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, the prolific session drummer who played with some of rock’s biggest stars — including the Beach Boys, several Beatles and Eric Clapton, whose classic ...

Jim Gordon, a drummer who played on Derek and the Dominos’ Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs and the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, died Monday at the age of 77.The musician, who was diagnosed with ...

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 ...

Jim Gordon, a top drummer for Eric Clapton, George Harrison and countless others who was diagnosed with schizophrenia after murdering his mother in 1983, has died. According to the announcement ...

Jim Gordon, a Wrecking Crew session drummer who co-wrote 'Layla' and later was convicted of murdering his mother, has died March 15 in prison. He was 77. Skip to main content.

Jim Gordon, rock drummer convicted in mother’s killing, dies at 77. March 16, 2023. 6 min. Jim Gordon rehearses with the band Traffic in 1971. (Brian Cooke/Redferns/Getty Images) ...

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.

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. At least 161 people missing in Texas county amid ...

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.

LOS ANGELES — Jim Gordon, the rock ‘n’ roll session drummer who played on classic records by Eric Clapton, George Harrison and The Beach Boys but suffered from growing mental health problems ...

Jim Gordon, who drummed with Eric Clapton and is credited with co-writing the mega-hit “Layla” years before he was convicted of killing his own mother, died Monday at age 77. The musician died ...