Jim Gordon (musician)
| Jim Gordon | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | James Beck Gordon |
| Born | July 14, 1945 |
| Genres | Blues, blues rock, hard rock, pop, psychedelic rock |
| Occupation(s) | Drummer |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion, piano |
| Years active | 1963–1980 |
| Associated acts | Derek and the Dominos, Traffic, Steely Dan, Delaney, Bonnie & Friends, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Alice Cooper, Bread, George Harrison, Harry Nilsson, the Everly Brothers, the Beach Boys, the Beau Brummels, Mason Williams, Gene Clark, the Byrds, Frank Zappa, Souther–Hillman–Furay Band, Dave Mason, Gordon Lightfoot, David Ackles, Burton Cummings, John Lennon, Incredible Bongo Band |
| Notable instruments | |
| Camco Drums | |
James Beck "Jim" Gordon (born July 14, 1945) is an American musician and songwriter. Gordon was a popular session drummer in the late 1960s and 1970s and was the drummer in the blues rock supergroup Derek and the Dominos. In 1983, in a psychotic episode associated with undiagnosed schizophrenia, Gordon murdered his mother and was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison.
Gordon was raised in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles and attended Grant High School. He passed up a music scholarship to UCLA in order to begin his professional career in 1963, at age 17, backing the Everly Brothers. He went on to become one of the most sought-after recording session drummers in Los Angeles. The protégé of studio drummer Hal Blaine, Gordon performed on many notable recordings in the 1960s, including Pet Sounds, by the Beach Boys (1966); Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers, by Gene Clark (1967); The Notorious Byrd Brothers, by the Byrds (1968); and the hit "Classical Gas", by Mason Williams (1968). At the height of his career Gordon was reportedly so busy as a studio musician that he flew back to Los Angeles from Las Vegas every day to do two or three recording sessions and then returned in time to play the evening show at Caesars Palace.
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