{"id":13942,"date":"2015-08-11T11:00:24","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T15:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=13942"},"modified":"2015-08-11T11:00:24","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T15:00:24","slug":"tiger-rag-the-song-that-shakes-the-southland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/tiger-rag-the-song-that-shakes-the-southland\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTiger Rag\u201d: The Song that Shakes the Southland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id='fullscreen_slider_1'  class='avia-fullscreen-slider main_color   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><a href='#next-section' title='' class='scroll-down-link ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue877' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><div   data-size='extra_large'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='13941'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='true'  data-slide_height='100'  data-handle='av_fullscreen'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id='fullscreen_slider_1'  data-scroll_down='aviaTBscroll_down'  data-control_layout=''  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-stretch=''  data-default-height='100'  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1 av-slider-scroll-down-active av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-extra_large av_fullscreen   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 66.5714285714%;' ><li style='background-position:top left;' data-img-url='https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/Landmarks-Legen-1400-TigerRag1.jpg' class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><a href='http:\/\/wp.me\/p63Bn8-3CS' data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class = \"caption_fullwidth av-slideshow-caption caption_left\"><div class = \"container caption_container\"><div class = \"slideshow_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_inner_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_align_caption\"><h2  class='avia-caption-title  '  itemprop=\"name\" >\"Tiger Rag\": The Song that Shakes the Southland<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-13942'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13942-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Clemson__Tiger_Rag-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Clemson__Tiger_Rag-1.mp3\">https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Clemson__Tiger_Rag-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\n<div  style='height:25px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">There is no other musical score that gets the response that \u201cTiger Rag\u201d is sure to evoke from any gathering of Clemson alumni or students. As it winds to completion you\u2019ll see fists raised as the faithful spell out C-L-E-M-S-O, pausing to circle their fists in the air before finishing with an emphatic \u201cN.\u201d<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>It\u2019s a song that has become synonymous with Clemson, but as with everything, there\u2019s a story behind it.<br \/>\nAccording to Clemson historian Jerry Reel, \u201cTiger Rag\u201d was first recorded in 1917 by the Original Dixieland Jass [sic] Band. The recording didn\u2019t sell well, and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (they had changed the spelling in late 1917), with Dominic James \u201cNick\u201d La Rocca as the leader, issued a second recording in 1918.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Landmarks-Tiger-Rag-Score.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13879\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Landmarks-Tiger-Rag-Score.jpg\" alt=\"Landmarks-Tiger Rag Score\" width=\"507\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/Landmarks-Tiger-Rag-Score.jpg 800w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/Landmarks-Tiger-Rag-Score-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/Landmarks-Tiger-Rag-Score-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/Landmarks-Tiger-Rag-Score-705x453.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn the fall of 1941, Dean Ross, cadet bandmaster of the Clemson Corps band, went to the athletic director&#8217;s office to discuss Clemson&#8217;s lack of a fight song. With $100 in his pocket to make it happen, Ross hitchhiked to Atlanta with another cadet to look for music for the band. They purchased the band score of \u201cTiger Rag\u201d for $1.50 from the Old Southern Music Company and brought it back to Clemson. The band quickly learned the music and played it after every touch-down for the 1942 season. According to Ross, \u201ccadets warmed up slowly to the tune.\u201d<br \/>\nThe tradition stuck, and now, with the addition in 2003 of \u201cTiger Fanfare\u201d by band director Mark Spede, the band has more than nine variations on \u201cTiger Rag,\u201d including \u201cSock it to \u2019Em,\u201d \u201cShort Rag,\u201d \u201cGliss Rag,\u201d \u201cD Rag\u201d and \u201cFirst Down Cheer.\u201d<br \/>\nNick Peck, who began his 29-year stint as Tiger Band announcer in the 1960s, coined the introduction that has been enjoyed by fans ever since:\u00a0\u201cAnd now, the song that shakes the Southland \u2014 \u2018Tiger Rag\u2019!\u201d<br \/>\nAnd when Tiger Band hits the field and begins those first few very recognizable notes, it does indeed shake the Southland, or at the very least, Death Valley.<br \/>\n<em>This story has been updated\u00a0since the print version with the correct name of the announcer who coined the phrase\u00a0\u201cAnd now, the song that shakes the Southland \u2014 \u2018Tiger Rag\u2019!\u201d Our apologies for the error.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2651,2850,3010],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-13942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-landmarks-legends","tag-song-that-shakes-the-southland","tag-summer-fall-2015","tag-tiger-rag"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/Landmarks-Legen-1400-TigerRag1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13942"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=13942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}