Sonny Curtis

Now, there is a dark cosmic irony in Fuller's greatest hit.

The song, written by Sonny Curtis of the Crickets, features the famous refrain, "I fought the law, and the law won." In the wake of his death, the law certainly won by closing the case with record speed.

The LAPD's refusal to treat the scene as a homicide meant that forensic evidence was lost forever.

Witnesses weren't properly canvassed, and the trail went cold before Bobby was even buried.

Matt and I did discuss a parody song for today, but it didn't come off.

By the way, the theme song for the Mary Tyler Moore show was written by a guy named Sonny Curtis, who

later was one of the crickets.

I don't know about later, but