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5 mar 2024 · Drums provided a necessary refuge for Gordon, who was fighting a private—and losing—battle with undiagnosed schizophrenia. “The drums were his face to the world. As long as he could play drums, he was alright,” writes music journalist Joel Selvin.
17 mar 2023 · Jim Gordon, a famed session drummer who was convicted of killing his mother, dies. March 17, 20231:31 AM ET. By. 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.
In 1983, in a psychotic episode associated with undiagnosed schizophrenia, Gordon murdered his mother and was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison, remaining incarcerated until his death in 2023. Music career
17 mar 2023 · 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.
16 mar 2023 · He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was serving a life sentence for murdering his mother in 1983. Gordon was a student of Hal Blaine, who is thought to be one of the most recorded studio drummers in the industry.
17 mar 2023 · Famed rock ‘n’ roll session drummer Jim Gordon has died at age 77. Gordon backed Eric Clapton and The Beach Boys before being diagnosed with schizophrenia and going to prison for killing his mother.
17 mar 2023 · 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.
