Tweets and articles on the strange life of Jim Gordon

Drummer Jim Gordon, who died on March 13, 2023, was in Derek and the Dominos and played on many great records as a session musician. However, he was schizophrenic and killed his mother. He spent the rest of his life in jail.

Jim Gordon, a Wrecking Crew session drummer and member of Eric Clapton’s band Derek and the Dominos who was diagnosed with schizophrenia after murdering his mother, has died at the age of 77: https://t.co/qRlH5xHQJv pic.twitter.com/hqTjtDcPER
— CONSEQUENCE (@consequence) March 16, 2023

1994 Washington Post article on Gordon

I'm sorry to hear of the passing of Jim Gordon. Some of you will know that Jim co-wrote 'Layla' with Eric when they were both in Derek & The Dominoes.
Jim also worked with George on the 'All Things Must Pass' album.
RIP pic.twitter.com/83YPA664yt
— Pattie Boyd (@thepattieboyd) March 16, 2023

Jim Gordon died Monday at the age of 77. Revisit our 1985 feature on the Eric Clapton drummer, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was serving a prison sentence for killing his mother in 1983. https://t.co/EmcJhzXO8I
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) March 16, 2023

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