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The drummer for Derek and the Dominos wrote & played the famous piano coda on "Layla" (but didn't credit girlfriend Rita Coolidge). He also played w/ Joe Cocker & Delaney & Bonnie. A schizophrenic, he murdered his mother & had been incarcerated since 1984.
The murder part was very bad, to be sure, but before that, I loved his work on Steely Dan's "Pretzel Logic."
The murder part was very bad, to be sure, but before that, I loved his work on Steely Dan's "Pretzel Logic."
Jim Gordon, Drummer for Eric Clapton and ‘Layla’ Co-Writer Who Was Convicted of Murder, Dies at 77
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, he…
variety.com