submerged himself in the sport of scuba diving, making more than 500 dives during the next seven years, mostly along the Kona coast off the Big Island of Hawaii.
“I never play with eels with a finger that I can’t afford to lose. I always use my picking hand, not my fretting hand.” -Jerry Garcia