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Jerry Garcia Band - Tough Mama

Community-ranked versions of Tough Mama. Filter by any year or era below, sort by Best / Year / Length, or follow the outbound Archive.org ↗ link to listen.

Times Played25
First Played9/20/75
Last Played11/12/90
Typical Length8:06
Longest10:40 (11/18/75)
#1 Consensus PickSept. 20, 1975
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#1 Sept. 20, 1975 · River City - Fairfax, CA
Length: 9:54 · #1 of 1975 · 317 archive downloads
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#2 Nov. 18, 1975 · Keystone - Berkeley, CA
Length: 10:40 · #2 of 1975 · 340 archive downloads
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#3 Nov. 23, 1975 · Macky Auditorium, University of Colorado - Boulder, CO
Length: 10:07 · #3 of 1975 · 221 archive downloads
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#4 Nov. 21, 1975 · Auditorium Theatre - Chicago, IL
Length: 9:11 · 334 archive downloads
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#5 Oct. 28, 1975 (late) · Beacon Theatre - New York, NY
Length: 9:24 · 240 archive downloads
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#6 Dec. 17, 1975 · His Master's Wheels - San Francisco, CA
Length: 8:54 · 290 archive downloads
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#7 Oct. 17, 1975 · His Master's Wheels - San Francisco, CA SBD
Length: 8:22 · 466 archive downloads
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#8 Oct. 24, 1975 · Orpheum Theatre - Boston, MA SBD
Length: 7:53 · 610 archive downloads
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#9 Oct. 23, 1975 · Palace Theater (Ocean State Performing Arts Center) - Providence, RI
Length: 9:48 · 176 archive downloads
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#10 Feb. 22, 1976 · La Paloma Theatre - Encinitas, CA
Length: 8:40 · #1 of 1976 · 240 archive downloads
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#11 Jan. 27, 1976 · Keystone - Berkeley, CA SBD
Length: 8:06 · 264 archive downloads
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#12 Oct. 22, 1982 · Keystone Palo Alto - Palo Alto, CA
Length: 8:21 · #1 of 1982 · 254 archive downloads
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#13 Oct. 22, 1975 · Woolsey Hall, Yale University - New Haven, CT
Length: 7:27 · 277 archive downloads
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#14 Oct. 10, 1975 · Calvin C. Flint Center for the Performing Arts, De Anza College - Cupertino, CA
Length: 8:34 · 125 archive downloads
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#15 July 8, 1977 · Calderone Concert Hall - Hempstead, NY
Length: 8:23 · 96 archive downloads
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#16 Oct. 31, 1975 · Tower Theater - Upper Darby, PA
Length: 7:23 · 238 archive downloads
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#17 Oct. 13, 1982 · Catalyst - Santa Cruz, CA
Length: 7:47 · 132 archive downloads
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#18 Nov. 1, 1975 · Capitol Theatre - Passaic, NJ
Length: 6:28 · 215 archive downloads
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#19 Aug. 20, 1981 · Keystone - Berkeley, CA
Length: 5:31 · #1 of 1981 · 246 archive downloads
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#20 July 26, 1981 · Keystone - Berkeley, CA SBD
Length: 6:56 · 203 archive downloads
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#21 Mar. 2, 1990 · Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA
Length: 7:00 · #1 of 1990 · 135 archive downloads
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#22 June 12, 1990 · Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA
Length: 6:54 · #2 of 1990 · 245 archive downloads
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#23 May 20, 1990 · Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium - Hilo, HI
Length: 5:17 · #3 of 1990 · 254 archive downloads
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#24 Nov. 12, 1990 · Wiltern Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
Length: 6:25 · 176 archive downloads
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#25 Apr. 13, 1990 · Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA
Length: 5:52 · 185 archive downloads
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Best Version of Tough Mama for Every Year (1975–1990)
YearPlayedVote#1 Version of YearVenueLengthScoreTape
1975 13× Sept. 20, 1975 River City - Fairfax, CA 9:54 72 Archive.org ↗
1976 2× Feb. 22, 1976 La Paloma Theatre - Encinitas, CA 8:40 55 Archive.org ↗
1977 1× July 8, 1977 Calderone Concert Hall - Hempstead, NY 8:23 45 Archive.org ↗
1981 2× Aug. 20, 1981 Keystone - Berkeley, CA 5:31 39 Archive.org ↗
1982 2× Oct. 22, 1982 Keystone Palo Alto - Palo Alto, CA 8:21 50 Archive.org ↗
1990 5× Mar. 2, 1990 Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA 7:00 38 Archive.org ↗