“Presley’s former wife, Priscilla Presley, issued a statement calling Fontana “a tremendously talented musician and a wonderful man.””
Sounds like Priscilla is all shook-up.
In memory of DJ Montana, I’LL throw on a Dread Zepplin record. Thank you very much.
Wow, he was kick butt drummer too. RIP. Elvis was never as good as when he was with those original guys at the start, DJ, Bill Black and Scotty Moore. Well DJ came a little later but those early live recordings, his voice was absolutely unbelievable, like a freight train. And then the illegal alien came along and ruined everything, broke up the group and turned Elvis into his own personal ATM machine. I read once Scotty said if you put all the times he played with Elvis, the live shows, the recordings and added up all the money he was paid, he said the total probably wouldn’t add up to more than $5000 thanks to the illegal alien Andreas van Kuijk. That’s Elvis fault as well, he could have spoke up and demanded they get paid more but I guess he was just a naive kid like they all were. Elvis didn’t even need a manager, by the time the illegal alien discovered him he was already popular. His own father could have managed him, he was a hot commodity and it was just a matter of making deals on money.
Sad ping , my friend. Hope you are well.
He was 4 years older than Elvis and he outlived Elvis by more than 40 years. I bet that DJ did not eat peanut butter and banana sandwiches like Elvis did.
Those early Sun Sessions are still the blueprint.
RIP.