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Jerry Garcia Band - It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

Community-ranked versions of It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry. Filter by any year or era below, sort by Best / Year / Length, or follow the outbound Archive.org ↗ link to listen.

Times Played9

First Played9/18/75

Last Played3/4/95

Typical Length8:50

Longest13:31 (9/18/75)

#1 Consensus PickFeb. 22, 1980

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#1 Feb. 22, 1980 · The Barn, Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ

Length: 10:01 · #1 of 1980 · Archive: 5.00/5 (1 reviews, 518 dl)

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#2 Sept. 18, 1975 · Ace's (Bob Weir's Studio) - Mill Valley, CA

Length: 13:31 · 390 archive downloads

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#3 Feb. 17, 1980 · Laker Hall, Sate University of New York (SUNY) Oswego - Oswego, NY

Length: 10:46 · #2 of 1980 · 189 archive downloads

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#4 Feb. 2, 1980 · The Stone - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 8:31 · #3 of 1980 · 819 archive downloads

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#5 Jan. 24, 1980 · Rio Theatre - Rodeo, CA SBD

Length: 9:57 · 196 archive downloads

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#6 Nov. 20, 1976 · Pismo Theatre - Pismo Beach, CA SBD

Length: 8:48 · #1 of 1976 · 246 archive downloads

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#7 Feb. 12, 1980 · Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University - Washington, DC SBD

Length: 8:35 · 301 archive downloads

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#8 Mar. 12, 1976 (late) · Cahn Auditorium, Northwestern University - Evanston, IL

Length: 8:50 · 151 archive downloads

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#9 Mar. 4, 1995 · Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA

Length: 7:02 · 289 archive downloads

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Best Version of It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry for Every Year (1975–1995)

Year	Played	#1 Version of Year	Venue	Length	Score	Tape
1975	1×	Sept. 18, 1975	Ace's (Bob Weir's Studio) - Mill Valley, CA	13:31	76	Archive.org ↗
1976	2×	Nov. 20, 1976 SBD	Pismo Theatre - Pismo Beach, CA	8:48	47	Archive.org ↗
1980	5×	Feb. 22, 1980	The Barn, Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ	10:01	85	Archive.org ↗
1995	1×	Mar. 4, 1995	Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA	7:02	33	Archive.org ↗