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Song

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

Times played
9
First
1973
Last
2023
Avg length
8:50
from 1 timed
The longest it ever went missing

1177 shows without it, ending 1991-05-12.

Where it sits
  • 1opened the show
  • 2opened a set
Longest on record

Only where a tape gives a length, so this is the longest anyone timed — not necessarily the longest ever played.

Across the decades
  • 170s
  • 790s
  • 120s
Segues

Goes into

  1. 1Wharf Rat2023

Comes out of

  1. 5C.C. Rider1991–1992

Counted only where the setlist records the join. Every segue in the archive.

Every performance
Played by yearMost in 1991: 5
19732023
DateBandVenueLength
1973-06-10GDRFK Stadium, Washington—
1991-05-12GDShoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View—
1991-06-24GDSandstone Amphitheater, Bonner Springs—
1991-08-18GDShoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View—
1991-09-10GDMadison Square Garden, New York—
1991-09-22GDBoston Garden, Boston—
1992-03-16GDSpectrum, Philadelphia—
1994-09-16GDShoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View—
2023-01-29JRADCapitol Theatre, Port Chester8:50