Lots of memories here. In 1959 I was graduating from high school in Minneapolis, Minn., when I purchased my first car. It was a mint green 1950 Ford 2-door V8 sedan and cost $125. The previous owner wintered in St. Petersburg and the car had Florida plates with the name Tallahassee on them. When my girl friends and I went cruising on weekends, we told boys we met that we were from Florida, and of course Tallahassee. Coincidently, one of the most popular songs that summer was “Tallahassee Lassie”. We sure did have fun with that car for a while…until I had to buy Minnesota plates!
This song has venom,..I'll never ever forget hearing this one for the first time,..long long after it was released,..I was 16 then,..I just wanted to trash the living room in excitment,..still great now and never seems to loose that edge.