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 ...

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.

Jim Gordon, a talented but troubled drummer who was ubiquitous in the recording studios of the 1960s and ’70s and who, as a member of Eric Clapton’s band Derek and the Dominos, helped write ...

Drummer Jim Gordon, who worked with musicians like Eric Clapton and George Harrison and was also convicted of murdering his mother in 1983, died at age 77 Monday.

Jim Gordon — the Grammy-winning rock drummer for Eric Clapton and George Harrison — who was convicted of killing his mother in 1983 while suffering from schizophrenia, has died. He was 77. His ...

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Jim Gordon was a renowned drummer who played with everyone from The Beach Boys to Eric Clapton. But mental illness led him to murder his mother.

Drummer Jim Gordon is the unlikely subject of Joel Selvin's latest rock history book. (Brian Cooke / Redferns / Getty Images) The year was 1970, and Jim Gordon was in rock 'n' roll heaven. The ...

Book Review. Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon. By Joel Selvin Diversion Books: 288 pages, $29 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org ...

Ben McKenzie is actually one of the few Jim Gordon actors who have also had the honor of playing another Gotham city character: Batman, whom he voiced in 2011’s brilliant animated DC movie, ...