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.

Jim Gordon, a drummer for Eric Clapton, the Beach Boys, George Harrison and others who was convicted of killing his mother, died this week at 77. Gordon died of natural causes "after a long ...

But his life was shattered by mental illness and a murder conviction. By Richard Sandomir Jim Gordon, a talented but troubled drummer who was ubiquitous in the recording studios of the 1960s and ...

Even most music aficionados aren’t immediately familiar with the name Jim Gordon. His pedigree and talents were unquestionable. But, as Joel Selvin’s compelling book, “Drums & Demons ...

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

As luck would have it, Jim Gordon is right there and looking for a fight, and with one of Batman's utility belts in hand, there is no battle the former commissioner can't win. The newest member of ...

Even most music aficionados aren’t immediately familiar with the name Jim Gordon. But, as Joel Selvin’s compelling book, “Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon” (Diversion Books ...