D. Henry Fenton is a singer-songwriter who was born in New Zealand, grew up in Australia and now lives in the USA. He has appeared on Australian TV, opened for artists such as Kasey Chambers, Lissie, The Corrs & Ed Kuepper. He has also played guitar for Australian country music star James Blundell and US artists Jaime Wyatt and Lissie.
His first solo album, “Autumn Sweet”, was produced and engineered by Mitch Easter (REM/Ben Folds Five) at his Fidelitorium recording studio in North Carolina, after a fortuitous performance at SXSW in Austin TX, and contains the songs The Many Faces Of Esther (played on Triple J in Australia) and Lightning.
He has since released the albums Turnin' recorded with English engineer Steve Holroyd (Counting Crows/Tom Petty) and Twice I Fell Down Once recorded with his LA band The Elizabethans by Australian bluesman Mitch Grainger, as well as an EP of Howlin' Wolf covers called Howlin' Back, and the singles The Loneliest Boy In The World and Ruby (Days Gone By).
“Fenton is one of the most original talents to emerge from this country in the past decade” SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
“Sydney-sider shifts stateside and cuts pop-rock winner” - ROLLING STONE (3.5 stars)
“A vocal cross between Tom Petty and Roy Orbison, Fenton's tasty guitars would sit well on recordings by either Wilbury” - RHYTHMS MAGAZINE
His latest and 4th album ELVIS AMERICANO which will be released later in 2026, was produced and mixed by Jorgen Carlsson at Rogers Boat Studio in Los Angeles, and mastered by Leon Zervos at Studios 301 in Sydney. The 9 song album ventures into the worlds of Shoegaze Americana, Folk-Blues and Pop.
ELVIS AMERICANO features musicians, Doug Pettibone (Lucinda Williams) Guitar, Pedal Steel - Jorgen Carlsson (Govt. Mule/Chris Cornell) Bass, Percussion, Electric Guitar, Drums - John JT Thomas (Bruce Hornsby/Captain Beefheart) Hammond B3 Organ - Nick Maybury (Perry Farrell/4 Non Blondes) Electric Guitar - Joel Sutton (James Reyne/Johnnie Johnson) Drums - D Henry Fenton Mandolin, 12 and 6 String Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals.
The latest single titled WALTZ AROUND THE TRUTH (June 19th 2026) is an uptempo Americana song about ‘casting a blind eye’, written with his old friend and Holly Golightly bandmate Bentley Rumble.
“Love this … you can't beat a real well crafted song” ALLAN CASWELL (renowned Australian Singer-Songwriter, and writer of On The Inside)
“Great Song, Loved It” ROD WILLIS (Ex longtime manager of the Australian band Cold Chisel, and many more)
“This guy, he's putting art back into artist where it firmly belongs” MELODY MOKO (Saturday Night Country ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA)
"This guy, he is putting art back ionto artist where it firmly belong