I'd not heard of Jim Gordon before, until seeing in the news that he just passed away on the 13th of this month.
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| Rock drummer who killed his own mother dead at 77 |
"Jim Gordon died on Monday of natural causes at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, while serving his prison sentence.
The drummer, who performed with the likes of Eric Clapton and George Harrison, had a lifelong battle with mental illness, The Sun reports.
He is credited as a co-writer for Clapton’s 1970 hit Layla and was one of the main drummers for Harrison’s album All Things Must Pass – his first solo work after the break-up of the Beatles.The drummer, who performed with the likes of Eric Clapton and George Harrison, had a lifelong battle with mental illness, The Sun reports.
Gordon also performed in songs by the Beach Boys, Steely Dan, Carly Simon, Sonny and Cher, Nancy Sinatra, and the Byrds, among others.
However, his stellar career came to a screeching halt in June 1983 after Gordon brutally bludgeoned and stabbed his 72-year-old mother to death."
Kind of ironic with Jim Gordon's drug problems and mental health that he would pass away in 2023, the Year of the Rabbit.
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