I've Got a Tiger by the Tail is an album by Buck Owens and his Buckaroos, released in 1965. It reached Number one on the Billboard Country charts and Number 43 on the Pop Albums charts.[1]

I've Got a Tiger by the Tail
Studio album by Buck Owens and his Buckaroos
Released	March 10, 1965
Recorded	December 1964
Studio	Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre	Country
Length	31:59
Label	Capitol ST-2283
Producer	Ken Nelson
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos chronology
I Don't Care (1964) I've Got a Tiger by the Tail (1965) Before You Go (1965)
Singles from I've Got a Tiger By the Tail
"I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" Released: December 28, 1964

It was re-released on CD in 1995 by Sundazed Records with two bonus tracks, both live performances recorded in Bakersfield, CA at the Civic Auditorium in October 1963. The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[2]

Style

The album was an example of Bakersfield sound, country music developed in the mid to late 1950s around Bakersfield, California, and influenced both by rock and what was called hillbilly music.[2] The album featured the distinctive sound of Don Rich playing the telecaster.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

In his Allmusic review, critic Cub Koda called the album "Owens' Bakersfield honky tonk sound at the height of its freight-train rumbling powers."[1] The album was Billboard's first #1 country album of the year, in 1965.[3]

Track listing

Side one

1. "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" (Harlan Howard, Buck Owens) – 2:12
2. "Trouble and Me" (Howard) – 1:54
3. "Let the Sad Times Roll On" (Owens, Red Simpson) – 2:14
4. "Wham Bam" (Buck Owens, Bonnie Owens, Don Rich) – 2:01
5. "If You Fall Out of Love With Me" (Owens, Owens) – 2:15
6. "Fallin' for You" (Owens, Owens, Rich) – 2:01

Side two

7. "We're Gonna Let the Good Times Roll" (Owens) – 2:15
8. "The Band Keeps Playin' On" (Red Simpson, Fuzzy Owen) – 3:02
9. "Streets of Laredo" – 2:55
10. "Cryin' Time" (Owens) – 2:30
11. "A Maiden's Prayer" (Bob Wills) – 2:33
12. "Memphis" (Chuck Berry) – 2:27

1995 bonus tracks

13. "This Ol' Heart" (Eddie Miller, Bob Morris) – 1:12
14. "Act Naturally" (Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison) – 2:28

Personnel

• Buck Owens – guitar, vocals
• Don Rich – guitar, fiddle, vocals (lead vocal on "Wham Bam")
• Doyle Holly – bass, guitar, vocals (lead vocal on "Streets of Laredo")
• Tom Brumley – pedal steel guitar, guitar
• Willie Cantu – drums
• Mel King – drums
• Bob Morris – bass, vocals
• Jay McDonald – pedal steel guitar
• Jelly Sanders – fiddle, guitar

References