The year was 1970, and Jim Gordon was in rock 'n' roll heaven ... Gordon would go on to play drums for Eric Clapton’s Derek and the Dominos, adding the song’s indelible piano coda to ...

Imagine you are a young guitarist, and one of your heroes becomes a fan. Los Angeles-based producer and artist Mike Gordon knows the feeling. Eric Clapton announced his admiration for Gordon—who ...

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.

Drummer Jim Gordon ... Jim Gordon, the noted session drummer who racked up an impressive list of credits that included co-writing the Derek and the Dominos classic 'Layla' with Eric Clapton ...

Eric Clapton had formed Derek And The Dominos in ... recording sessions and it was he who provided that riff. Drummer Jim Gordon played a major part in the song’s creation too, composing the ...

How Eric Clapton Opened His Heart and Made a Masterpiece ... Faith and 1970's Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. Drummer Jim Gordon, Co-Writer of ‘Layla,’ Denied Parole Drummer Jim Gordon ...