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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

1201 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
DateBandVenueLength
1973-06-10GDRFK Stadium, Washington, DC, USA—
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 Theater, Unknown Location8:50