Hard to Handle

Played live by Grateful Dead on 123 nights, 6% of shows.

First: March 15, 1969 at Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, California
Last: December 31, 1982 at Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland, California

Nights per year

1969: 39 · 1970: 44 · 1971: 38 · 1982: 2

Most in 1970: 44 nights.

Next

  1. Cumberland Blues: 10 times
  2. China Cat Sunflower: 9 times
  3. Me and My Uncle: 8 times
  4. Mama Tried: 7 times
  5. Loser: 7 times
  6. Cold Rain and Snow: 6 times

Before

  1. Me and My Uncle: 12 times
  2. Mama Tried: 9 times
  3. I Know You Rider: 8 times
  4. Black Peter: 7 times
  5. Casey Jones: 6 times
  6. Me and Bobby McGee: 5 times

Latest nights

  1. December 31, 1982: Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland, California
  2. December 30, 1982: Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland, California
  3. August 26, 1971: Gaelic Park, The Bronx, New York
  4. August 14, 1971: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California
  5. August 7, 1971: Community Concourse, San Diego, California
  6. August 6, 1971: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California
  7. August 4, 1971: Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island, San Pedro, California
  8. July 31, 1971: Yale Bowl, New Haven, Connecticut
  9. July 2, 1971: Fillmore West, San Francisco, California
  10. June 21, 1971: Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, Île-de-France

All of Grateful Dead

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