[2][4] The band experienced growth when the Louisiana governor Huey P. Long took a interest in increasing LSU's national prominence.

In an oral history about the governor, Mary Hebert addressed Huey Long's preoccupation with the band improving the university became one of his pet projects.

[5] He picked the university's president, James Monroe Smith, and hired a new band director, Castro Carazo, the orchestra leader at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans.

[7] Years after Long's assassination, many of the changes he made to the band and to the university were reversed as part of a backlash against his control over LSU and the associated scandals; for instance, Carazo was fired, and the military uniforms were reinstated.

"During the Carazo years, female students had appeared with the band as drum majorettes, but not in the ranks of musicians.

The trophy was presented to Director Swor by Meredith (The Music Man) Willson, confirming LSU's prominence among the country's top university marching bands.

[8] Three women have led Tiger Band as drum majors: Kristie Smith (1999) season, Mindy Hebert (2000), and Mary Bahlinger (2014).

The band continues to be a celebrated part of the university community, with some members having reported being asked for autographs.

Each band played a version of John Williams's Indiana Jones theme, and ESPN posted the videos online for fans to vote.

[13] At halftime during the 2009 home football game against Vanderbilt, the band was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

Then, while playing the introduction to "Touchdown for LSU," the band begins to run in tempo through the streets and down the hill amidst the crowd of cheering fans.

Stopping at the goal line, the drum major wields his mace and uses his whistle to signal the band to take the field.

The band marches out of the end zone to the beat of a single bass drum in fronts separated by five-yard intervals.

To the sound of a fast-paced drum cadence, the band returns to the original "LSU" formation facing the west side of the stadium and replays the "First Down Cheer" as the crowd responds.

[16] [17] Tigerama begins with the LSU Wind Ensemble and the LSU Symphonic Winds playing a number of pieces including "LSU Rhapsody," a concert medley of school songs arranged and orchestrated by Bruce Healy and Ken Whitcomb,[18] and Claude T. Smith's "God of Our Fathers," which includes an aiphonal brass finale during which members of the Tiger Band brass join both of the concert ensembles.

On a few occasions, Tigerama was a traveling showcase for the Band Department at various performance venues throughout the state, such as the Saenger Theater in New Orleans.

This is also the only time when the Golden Girls and Color Guard change their look and don special red, white, and blue uniforms for the performance.

LSU Salutes, generally celebrated during Veterans Day weekend, is a set of events that recognizes cadets who served in the U.S. Armed Forces.

[15] In August 2017, Tiger Band purchased new uniforms that continued the more recent tradition of purple pants and gold coats with Greek key trim, a motif that can be found on the outside of Thomas Boyd Hall and David Boyd Hall on LSU's campus.

Also, members of the band join arm-in-arm at the end of rehearsals on Saturday game days and sing the "Alma Mater" before leaving the practice facility.

"Pregame Salute"/"Touchdown for LSU" is often incorrectly considered by fans to be the school's official fight song.

This song is played most notably during pregame, during the march down Victory Hill, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter of each football game.

Originally titled "Hey, Look Me Over" and written by Cy Coleman for the musical Wildcat, starring Lucille Ball, a version of the song with its new lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, who wrote the original lyrics of "Hey Look Me Over", after the athletic department purchased the rights to use the song.

It has been said that years later, Clemson's band director was in Baton Rouge one 1942 Saturday night, and brought it back to South Carolina as his prized possession.

Upon the scoring of a touchdown, the band plays the "Hold that Tiger" portion of the song, which concludes with a "T-I-G-E-R-S" cheer from the crowd.

LSU's matching funds were provided from athletics ticket sales and private donors raised approximately $2 million toward construction of the facility.

It was built to hold 140 players and is attached to the Music & Dramatic Arts Building, next to the LSU Greek Theater.

During pre-season camp and on all Saturday home game days, the band uses the LSU Indoor Practice Facility that is part of the Football Operations Center.