Drummer Jim Gordon, who worked with musicians like Eric Clapton and George Harrison and was also convicted of murdering his mother in 1983, died at age 77 Monday.
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Jim Gordon, a drummer for Eric Clapton, the Beach Boys, George Harrison and others who was convicted of killing his mother,Gordon died of natural causes"after a long incarceration and lifelong battle with mental illness" at a Vacaville, California, medical center Monday, publicist Bob Merlis confirmed to Fox News Digital.
Gordon appeared on the Beach Boys’"Pet Sounds" album, Carly’s Simon’s"You’re So Vain" and was credited with co-writing Derek & The Dominos’ song"Layla" withGordon was also a member of Clapton’s short-lived band Derek and the Dominos, Joe Cocker’s Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, and the elite Wrecking Crew, which included a loose grouping of studio musicians who worked on recordings in the 1960s and ‘70s.
Jim Gordon, a musician who worked with Eric Clapton and Carly Simon and was a convicted killer, died at 77 Monday.
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