Jim Gordon-Killer Drummer- dead at 77.

[drlj]

Jim Gordon, who played with Gordon Lightfoot, Eric Clapton, The Beach Boys, and many others, and who also murdered his mother, has died.
Great drummer but he may have had some anger issues. He went quite a bit beyond being just another troubled musician.
Derek and the Dominoes Layla was a great album, but it’s kind of hard to overlook the mother murder, isn’t it?
He was a member of the Wrecking Crew and appeared on hundreds of recordings. He was a protégée of drummer Hal Blaine.
He had been imprisoned for the last 40 years.

[Shannon]

Killer drummer. I see what you did there.

[Rob Hanesworth]

Mar 16, 2023 13:21:46 GMT -5 drlj said:

Jim Gordon, who played with Gordon Lightfoot, Eric Clapton, The Beach Boys, and many others, and who also murdered his mother, has died.
Great drummer but he may have had some anger issues. He went quite a bit beyond being just another troubled musician to being a full-blown psychopath.
Derek and the Dominoes Layla was a great album, but it’s kind of hard to overlook the mother murder, isn’t it?
He was a member of the Wrecking Crew and appeared on hundreds of recordings. He was a protégée of drummer Hal Blaine.
He had been imprisoned for the last 40 years.

His cellmate probably finally killed him for constantly beating on the bars.

[John B]

I thought it was schizophrenia.

[drlj]

Mar 16, 2023 17:20:37 GMT -5 John B said:

I thought it was schizophrenia.

It was. His schizophrenia was well documented over the years since he killed his mother.

He really was a gifted drummer. Hal Blaine said he was one of the very best and, coming from someone like Blaine, that was pretty high praise.