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The Definitive Bobby Fuller, February 11, 2000
This review is from: Shakedown (Audio CD)
This your chance to hear the raw vibrant sound of Bobby Fuller. He reined supreme in El Paso, Texas for years as King of the bands. True fans know how much his music was influeced by the late great Buddy Holly, but he added his own distinctive style to the music of the sixties. The "Wolfman" was his tribute to Wolfman Jack, whom we all heard from a mexican radio station in the late evening all the way from Del Rio Texas. I was thrilled to get this when it came out and have bought several copies for my friends. Enjoy this rock album as it embodies the early sixties sound. Bobby was a friend to all that ever met him.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Shakedown is a rock and roll classic, April 13, 2003
This review is from: Shakedown (Audio CD)
I grew up with Bobby Fuller's music in El Paso in the early 60's and this CD takes me back to younger more innocent times. The incredible sounds that come from the CD are even more awesome when you remember they were recorded in his 'studio/living room' on Album Street in the Scotsdale subdivision of east El Paso-just 2 blocks from Jimbo's restaurant and ice cream parlor which had the best bean burritos in the Eastwood area! Great sounds, great rock and roll. I listen to it all the time. I have seven Bobby Fuller CD's and this is one of my favorites. His later CD's on the Mustang label include a lot of the same tunes and one can see how the early works were refined into even better sounds. Had Bobby not met such an untimely and mysterious death he would have been a performer of longevity and a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Great lyrics, great drums, great guitar licks makes you want to find a girl and fall in love! If you like rock an roll this is for you! Love songs, surf instrumentals, progressive country sounds, sixty's rock, it's all here. No disapointments here!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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If you grew up in El Paso in the sixties, this is a must buy, July 4, 1998
This review is from: Shakedown (Audio CD)
Having grown up in El Paso in the sixties is having grown up with Bobby Fuller. From his early appearances in the Bassett Center open-air mall to The Rendezvous, Fuller's northeast El Paso teen dance club on Hondo Pass, the sights, sounds and smells come back like they were yesterday. The listener is taken back in time to those much more innocent days of cool winter evenings and hot summer nights. This 2-CD set is complete with loads of pictures and faces in the crowd that you'll undoubtedly recognize if you were there. You'll find yourself singing along on many of the tracks, and wishing that Bobby hadn't been taken from us so soon.
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