Has there ever been a version of the Dead's "He's Gone"? A "She's Gone" version? Would like to hear....

[OAITW r.2.0]

For reference.....

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[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Dead - 1972 - The ice cream kid. That cosmic moment when the microdot kicks in.

On edit....thanks Augustus.

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3. 72, Off Campus, and stuff distributed.

then this....

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Jeez. Dave Grissman, mandolin....whoa.

[Clash City Rocker]

2. The inspiration was Mickey's dad

Who ran away with some of the band’s money at one point.

Later, it was often played as a tribute to someone close to the band who had died.

I don’t recall it ever sung with the genders reversed, but it was played many times, so it’s possible.

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. I don't think so.

I think it's about Ron M. Could be wrong, but this is what I always thought it was about. Pigpen.

[Clash City Rocker]

11. Well, it's what they said in an interview

"He's Gone," as originally written, referred to the disappearance of Mickey Hart's father, Lenny Hart, who was acting as the band's manager, with a good deal of money. (See interview in Relix, vol. 5, #2, p. 24.) Since then, the song has become riddled with meaning, played often quite tenderly when someone close to the band dies.

http://artsites.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/gone.html#:~:text=%22He's%20Gone%2C%22%20as%20originally,24.)

[OAITW r.2.0]

12. Cool! Learned something new. Funny how we make assumptions on something that is totally wrong.

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5. Perhaps "Bertha"?

[Jerryatric]

7. Bertha wasn't a person, Bertha was an industrial fan.

It walked itself from one spot to another and the song is about the fan, lol. And He's Gone was definitely written about Mickey's dad after he took off with all their money. If I hadn't loaned my GD books to a friend, I could find the exact quotes, but I don't have them here now.

[OAITW r.2.0]

9. I knew the fan thing. Did not know your take on He's Gone....Mickey's Dad???? Whoa, thought it was Ron McKernan.

[Jerryatric]

10. What I read was that it was written about Lenny Hart.

So, after I typed that, I googled Lenny Hart. Now I want to find out more about that guy! Arrested for the theft while he was baptizing people?!!? That in itself is pretty strange.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Hart#:~:text=Lenny%20Hart%20was%20also%20the,Lenny%20B.

[lapucelle]

6. Annotated Grateful Dead lyrics...

http://artsites.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/gone.html

[OAITW r.2.0]

8. Why is this not the U of Tenn Signature song?

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