Then the newer versions: Pirates of the Mississippi’s “Feed Jake,” Blake Shelton’s “Ol Red” and Toby Keith’s “Big Dog Daddy,” although I don’t think that’s really about a dog.
When it comes to country dog songs of the future, we might have to put Tracy Lawrence on that list because his beloved 2-year-old English bulldog was stolen this week.
When Tracy Lawrence was at JD Legends in Franklin last September, he was accompanied by his crew, managers and a chubby little pup named “Tank.”
I kept trying to pin him down for a picture, but Tank was too interested in meeting everyone else.
Tracy was clearly enamored with the little guy, giving his head a scratch before he went on stage.
He had told me the bulldog had been a Father’s Day gift.
Last week, that beloved dog went missing.
According to Tracy’s website, he had stopped by a Walgreen’s just outside Nashville on Tuesday night to pick up some batteries.
Tank was riding shotgun, having just come from the groomer’s, and not wearing a collar or tags.
You know that famous line “I was only gone two seconds?”
When Tracy returned to his pick-up, he found it empty. Someone had taken his beloved four-legged baby.
Tracy put up a $1,000 reward for information leading to Tank’s return.
In a very rare happy ending for a country song, Tank was found Thursday afternoon.
Tracy’s not sure if Tank was actually taken or if he simply jumped out of the truck.
But all’s well that ends well.
I can just picture Tracy Lawrence’s next release, “Lock Up the Truck or Dog’s Gone!”
It’s got No. 1 written all over it.
Contact Nancy Wilson, a morning-radio personality at WHKO-FM (K99.1), by e-mail through the website at k99online.com.
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