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Larry King

 

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Post  Posted 14 Jun 2018 6:35 am    
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Facebook is reporting that D J has passed . He was a great guy and will be missed
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Barry Blackwood


Post  Posted 14 Jun 2018 7:20 am    
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6526790/dj-fontana-dead-at-87-elvis-presleys-legendary-drummer-and-last-surviving-band-member-passes-away-his-son-reveals/
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Joachim Kettner


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Post  Posted 14 Jun 2018 7:43 am    
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Crying or Very sad
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Jerry Fessenden

 

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Post  Posted 14 Jun 2018 8:24 am     DJ Fontana
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DJ was on the first Nashville session that I went to back in the 70's ...hate to see all these giants going down .
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Jerry Hayes


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Post  Posted 15 Jun 2018 2:26 pm    
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He sat in with us one year at the "Viva Elvis" festival in Virginia Beach... Seemed like a nice guy and a good player. The Elvis impersonator we worked with was Sterling Riggs from Chesapeake, Va...JH

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George Kimery

 

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Limestone, TN, USA
Post  Posted 17 Jun 2018 9:15 am     D J Fontana
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In the early 80's when I was attending a class at Jeff Newmans, Jeff put together a band for a jam one night. D J was playing drums. I had him autograph a drumstick to give as a gift to our drummer. I presented it to him at our next VFW gig. He was thrilled and went to every table to show off Elvis' drummers autograph. Only one problem. The ink in the Sharpie pen was not permanet. When he got it back, it was just a blank drumstick. I always wanted to relay this story to D J. I think he would have gotten a kick out of it.

He was very nice to me. RIP D J.
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Walter Stettner


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Vienna, Austria
Post  Posted 18 Jun 2018 10:57 pm    
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Sad news, another legend gone.

RIP, D.J.

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Earl Hensley


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Post  Posted 21 Jun 2018 2:22 pm     DJ passing
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Sad news, DJ played on my session in Nashville some years ago, what a great musician and great guy. You will be missed DJ RIP
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Nick Reed


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Post  Posted 14 Sep 2018 7:37 am    
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great drummer
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Godfrey Arthur

 

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Post  Posted 17 Sep 2018 10:44 pm    
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Godspeed D.J.

Your drum style propelled the planet with rock pop rhythm and blues.















Blue Moon Boys: Scotty, Bill and D.J.




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