1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - #47. Buck Owens and his Buckaroos - I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (1965)

Buck Owens and his Buckaroos - I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (1965)

Label - Capitol
Producer – Ken Nelson
Art Direction – Uncredited
Nationality-USA
Running Time – 28:19

Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

1. I've Got a Tiger by the Tail
2. Trouble and Me
3. Let the Sad Times Roll On
4. Wham Bam
5. If You Fall Out of Love With Me
6. Fallin' for You
7. We're Gonna Let the Good Times Roll
8. Band Keeps Playin' On
9. Streets of Laredo
10. Cryin' Time
11. Maiden's Prayer
12. Memphis

I admit I am not a country music fan. And this is REALLY country!! Therefore this was a tough one to get through!
In reading up on Buck Owens, (and was surprised to find out he had passed. Don’t know why I though he was still alive – I just did. He passed in 2006) he had his decent share of country hits prior to the release of “I've Got a Tiger by the Tail” but the title track to the record was Owens' national breakthrough hit. Another standout track was the hit "Cryin' Time," later to be a crossover hit of its own when recorded by Ray Charles
Buck Owens signature sound is thanks to the guitar picking of Don Rich – and he is all over this album and even shares vocals on "Wham Bam" and a feature with Buck on a duet of Chuck Berry's "Memphis."
Also getting in on the act is Doyle Holly who handles the vocal chores on "Streets of Laredo,".
Buck Owens created the Bakersfield honky tonk sound with this record —a reference to Bakersfield, California, the city Owens called home and from which he drew inspiration for what he preferred to call "American Music, and he did eventually scored twenty one number one Billboard country hits so he was doing something people liked – but again – it’s just not my kind of music, so I’m really probably not the most qualified person to make a review of this album.
Not recommended.


You can purchase the CD here.