Lyrics: I've got a tiger by the tail, it's plain to see I won't be much when you get through with me Well, I'm a losing weight and a turnin' mighty pale Looks like I've got a tiger by the tail Well, I thought the day I met you, you were meek as a lamb Just the kind to fit my dreams and plans But now the pace we're livin' takes the wind from my sails And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail I've got a tiger by the tail, it's plain to see I won't be much when you get through with me Well, I'm a losing weight and a turnin' mighty pale Looks like I've got a tiger by the tail Well, every night you drag me where the bright lights are found There ain't no way to slow you down I'm as 'bout as helpless as a leaf in a gale And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail I've got a tiger by the tail, it's plain to see I won't be much when you get through with me Well, I'm a losing weight and a turnin' mighty pale Looks like I've got a tiger by the tall
@susanlawson69393 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@jeffclark78883 жыл бұрын
In 15 minutes the lyrics were written by Harlan Howard and the music was written by Buck Owens while they were driving an automobile and they saw an Esso sign “put a tiger in your tank”.
@josephblough75092 жыл бұрын
I have a mint condition 45 of this song! it pays to look for music at garage sales, sometimes you get lucky! (Blough rhymes with how).
@kevinrenfroe47512 жыл бұрын
I agree with that I'm a musician also
@Mike-zv8rd2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@ClintonsCountryTunes25 күн бұрын
The country music of today just can't compete with this class of pure talent.
@bobbymartin444624 күн бұрын
That's because there is no Country Music anymore plus you have no-talent bums like Chris Stapleton coming along f--king up great songs !! The wreck he made out of that great George Jones song Tennessee Whiskey that hippie bastard should have been thrown out of Nashville !!! Like NASCAR, Country Music has gone to hell in a handbasket !!!!
@mdmetrippsy134110 жыл бұрын
Wish country music still sounded like this! Buck Owens forever!
@samburkes755223 күн бұрын
I'm not a country music fan by far, however these guys with their iconic 'Bakersfield Country Sound' did it for me! Especially Don Rich's instrumental song, another hit, "Buckaroo"..Excellent!! We lost a good guitarist when Don Rich tragically doed in that motorcycle accident. Rest his pickin' soul!
@bigetcb9994 Жыл бұрын
I just have to say this I think I saw my dad cry twice in my life time when I join the army and when I gave a him a CD box collection of buck and the buckaroos for Christmas my dad met and talk to buck a couple of times born in Mexico came to USA at the age of 19 became an American citizen in 1963 he loved this country with a passion my dad dress up in cowboy clothes all the time always wore his cowboy hat he loved buck
@marsneedsbunnies2 ай бұрын
Your dad sounds like a great man. My dad took me to see Buck Owens a few times and pretty much every other country star when I was growing up. Nashville Sound, Bakersville Sound. Cowboy Country. Bluegrass. If it's classic country, I probably saw them as a kid and thought I hated every minute of it. Now that I'm an adult, that's all I listen to. I miss my dad so much, and can only now appreciate the gift he gave me. Music will outlast us all, and our love lives with it.
@jessezepeda50766 ай бұрын
Buck Owens being regarded as one of the best country artists, and the fact that he’s from my city makes me happy as hell !!!
@robertwesex64908 жыл бұрын
I am a Canadian who loves Americans as my own! Please love me back!!!! America I love you!!! Keep playing your beautiful music!!!
@higherview136Ай бұрын
Buck Owens and Don Rich were like father and son, their harmony and relationship was perfect. Don was suddenly killed at a very young age while riding his motorcycle and it literally broke Buck Owens heart. Buck never fully recovered from the grief.
@greggdilligaffshelly Жыл бұрын
Those two fucking guys were meant to sing and harmonize together. I'm so glad I was alive to appreciate their combined talent
@zachwinningham4 жыл бұрын
Let’s not overlook the fact that the beginning of Don Rich’s solo in the silence led perfectly into a key change on the downbeat. Mindblown.
@stanmizerny56094 жыл бұрын
I've listened to this tune a thousand times and never caught the key change.
@dukeofearlbanjo3 жыл бұрын
@@stanmizerny5609 Yessir. Starts in E and Don starts his solo in F
@peggyschenk8263 жыл бұрын
@@dukeofearlbanjo i hear song starting in D# and changing to E at the start of Don's solo. The record just stays in the key of E correct?
@scoobydooofroblox22403 жыл бұрын
@@peggyschenk826 In the record it does stay in E.
@mmmSmellsLikePetrol3 жыл бұрын
Such a polished out-fit! Very impressive
@jeffwoodcock23477 жыл бұрын
Buck and Don's harmonies are so great. Don Rich's guitar picking is superb! Love the solo on this.
@paulkossak7761Ай бұрын
That opening riff Don does on his solo is iconic. Damn, could he pick! Rest in power brother.
@sjlefebvre10 жыл бұрын
You know, every time I watch those two guys sing together, they are smiling! You can tell they truly loved what they were doing!
@richardkirk50989 жыл бұрын
These guys were GREAT. What natural entertainers without 50 layers of production. Just pure music, wonderful.
@Nigelsmom2136 Жыл бұрын
Don Rich always looked like he was having the best time. What a loss, so young when he died.
@MooPotPie3 ай бұрын
50 years ago this month (July 2024)
@lisaguy186017 күн бұрын
The black haired man was a Perfect Tenor!! I love to hear him sing.
@antithug79423 жыл бұрын
Don Rich could pick with the best of them because he was one of the best. R.I.P. Don and Buck.
@lgaytan65 Жыл бұрын
I'm not the biggest country music fan out there, but this beauty is awesome!
@oldcountry5510 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid out playing with the gang, I always stopped, came in to watch the Buck Owens show. I wouldn't miss it.
@tangobango96537 жыл бұрын
Wonderful to see all the young people viewing these old videos of Buck, Dwight, Johnny C & all the Country Music greats!
@drspaseebo4105 жыл бұрын
Boy! I remember seeing Buck Owens & The Buckaroos in concert back in the day. The overwhelming impression was professionalism. These guys were dedicated musicians, at the top of their profession, in peak form. Great, simply great !! .
@DoubleVisionandco8 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace Buck Owens. Thanks for sharing your talent with the world.
@frankmcmahon1137 жыл бұрын
RIP Don Rich.
@jeffscott83233 жыл бұрын
I believe Don could have showed a lot of rock Guitarist a thing or to
@mlbolts72 Жыл бұрын
First time seein this video Really good country music
@ernestrivera80027 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest partnerships in country music, Buck Owens and Don Rich.
@BobBuckethead-ol5cw8 ай бұрын
That's not "Country Music" like we hear today. It is Country& Western!
@BobBuckethead-ol5cw8 ай бұрын
Big Difference isn't it?
@blazz5733 ай бұрын
Today is July 17, 2024, and I'm listening to this great music.
@thinkaboutit3366 Жыл бұрын
Those costumes aren’t cheap 💰🤩
@judithsixkiller55863 жыл бұрын
Remember back when country music was FUN? Put a quarter in the juke box!
@StormLaker10 жыл бұрын
Hands down, my personal favorite Buck Owens song!
@barbaraberry80328 ай бұрын
I grew up listening to this song. Loved all his songs.
@kosster66636 ай бұрын
I'm 54 and basically a hardcore punk rock / metal guy, but growing up i loved Buck Owens. According to my mother, my first words were Buck's name. Still listen to Buck in between Slayer and Verbal Abuse records and am planning on a Buck tattoo.
@larrytyler29468 жыл бұрын
Don Rich and Buck Owens are in heaven having a hell of a jam.
@carolinecorman22405 жыл бұрын
Larry Tyler love those guys.
@JohnSmith-uy7sv5 жыл бұрын
We are not God's counselor or his adviser. We have no authority to say what or where any of us will be or what we will be doing. We are only the creation. We do not speak for God. Eternity will not be about any of us or what we have done. It will all be about Jesus Christ who died on a cross to save us from our sins. We all deserve hell.
@billb77355 жыл бұрын
@@JohnSmith-uy7sv utter BS. fairy tales from the past. have you actually thought about what you wrote? i don't deserve a hell. an eternity of anything bad doesn't equal anything i ever did or will do. stop the koolaid and do some research.
@billb77355 жыл бұрын
what are they jamming with? hands, ears? are there sound waves in this "heaven" you refer to? brains, or nervous systems?
@dinobankproductions42655 жыл бұрын
@@billb7735 *tips fedora*
@jaygooch11902 жыл бұрын
They don't need 50 layers of production with those outfits on. Brings back memories of hee haw on Saturday night
@Brian-ey7qs Жыл бұрын
E A B on all songs and you can't forget them! Buck Owens was the best!
@Cooltrainer_Kevin9 ай бұрын
Yes but here theres a chord change when Don starts the solo that the whole song is in another chords pattern, it looks like Buck plays F, B something and then C. do you know ?
@luigiguarda43734 жыл бұрын
Absolutely great I still can't get enough of real music still pertinent in 2020 and beyond. ..man I love this music
@jeffgaumond42502 жыл бұрын
Bud and Buck were in sinc like the Everly Brothers, that is to say Totally. A rare quality indeed. Their harmonies are just a joy to listen to.
@rondarawson62363 жыл бұрын
THIS SONG IS SO CATCHY....LOVE BUCK OWENS......USED TO WATCH HEE HAW WENEVER I COULD....SUCH A GREAT SHOW...THANK YOU FOR THE MEMORIES....😇❤❤❤❤❤R.I.P. DEAR MAN..
@math4U123411 ай бұрын
Country needs more of this, seems its lots its way.
@cargocat12 ай бұрын
I grew up listening to this music--it's engrained in me.
@bigetcb9994 Жыл бұрын
Im Is proud to say they are from my home town of Bakersfield i met don rich when i was 11 years old never forget that RIP both are legends
@The_War_Report2 ай бұрын
Good old days, very best of Music, when America was America and we had Buck and the Hagg and Johnny and June Carter Cash, the Possum and so many other greats.
@georgetorossian34079 жыл бұрын
Don Rich was truely outstanding. He and Buck harmonized well. On a sad note Don Rich died tragically in a motorcycle accident. Buck Owens was very effected by his sudden death.
@Bibsy19 жыл бұрын
+George Torossian OH no- so sad to hear about Dons tragic event!!
@billg20258 жыл бұрын
George, I remember Buck on A.M. radio and from the shitkicker bars back in the day in Washington. I have been a sessions guitarist for decades. Anyone with any music training will surely see Don and realize THAT guy is the real talent.
@Aenima3085 жыл бұрын
Affected
@rockribbedrushy77055 жыл бұрын
Hey Jason, make like a leper's arm and flake off, eh?
@wilburythesage27343 жыл бұрын
@Bill G Don was definitely the real article when it came down to playing his guitar and harmonizing vocals. Everything he that did looked and sounded effortless
@meatwagon2318 жыл бұрын
i love oldies its a million times better than what they call music these days this is real music.
@randyleesnidechannel999710 жыл бұрын
What is there not to like about Buck Owens. He was a great entertainer and a great singer. I love the man and his music. He is a legend of country music and I recognize his excellence. Hee Haw was a great show and wish it was still on tv.
@adambailey216510 жыл бұрын
You don't get RFD?
@randyleesnidechannel999710 жыл бұрын
whats rfd?
@ButOneThingIsNeedful10 жыл бұрын
randy snide I think it must be a TV channel that carries Hee Haw.
@StevieB136210 жыл бұрын
You were born too late pardner, but thank God for KZbin. "Rural TV" was the logo on the screen at rfd TV where I saw it. Good luck.
@cbthethird10 жыл бұрын
I grew up watching Hee Haw. No wonder my musical tastes gravitate toward traditional and country music.
@righthearproductions89345 жыл бұрын
One of the best backing bands in country music EVER
@lemondemon64343 жыл бұрын
Their voices blended together perfectly…damn son
@richardbishop86665 жыл бұрын
When the Nashville machine was putting out a bunch of music that all sounded the same these guys were giving the people something real and the record charts showed what the people like best.
@bobmalack4812 ай бұрын
Buck and Merle Haggard really got the ball rolling in central Ca. sound of the 'Bakersfield sound'. Creedence Clearwater really cemented this wirh the late 60's/ early 70's rural Rock sound. Robert at 69.
@samburkes755223 күн бұрын
Absolutely!! Sammy Burkes lll, @ 75!! Still pickin'!!
@clairwaucaush72252 ай бұрын
This was one of my favorite songs when I was a wee kid. I remember when it first came out!
@jeffscott83234 жыл бұрын
Was 10 years old then now 63 doesnt get old still listening. Love this
@JFowler8911 жыл бұрын
I love how you can hear Don Rich's smile in his singing.
@psd39203 жыл бұрын
Right! You can just see and hear how much fun these guys were having.
@blainewilker35392 жыл бұрын
You certainly can! That’s a great way to describe it.
@oldermusiclover2 жыл бұрын
miss him understand one of Marty Sturats band owns that silver tele
@samburkes755223 күн бұрын
Yes, I now reside here in Phila, Miss, where Stuart grew up, for to know my UncleJoe down here..I work with a Swans Richardson, who grew up with Marty Stuart, confirms that Stuart does own that custum silversparkle, blackbound Telecaster. Dwane,said he played it..Not a,Marty Stuart fan, btw. Glad he's got some of these collectable relics..??
@ESD2814GLC12 жыл бұрын
I'm a dyed in the wool stratocaster player, but Don Rich gives me tele cravings like no one, and I listen to all kinds of guitar players. Don's tone is so iconic.
@bobmalack481 Жыл бұрын
If your a 'strat guy' stick with it and play like it (Ritchie Blackmore) 'Highway star' 'Man on the silver mountain' 'Smoke on the water'..what sounds better than that guitar tone?
@zakkwyldesliver3 ай бұрын
Go listen to Roy Nichols. That’ll put you over the edge.
@bobmalack4815 жыл бұрын
Love that Buck Owens signature delayed lead-in, "I've...Got...a...Tiger by tail it's plain to see...
@drumdude465 жыл бұрын
Golden Era of Country Music. Never to Return. R.I.P to them Both.
@KittyMama613 жыл бұрын
Some years ago I saw his son, an exact copy of Buck, playing on TV. I couldn't wrap my head around it, I thought it was Buck! But, But, "he's passed away!" My husband just laughed at me...
@usernametaken56198 жыл бұрын
Love this great country song...Bakersfield!
@charlesmartini242110 жыл бұрын
my late mother emma martini just loved this buck owens and the buckaroos song I've got a tiger by the tail.
@schlo53412 жыл бұрын
Todays,C&W musicians should listen to these guys and others like them perform. This is what you call talent not this crap we hear today. Great Video!!!!!!!
@thetruth7078 Жыл бұрын
Damn right
@magpie7427 Жыл бұрын
So fun to sing this song out loud, especially saying "I got a tiger by the tail, it's plan to see!"
@pierreparent9448 Жыл бұрын
I didn't know this song. It is very good. Thank you for sharing !
@hollisbradshaw15549 жыл бұрын
Listened to a lot of these C & W memories way back on the good old days, fun to recall.
@quialman66610 жыл бұрын
Don Rich...what a killer guitar player!
@TheBlackHarrington9 жыл бұрын
+TheFashionbugs I don't think so, but he's bending behind the nut in his solo
@intimidator69699 жыл бұрын
+Dan Griffin I know everybody says Chet Atkins or Roy Clarke were the best but sorry people Don Rich was the KING!!!!!!!!!!!! HUGH LOSS TO BUCK AND COUNTRY MUSIC!!!!!!!!!
@garyharris19328 жыл бұрын
+Charlie Harper Could he play two different songs the same time, Chet could. Could he play lead and rythem at the same time? Chet could. How many albums has he sold over the years. Chet sold many.
@TheStikapos5 жыл бұрын
There was only one best gtare and backup vocalist in the world and that was don rich. If you don’t get that, I hope you do someday.
@onendfan5255 жыл бұрын
@@intimidator6969 If Don Rich was still here with us, I bet he would still be playing and showing up with Vince Gill, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, and other country music guitarists on awards shows these days. What a great talent taken that left us too early! RIP "Dangerous" Don Rich Aug 15, 1941 - Jul 17, 1974
@frankfriedrichheckmann35192 жыл бұрын
What acvery nice Man,Country Champ and Music Station KNIX in Phoenix Arizona
@imkerrusin Жыл бұрын
And a very young Merle Haggard on Bass too. :)
@carriebowlen157410 жыл бұрын
OMG I LOVE THIS SONG THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS HE DID!
@Jbrumdrums3 ай бұрын
Don rich was an absolute boss level musician!!!! Bucks rhythm playing is super underrated too!
@tidepoolbay3 жыл бұрын
My Mom made us listen to Buck and I am so glad she did! WooF1
@toad4ever1032 жыл бұрын
For some reason, this song popped into my head.
@robinlyons8620 Жыл бұрын
This is good music all the way.😊😊😊😊
@mccypr11 ай бұрын
Thanks! 🎅🏻🤶🙂😎
@steammaker248 жыл бұрын
I remember listening to this album on record back when I was a little kid. I listened to it so much the record wore out! lol, always listen to Buck Owens and His Buckaroos :)
@remotegod2556 жыл бұрын
bomb ass western TRUE california western sound. gorgeous tone and harmony!!! you can hear the early beach boys here, or at least I can
@kurtweiand70869 ай бұрын
Wow that's almost rock! Love Buck, rest his soul! He was an inspiration to me!😐
@frankassispereira9 жыл бұрын
I've always like Buck & his Buckaroos for me they we're# 1 in country music God bless his soul he was a great great friendly cool guy
@JohnSmith-uy7sv5 жыл бұрын
Ephesians 2:8-9 8 For by Gods grace are we saved through faith; not by works, ( or being a fire fighter or law enforcement or a hero or a veteran or actor or a soul singer or a sports hero or a fashion designer or a super pop star or bounty hunter or country music singer or making people laugh, or making people happy or never killing anyone) 9 it is the free gift of God, not that anyone can boast of their salvation." Eternity will not be about any of us or what we have done. It will all be about Jesus Christ who died on a cross to save us from our sins. We all deserve hell.
@judithsixkiller55865 ай бұрын
I wish that someone would save and redigitize these great vintage tv shows and movies before they're lost forever.
@davidmahoherrezuelo Жыл бұрын
This make me smile forever & ever
@jeffscott83234 жыл бұрын
Love Country as much as I love rock. Like all kinds of music. Except for rap
@railfan198413 жыл бұрын
My grandma's favorite country entertainer. She even lived in Bakersfield, CA for period of time where Buck had a strong presence there.
@royallenfields588310 жыл бұрын
Damn good stuff!!! Loved hearing them when I was a little kid.
@continentalgin2 жыл бұрын
Great song, great singin' and oh man, that Telecaster solo is sublime.
@plastercaster80362 жыл бұрын
Are you deaf? He's playing the wrong scale. Great song though.
@ArturoGofunkez Жыл бұрын
@@plastercaster8036 No one who loves this solo is "deaf." He starts out of the key of the song and then transitions into key - it's brilliant and it's 100% deliberate. It's a sign of high level musicality that a guitar player would even try this, let alone execute it to perfection. And it sounds amazing.
@plastercaster8036 Жыл бұрын
@@ArturoGofunkez suit yourself.
@ct76254 ай бұрын
Memories of the Paul Sauve Centre(hockey rink) in Montreal followed the week after at the Ottawa Civic Center. Don and Buck are Together Again.
@nuclear_option46768 жыл бұрын
These boys were some tight players. Miss seeing Buck Owens today.
@frankmcmahon1137 жыл бұрын
Don Rich from Olympia WA! Don originally was a fiddle player and Buck taught him to play electric guitar. A very talented guitar player and vocalist! Buck and Don, the best Country harmonies ever! RIP boys.
@Ruckweiler736 жыл бұрын
I always liked that Don Rich smiled on the TV show.
@timparker32724 жыл бұрын
What a great band Buck Owens had!! One of my all time favorites....Tiger by the tail!
@leeaherriman23115 жыл бұрын
Brings back memories, as my father loved his music
@larry1824 Жыл бұрын
Wondrous. Pure rocking gutsy and fun😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
@JonRiceMusic3 ай бұрын
Buck is so damned underrated. Incredible vocal
@engineer9092 жыл бұрын
They made look so easy. Loved ‘em👍
@WesHuntermusicman7 жыл бұрын
performed a Tribute to Buck Owens 2 weeks ago in Tupelo, Mississippi for the Elvis Presley Fan Club...it was a total hit. They all love Buck!
@Hothero19809 жыл бұрын
Don was the heart and soul of the Buckaroos.
@impassable4 жыл бұрын
Nonsense, Buck was the star
@ClassicTVMan1981X4 жыл бұрын
@@impassable Buck was, indeed, but after Don died in a fatal motorcycle crash in 1974, Buck retired for a time and only Merle Haggard was left to carry on the Bakersfield sound until Kentucky-born Dwight Yoakam emerged on the scene in 1986.
@itsme-hj1fb7 жыл бұрын
When country music was actually country music
@Amoeba7445 жыл бұрын
@Kenneþ Alansson Friþiby Mind explaining how this is rockabilly?
@bobmalack4815 жыл бұрын
Ya, the 'Bakersfield sound' and thats when central California country was cool. Not that southern hick stuff, but then thats O.K. cuz I love Glen Campbell, Ernest tubb, and Donna Fargo, Bob at 66.
@urkoolUncle3 жыл бұрын
Agree, itsme 23 !! Three chords, basic harmonies: Powerful and Enjoyable.
@texasprenegade3 жыл бұрын
plenty of actual country music made today, confederate man.
@chrisd198443 жыл бұрын
@@bobmalack481 ya full of democrats these days im afraid
@ivan43rip11 жыл бұрын
Buck Owens music is the best beer drinking music ever!
@conniecourtney51792 жыл бұрын
My mother always loved to hear Don Rich she sing. She thought he was a cutie
@kurtweiand7086 Жыл бұрын
Bucks new Bakersfield sound laid some roots for rock. Agree?
@bobmalack4812 ай бұрын
Yes, precisely..witness exibit 'A -Creedence Clearwater Revival, the sumation of the California/bay area/Bakersfield/central California rural sound. Creedence out of El Cerrito Ca. wrote tunes pertaining to Porterville, Lodi, Green River, Down on the corner (Oakland) and a few others. I'm GUESSING 'Up around the bend' was based on the strip up around route 49 along gold mining country in the Sierra Nevada's. Robert at 69.
@rpda2428 Жыл бұрын
I need one of those suits!
@jerrypullen48905 жыл бұрын
Miss those guys
@terrycohen27188 жыл бұрын
Always love your tunes. You are a very gifted voice
@gaidroroganikora1384 Жыл бұрын
God bless you and Your family I ove you all
@metalhijinx12 жыл бұрын
my dad use to sing this song to my mom, when i was a kid, sigh tears me up cause i miss them so much.
@kalmanizer13 жыл бұрын
AWESOME Country Music Song! You have to forgive me for this being the FIRST time I EVER heard of it. I'm ONLY 28yrs old and something tells me I wasn't around during the GOOD 'Ole Country Music Classics. I UNFORTUNATELY have to be around when Pop Music is NOW considered Country Music. At LEAST I'm alive. I can't complain for that. :-D