On this date exactly sixty years ago today Buck Owens and his Buckaroos......

[JohnnyRingo]

...played this hit song on Buck Owens Ranch Show. (It was first released nearly two years earlier)
He says he got the idea from an Esso station that advertised a tiger in your tank and gave away tiger tails that hung from your gas door.

"I've Got A Tiger By The Tail"

[markodochartaigh]

1. I still enjoy listening to Buckaroo

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[JohnnyRingo]

2. I never heard that one. He was quite a picker.

Put Bakersfield California on the country map. Take that Nashville.
It's said John Fogarty took great influence from the band. I can hear that.

[czarjak]

3. Was called Hick Music back in the day!

[FoxNewsSucks]

4. I remember that

hadn't heard it since I was a little kid