BOBBY FULLER

Bobby Fuller was born in 1942, in Baytown, Texas.
He was greatly influenced by another West Texas rock'n'roll star: Buddy Holly.
It was Holly's former guitar player, sonny Curtis, that penned Bobby Fuller's big hit, "I Fought The Law".
Although Bobby Fuller will probably always be remembered for his recording of "I Fought The Law", he was an excellent surf guitarist, as evidenced by his incredible live recording of Dick Dale's "Miserlou".
Bobby Fuller's death remains a mystery.
Five months after the chart success of "I Fought The Law", his body was found in the front seat of his Corvette, parked outside of a Los Angeles apartment building in July, 1966. He was covered in gasoline, and gasoline was also discovered in his lungs. The LA coroner ruled it a suicide, though it was plain to see that his murder was being covered up. His friends suspected that he had crossed the wrong L.A. mobster.
Bobby Fuller was the rightful heir to Buddy Holly's throne, and the last bastion of defense against the onslaught of limpwristed British pop. Against all odds, he managed to keep the spirit of 50's rock'n'roll alive well into the mid 60's and stands out as a musical "Renaissance Man", a writer, player, performer, and producer of the highest order.


Listen to Bobby Fuller's "Saturday Night"