The year was 1970, and Jim Gordon was in rock 'n' roll heaven. The drummer was on part of Joe Cocker’s infamous Mad Dogs and Englishmen revue, a traveling circus of sex, drugs and legendary ...

Drummer Jim Gordon, Co-Writer of ‘Layla,’ Denied Parole Drummer Jim Gordon, Co-Writer of ‘Layla,’ Denied Parole Jim Gordon, the noted session drummer who racked up an impressive list of ...

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 James, muted trumpet, flugelhorn, piano, strings; James Lloyd, piano, organ, clavinet, synths; Eric Lackland, Mark Minchello, keyboards, synth bass, strings ...