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re: Clemson and LSU Bands Who stole from whom?
Posted on 9/11/09 at 12:22 am to GoldenBandMan
Posted on 9/11/09 at 12:22 am to GoldenBandMan
I don't think there is much question that LSU played it first. Clemson didn't begin playing Tiger Rag until 1942.
www.clemson.edu/tigerband/History_1940s.htm
LSU's band had played Tiger Rag well prior to that, probably by the 1920s at least. I recall seeing a photograph of an early LSU Gumbo yearbook from the 1930s that mentions the band playing Tiger Rag.
www.clemson.edu/tigerband/History_1940s.htm
LSU's band had played Tiger Rag well prior to that, probably by the 1920s at least. I recall seeing a photograph of an early LSU Gumbo yearbook from the 1930s that mentions the band playing Tiger Rag.
This post was edited on 9/11/09 at 12:23 am
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Posted on 9/11/09 at 1:07 am to tigerinridgeland
Gentlemen,
I'm a little miffed that I'm having to repeat this, but here goes.
Tiger Rag's composition is oftentimes credited to all six members of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, who recorded the oldest known jazz record in 1917. (It was spelled "jass")
Usually, however, the song is credited to Nick LaRocca, who grew up on Magazine Street in New Orleans. His boyhood home still stands, down near the Camp St/Magazine St split, and you can find all the info you'd like right here.
The song was enormously popular and is the standard fight song for a number of Tiger-mascotted schools, including Clemson, Princeton and Missouri.
HOWEVER, I had the pleasure of meeting Nick LaRocca's son prior to the 2003 national championship game, and Jimmy LaRocca told me "My dad was ALWAYS an LSU fan."
Who came first? Well who gives a damn! The composer liked the only Tigers that really matter, and it ain't those simpering suckups from South Carolina.
Now, commit all this to memory, because I'm getting a bit peeved at having to repeat myself.
I'm a little miffed that I'm having to repeat this, but here goes.
Tiger Rag's composition is oftentimes credited to all six members of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, who recorded the oldest known jazz record in 1917. (It was spelled "jass")
Usually, however, the song is credited to Nick LaRocca, who grew up on Magazine Street in New Orleans. His boyhood home still stands, down near the Camp St/Magazine St split, and you can find all the info you'd like right here.
The song was enormously popular and is the standard fight song for a number of Tiger-mascotted schools, including Clemson, Princeton and Missouri.
HOWEVER, I had the pleasure of meeting Nick LaRocca's son prior to the 2003 national championship game, and Jimmy LaRocca told me "My dad was ALWAYS an LSU fan."
Who came first? Well who gives a damn! The composer liked the only Tigers that really matter, and it ain't those simpering suckups from South Carolina.
Now, commit all this to memory, because I'm getting a bit peeved at having to repeat myself.
Posted on 9/11/09 at 8:26 am to tigerinridgeland
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I don't think there is much question that LSU played it first. Clemson didn't begin playing Tiger Rag until 1942.
www.clemson.edu/tigerband/History_1940s.htm
LSU's band had played Tiger Rag well prior to that, probably by the 1920s at least. I recall seeing a photograph of an early LSU Gumbo yearbook from the 1930s that mentions the band playing Tiger Rag.
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