RIP Sonny Curtis
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Sound Opinions
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
In this bonus episode, Greg pays tribute to Sonny Curtis, the undersung artist who wrote the original version of "I Fought the Law" with The Crickets. Sonny died on September 19, 2025, at the age of 88.
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| 0:00.0 | I tell you little buddy, this whole island is bewitched. |
| 0:04.0 | Just to cast away, island lost a sea, oh. |
| 0:09.0 | Now I'm stranded on my own. |
| 0:14.0 | Strand far from home. |
| 0:19.0 | Come on. |
| 0:20.0 | You remember, we were shipwrecked together. |
| 0:26.5 | Welcome to this bonus episode of Sound Opinions. |
| 0:29.1 | I'm Jim D. Regrettis. |
| 0:30.6 | My co-host over there is Greg Cott. |
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| 1:02.2 | Pop a quarter in the jukebox and play you a song we can't live without. It is Greg's turn today. |
| 1:07.7 | A little taste, a little hint, Greg? Well, this guy was in one of the great rock and roll bands of all time. |
| 1:14.3 | He wrote some of the greatest rock songs of all time, and hardly anyone knows who he is. |
| 1:18.7 | I'm going to pay tribute to him. |
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