Hard To Handle
Details
- Band
- The Grateful Dead
- Play count
- 144
- First played
- 1969-03-15 — Hilton Hotel
Lyrics
Baby, here I am, and I'm a man upon the scene
I have to give you what you want
But you've got to come home with me
And I got a whole lot of good old lovin'
And I got some in store
When I get through throwin' it on you
You've got to come back for some more
Boys and things will come by the dozen
Ain't nothing but drugstore lovin'
Pretty little thing, let me light your candle
'Cause Mama, I'm sure hard to handle now, yes, I am
Actions speak louder than words
And I'm a man with great experience
I know you got you another man
But I can love you better than him
Takе my hand and don't be afraid
I'm gonna prove evеry word I say
I'm advertising love for free
So, won't you place your ad with me
Boys and things will come by the dozen
Ain't nothing but drugstore lovin'
Pretty little thing, let me light your candle
'Cause Mama, I'm sure hard to handle now, yes, I am
Give it to me, I've got to have it
Some of your love, I'm a big old man
Sometimes I get hard to handle, baby
Sometimes I get kinda hard to handle now
Yes, I want to have some of your love
Some of your love
Make me feel pretty good now, yes, it do
Baby, here I am, and I'm a man upon the scene
And I can give you what you want
But you've got to come home with me
And I got a whole lot of good old lovin'
And I got some in store
When I get through throwin' it on you
You've got to come back for more
Boys and things will come by the dozen
T'ain't nothing but drugstore lovin'
Pretty little thing, let me light your candle
'Cause Mama, I'm sure hard to handle now, yes, I am
Thank you
Links
Performances
| Date | Venue | Location | Set | # | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-12-31 | Oakland Civic Auditorium | Oakland, California | Set 3: | 16 | — |
| 1982-12-31 | Oakland Auditorium Arena | Oakland, California | Set 3 | 16 | |
| 1982-12-30 | Oakland Civic Auditorium | Oakland, California | Encore 1 | 20 | — |
| 1982-12-30 | Oakland Auditorium Arena | Oakland, California | Encore | 21 | |
| 1971-08-26 | Gaelic Park | The Bronx | Set 1: | 8 | |
| 1971-08-14 | Berkeley Community Theatre | Berkeley, California | Set 1: | 9 | |
| 1971-08-07 | Golden Hall | San Diego, California | Set 1 | 9 | — |
| 1971-08-06 | Hollywood Palladium | Los Angeles, California | Set I | 7 | |
| 1971-08-04 | Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island | San Pedro, California | — | 3 | — |
| 1971-08-04 | Terminal Island Correctional Facility | San Pedro, California | Set 1 | 4 | |
| 1971-07-31 | Yale Bowl | New Haven, CT | Set 1: | 6 | — |
| 1971-07-31 | Yale Bowl / Yale University | New Haven, CT | Set 1 | 8 | |
| 1971-07-02 | Fillmore West | San Francisco, California | Set 1: | 8 | |
| 1971-06-21 | Château d'Hérouville | Hérouville, France | Set I | 1 | |
| 1971-05-29 | Winterland Arena | San Francisco, California | — | 6 | |
| 1971-04-29 | Fillmore East | New York | Set 1: | 9 | |
| 1971-04-28 | Fillmore East | New York | Set 2: | 13 | |
| 1971-04-27 | Fillmore East | New York | Set I | 7 | |
| 1971-04-26 | Fillmore East | New York | Set I | 5 | |
| 1971-04-25 | Fillmore East | New York | Set 1: | 3 | |
| 1971-04-24 | Wallace Wade Stadium | Durham, NC | — | 3 | — |
| 1971-04-24 | Wallace Wade Stadium / Duke University | Durham, NC | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1971-04-22 | Bangor Auditorium | Bangor, Maine | Set I | 6 | |
| 1971-04-21 | Rhode Island Auditorium | Providence, RI | Set 1: | 9 | |
| 1971-04-18 | Lusk Field House | Cortland, New York | Set II | 10 | — |
| 1971-04-18 | Lusk Field House / SUNY | Cortland, New York | Set 2 | 11 | |
| 1971-04-17 | Dillon Gymnasium | Princeton, New Jersey | Set I | 6 | — |
| 1971-04-17 | Dillon Gym / Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey | Set 1 | 5 | |
| 1971-04-14 | Bucknell University | Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | — | 14 | — |
| 1971-04-14 | Davis Gymnasium / Bucknell University | Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | Set 2 | 16 | |
| 1971-04-13 | Catholic Youth Center | Scranton, Pennsylvania | Set 1: | 9 | |
| 1971-04-12 | Civic Arena | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Set 1: | 7 | — |
| 1971-04-12 | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1971-04-10 | Mayser Center / Franklin & Marshall College | Lancaster, Pennsylvania | Set 1 | 6 | |
| 1971-04-07 | The Music Hall | Boston, MA | Set 1: | 5 | — |
| 1971-04-07 | Boston Music Hall | Boston, MA | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1971-04-04 | The Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center | New York | Set 2: | 10 | — |
| 1971-04-04 | Manhattan Center | New York | Set 2 | 11 | |
| 1971-03-24 | Winterland Arena | San Francisco, California | Set II | 12 | |
| 1971-03-21 | Performing Arts Center | Milwaukee, WI | — | 1 | — |
| 1971-03-21 | Expo Milwaukee Convention Center | Milwaukee, WI | Set 1 | 8 | |
| 1971-03-20 | Iowa Field House | Iowa City, IA | — | 3 | — |
| 1971-03-20 | Field House / University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1971-03-17 | Fox Theatre | St. Louis, Missouri | Set 1 | 2 | — |
| 1971-03-14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison, WI | Set 1: | 4 | — |
| 1971-03-14 | Camp Randall Field House / University of Wisconsin | Madison, WI | Set 1 | 6 | |
| 1971-03-13 | Jenison Field House | East Lansing, Michigan | Set 1: | 4 | — |
| 1971-03-03 | Fillmore West | San Francisco, California | Set I | 2 | |
| 1971-02-24 | Capitol Theatre | Port Chester, New York | Set 1: | 6 | |
| 1971-02-20 | Capitol Theatre | Port Chester, New York | Set I | 2 | |
| 1971-02-18 | Capitol Theatre | Port Chester, New York | Set 1 | 8 | |
| 1971-01-25 | Seattle Center Arena | Seattle, WA | — | 2 | — |
| 1971-01-24 | Seattle Center Arena | Seattle, WA | Set 2 | 8 | |
| 1971-01-22 | Lane Community College | Eugene, Oregon | — | 5 | |
| 1971-01-21 | Freeborn Hall | Davis, California | — | 5 | — |
| 1971-01-21 | Freeborn Hall / University of California | Davis, California | Set 1 | 6 | |
| 1970-12-27 | Legion Stadium | El Monte, California | Set 1: | 3 | |
| 1970-12-12 | Sonoma County Fairgrounds | Santa Rosa, California | — | 3 | — |
| 1970-12-12 | Santa Rosa Fairgrounds | Santa Rosa, California | Set 1 | 5 | |
| 1970-11-27 | Syndrome | Chicago, Illinois | Set 1 | 2 | — |
| 1970-11-23 | Anderson Theater | New York, New York | — | 6 | — |
| 1970-11-22 | Gymnasium / Middlesex County College | Edison, New Jersey | Set 1 | 2 | — |
| 1970-11-16 | Fillmore East | New York, New York | — | 8 | |
| 1970-11-11 | 46th St. Rock Palace | Brooklyn, New York | Set 1: | 9 | — |
| 1970-11-11 | 46th Street Rock Palace | Brooklyn, New York | Set 1 | 13 | |
| 1970-11-05 | Capitol Theatre | Port Chester, New York | — | 1 | |
| 1970-10-31 | Stony Brook Gymnasium | Stony Brook, New York | — | 2 | — |
| 1970-10-31 | Gymnasium / SUNY | Stony Brook, New York | Set 2 | 21 | |
| 1970-10-31 | Gymnasium / SUNY | Stony Brook, New York | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1970-10-23 | McDonough Arena / Georgetown University | WA | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1970-10-17 | Cleveland Music Hall | Cleveland, Ohio | Set 1 | 12 | |
| 1970-10-10 | Colden Auditorium / Queens College | Queens, New York | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1970-10-05 | Winterland Arena | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 2 | — |
| 1970-07-04 | McMahon Stadium | Calgary, AB, CA | Set 2 | 6 | — |
| 1970-07-01 | Winnipeg Fairgrounds Stadium | Winnipeg, MB, CA | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1970-06-19 | Mid-South Coliseum | Memphis, TN | Set 1 | 4 | — |
| 1970-06-05 | Fillmore West | San Francisco, California | Set 2 | 12 | |
| 1970-06-04 | Fillmore West | San Francisco, California | Set 2 | 7 | |
| 1970-05-24 | Newcastle-Under-Lyme | Newcastle, UK | Set 1 | 4 | |
| 1970-05-16 | Temple University Stadium | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1970-05-15 | Fillmore East | New York | Set 2 | 20 | |
| 1970-05-10 | Atlanta Sports Arena | Atlanta, GA | Set 1 | 1 | — |
| 1970-05-01 | Orvis Student Activities Center Gymnasium / SUNY College of Technology | Alfred, New York | Set 2 | 10 | |
| 1970-04-15 | Winterland Arena | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 6 | |
| 1970-04-10 | Fillmore West | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 5 | — |
| 1970-04-03 | Armory Fieldhouse / University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, Ohio | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1970-03-20 | Capitol Theatre | Port Chester, New York | Set 1 | 4 | |
| 1970-03-08 | Travelodge Theatre | Phoenix, AZ | Set 1 | 5 | |
| 1970-03-07 | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium | Santa Monica, California | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1970-03-01 | Family Dog on the Great Highway | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 4 | |
| 1970-02-27 | Family Dog on the Great Highway | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 10 | |
| 1970-02-14 | Fillmore East | New York | Set 2 | 5 | |
| 1970-02-13 | Fillmore East | New York | Set 1 | 5 | |
| 1970-02-07 | Fillmore West | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 6 | |
| 1970-02-06 | Fillmore West | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 5 | |
| 1970-02-04 | Family Dog on the Great Highway | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 2 | |
| 1970-02-02 | Fox Theatre | St. Louis, Missouri | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1970-01-31 | The Warehouse | New Orleans, LA | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1970-01-30 | The Warehouse | New Orleans, LA | Set 1 | 4 | |
| 1970-01-23 | Honolulu Civic Auditorium | Honolulu, Hawaii | Set 1 | 4 | |
| 1970-01-17 | Gill Coliseum / Oregon State University | Corvallis, Oregon | Set 1 | 4 | |
| 1970-01-16 | Springer's Inn | Portland, Oregon | Set 1 | 4 | |
| 1970-01-10 | Golden Hall | San Diego, California | Set 1 | 5 | |
| 1970-01-03 | Fillmore East | New York | Set 1 | 2 | |
| 1970-01-02 | Fillmore East | New York | Set 1 | 4 | |
| 1969-12-31 | Boston Tea Party | Boston, MA | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1969-12-29 | Boston Tea Party | Boston, MA | Set 1 | 9 | |
| 1969-12-28 | International Speedway | Hollywood, California | Set 1 | 9 | |
| 1969-12-26 | McFarlin Auditorium | Dallas, TX | Set 2 | 4 | |
| 1969-12-20 | Fillmore Auditorium | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 6 | — |
| 1969-12-19 | Fillmore Auditorium | San Francisco, California | Set 2 | 5 | |
| 1969-12-13 | Swing Auditorium | San Bernardino, California | Set 1 | 2 | |
| 1969-12-12 | Thelma Theater | Los Angeles, California | Set 2 | 10 | |
| 1969-12-11 | Thelma Theater | Los Angeles, California | Set 1 | 10 | |
| 1969-12-07 | Fillmore West | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 2 | |
| 1969-11-07 | Fillmore Auditorium | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 2 | |
| 1969-11-01 | Family Dog on the Great Highway | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 4 | |
| 1969-10-26 | Winterland Arena | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1969-10-24 | Winterland Arena | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 5 | |
| 1969-08-23 | Pelletier Farm | St. Helens, Oregon | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1969-08-03 | Family Dog on the Great Highway | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1969-08-02 | Family Dog on the Great Highway | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 2 | |
| 1969-07-11 | New York State Pavilion | Queens, New York | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1969-07-05 | Electric Theater | Chicago, Illinois | Set 2 | 8 | |
| 1969-07-04 | Electric Theater | Chicago, Illinois | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1969-07-03 | Reed Hollow Ranch | Colorado Springs, Colorado | Set 1 | 6 | |
| 1969-06-22 | Great Lawn / Central Park | New York | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1969-06-13 | Fresno Convention Center | Fresno, California | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1969-06-05 | Fillmore West | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 4 | |
| 1969-05-31 | McArthur Court / University of Oregon | Eugene, Oregon | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1969-05-23 | Seminole Indian Village | Hollywood, California | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1969-05-16 | Campolindo High School | Moraga, California | Set 1 | 4 | |
| 1969-05-10 | Rose Palace | Pasadena, California | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1969-05-09 | Hall Of Flowers / County Fairgrounds | San Mateo, California | Set 1 | 2 | — |
| 1969-04-26 | Electric Theater | Chicago, Illinois | Set 1 | 6 | |
| 1969-04-25 | Electric Theater | Chicago, Illinois | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1969-04-23 | The Ark | Boston, MA | Set 2 | 9 | |
| 1969-04-21 | The Ark | Boston, MA | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1969-04-18 | Memorial Union Ballroom / Purdue University | LaFayette, New York | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1969-04-17 | Quadrangle / Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1969-04-15 | Music Box | Omaha, NE | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1969-04-11 | University Auditorium / University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | Set 1 | 4 | |
| 1969-04-05 | Avalon Ballroom | San Francisco, California | Set 2 | 5 | |
| 1969-03-15 | Hilton Hotel | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 1 |
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