D.J.
Fontana
2009
Max Weinberg (E Street Band)
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.
Induction
Impact
They were the king's men.
Max Weinberg
2009 Hall of Fame Essay
For a rocket to break free from the grip of Earth’s gravitational pull, it needs raw, crude thrust, a blast of primal power; the higher it ascends, the less potent combustion is needed...
Written By Robert Burke Warren
sealed with a signature
This is the signature that appears on the inductee’s plaque at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to officially commemorate their induction.
D.J. Fontana
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