Go Ahead was a band formed by Grateful Dead members Bill Kreutzmann and Brent Mydland in 1986.
[1][2] In July 1986 Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia fell into a diabetic coma.
During this time drummer Bill Kreutzmann and keyboardist Brent Mydland formed the band Go Ahead.
[3] Go Ahead played a number of gigs in December 1986; soon afterwards, the Grateful Dead resumed performing.
[4] Following the dissolution of Go Ahead in March 1988 Kreutzmann, Mydland and Weir continued to perform with the Grateful Dead and Ligertwood rejoined Santana the next year.