D.J. Fontana (1997)
D.J. Fontana etched his place in rock and roll history playing drums for Elvis Presley. He was more than just lucky to be in the right place at the right time.
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by Larry Katz · Published June 26, 2018 · Last modified March 14, 2019
D.J. Fontana etched his place in rock and roll history playing drums for Elvis Presley. He was more than just lucky to be in the right place at the right time.
Blog / Blog Posts / Blues / Country / Folk / Jazz / Pop / Rock / The Katz Tapes
by Larry Katz · Published February 8, 2015
“A lot of people don’t know this, but the blues, which is an American music, is not what you think it is. It’s a combination of Arabic violins and Strauss waltzes working it...
“I didn’t get rich, but it was better than picking cotton…” We can debate who invented rock and roll, but there is no question that it was Elvis Presley who turned it...
Blog / Country / The Katz Tapes
by Larry Katz · Published December 31, 2014 · Last modified January 2, 2015
“…you’ve got these perfect people performing perfect music and it’s perfectly boring to me.” At the end of the 1990s, Merle Haggard was one disgruntled country music legend.
Blog / Country / Pop / Rock / The Katz Tapes
by Larry Katz · Published May 5, 2014 · Last modified May 28, 2014
“It doesn’t even pay to sell out.” January, 1996, in advance of the “I’m With Stupid” release and tour By phone from her home in Los Angeles I caught sight of Aimee Mann...
Country / More / R&B / Rock / The Katz Tapes
by Larry Katz · Published March 31, 2014 · Last modified May 28, 2014
“Gregg Allman has decided to try to justify this thing by running around the country claiming I’m strung out on drugs and too drunk to play music. It’s just ludicrous.” September 8, 2000 By...
Country / Folk / Rock / The Katz Tapes
by Larry Katz · Published December 19, 2013 · Last modified May 28, 2014
“I never listen to my records. I can’t stand to hear them.” October, 1994 By phone from Chet Atkins’ Nashville office “Simpatico” duet album and tour with Suzy Bogguss It took me a long...