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17 mar 2023 · The Associated Press. LOS ANGELES — Jim Gordon, the famed session drummer who backed Eric Clapton and The Beach Boys before being diagnosed with schizophrenia and going to prison for killing his mother, has died. He was 77. Gordon died Monday at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, the state Department of Corrections and ...
James Beck Gordon (July 14, 1945 – March 13, 2023) was an American musician, songwriter, and convicted murderer. Gordon was a session drummer in the late 1960s and 1970s and was the drummer in the blues rock supergroup Derek and the Dominos.
17 mar 2023 · He was 77. His death was announced by Robert Merlis, a publicist for Joel Selvin, the author of a forthcoming biography of Mr. Gordon. Mr. Selvin said he did not know the cause.
15 mar 2023 · The musician, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was serving a prison sentence for killing his mother in 1983, died in a state-run medical facility in Vacaville, California.
15 mar 2023 · Jim Gordon, the prolific session drummer who played with some of rock’s biggest stars — including the Beach Boys, several Beatles and Eric Clapton, whose classic “ Layla ” he’s credited with...
16 mar 2023 · Drummer Jim Gordon, who played for Eric Clapton, George Harrison and numerous others, died on Monday from natural causes at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, California.
15 mar 2023 · According to the announcement, he died Monday from natural causes at California Medical Facility in Vacavillle, Calif., after a long incarceration and lifelong battle with mental illness. He was...
