
Eric Clapton drummer Jim Gordon, who was convicted of murdering his mother, dead at 77
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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.
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" with Eric Clapton.
Gordon 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.
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