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14. Juni 2018 · D. J. Fontana war ein Glücksfall für Elvis: Dieser Schlagzeuger hatte Swing und Pepp, aber er verlor nie die Kontrolle. Mit 87 Jahren ist er nun gestorben – und war längst eine Legende seiner ...
13. Juni 2018 · Dominic Joseph (D.J.) Fontana was the Saturday night staff drummer for the Louisiana Hayride. He always played behind the curtain as in those days drums were considered a musical sacrilege to country music fans. The first time he played with Elvis and the Blue Moon Boys was on October 16, 1954. He played behind the curtain as usual, but after that date he played out in front with the rest of ...
Drummer D.J. Fontana was a rockabilly icon at a time when country music was cutting drums completely. For fourteen years he was the pulse at the center of Elvis Presley’s music. Together they recorded hundreds of songs and blew audiences away with rollicking, fun-loving, informal jams. D.J. Fontana. Gary Tallent and Max Weinberg of the E ...
Elvis Presley’s D.J. Fontana. The legendary Elvis Presley drummer passed away this week, at the age of eighty-seven. In honor of his long career—he reportedly was playing gigs right up to his passing—we’re posting our May 1985 interview with him. “I knew Elvis was different by his clothes and his actions on stage.
15. Juni 2018 · Elvis Presley's first regular drummer D.J. Fontana has died, aged 87. His wife, Karen Fontana, told The Associated Press that her husband died in his sleep in Nashville on Wednesday night. Fontana had been suffering complications after breaking his hip in 2016. Born Dominic Joseph Fontana in 1931, Fontana first played with Elvis Presley and his ...
In this video Joe interviews D.J. Fontana, Elvis Presley's original drummer/session musician. This story starts after Scotty Moore, Bill Black, and Elvis, re...
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14. Juni 2018 · D.J. Fontana, the drummer who helped launch rock ‘n’ roll as Elvis Presley’s sideman, died Wednesday, June 13, 2018, according to the Associated Press. He was 87. He was 87.
