I Fought the Law : Rolling Stone

Written by: Sonny Curtis, Fuller
Produced by: Bob Keane
Released: Feb '66 on Mustang
Charts: 11 weeks
Top spot: No. 9

Singing in his Texas drawl, Fuller seemed to channel his idol, Buddy Holly, in his rendition of this tune penned by the Crickets' Curtis. "I Fought the Law" was a bracing hybrid of outlaw romanticism, garage rock, surf music, Wall of Sound and British Invasion energy. Producer Keane created the track's rich reverb by using the vault of a bank next door to the Los Angeles studio as an echo chamber.

Appears on: I Fought the Law: The Best of the Bobby Fuller Four (Rhino)

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