RIP - Jim Gordon

[Rip76 4943]

James Beck Gordon (July 14, 1945 – March 13, 2023)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(musician)
 

Hopefully he can rest those demons now.

 

Possibly the best session drummer of all time.

I remember when I was a little kid starting to get into music, listening to albums, etc., my sister taught me about Jim Gordon.  She showed me all of the albums he played on, and she would play me all of the songs he played on.  What a talent.

Unfortunately mental illness and drugs drove him to murder his mother and he was convicted.

I like this below, “Partial Discography.”  (TLDR)

 

Partial discographyEdit

During his career, Gordon played with a long list of musicians and record producers, including:^[17]

• Peter Allen: Taught by Experts
• Duane Allman: An Anthology
• Hoyt Axton: My Griffin Is Gone
• Joan Baez: Diamonds & Rust; From Every Stage; Gulf Winds; Blowin' Away
• The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds; Smiley Smile; Friends; 20/20
• The Beau Brummels: Triangle
• Stephen Bishop: Careless
• Cilla Black: It Makes Me Feel Good
• Bread: Bread
• Teresa Brewer: 16 Most Requested Songs
• Jackson Browne: The Pretender
• Jack Bruce: Out of the Storm
• The Byrds: The Notorious Byrd Brothers
• The Carpenters: Horizon; A Kind of Hush; Interpretations
• Chad and Jeremy : The Ark
• Cher: Stars
• Eric Clapton: Eric Clapton
• Gene Clark: Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers
• Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen
• Judy Collins: Who Knows Where the Time Goes
• Alice Cooper: Alice Cooper Goes to Hell; Lace and Whiskey
• Crosby, Stills & Nash: Crosby, Stills & Nash
• Burton Cummings: Burton Cummings; Dream of a Child
• Delaney & Bonnie: On Tour with Eric Clapton; D&B Together
• Derek and the Dominos: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs; In Concert; Live at the Fillmore
• Neil Diamond: Beautiful Noise
• Donovan: Essence to Essence
• Dr. John: The Sun, Moon & Herbs
• The Everly Brothers: Gone Gone Gone; Beat & Soul; Two Yanks in England; Roots; Stories We Could Tell
• Art Garfunkel: Angel Clare; Breakaway
• David Gates: First
• Lowell George: Thanks, I'll Eat It Here
• Merle Haggard: Same Train, a Different Time
• Hall & Oates: Daryl Hall & John Oates; Bigger Than Both of Us
• Albert Hammond: It Never Rains in Southern California; The Free Electric Band; Albert Hammond
• George Harrison: All Things Must Pass; Living in the Material World; Extra Texture (Read All About It)
• Jim Henson: The Muppet Movie
• Richard "Groove" Holmes: Six Million Dollar Man
• John Lee Hooker: Endless Boogie
• Jim Horn: Through the Eyes of a Horn; Jim's Horn
• Thelma Houston: I've Got the Music in Me
• The Hues Corporation: Freedom for the Stallion; Rockin' Soul; Love Corporation; I Caught Your Act
• Incredible Bongo Band: "Apache"; Bongo Rock
• Phil Keaggy: Love Broke Thru; Ph'lip Side
• B.B. King: B.B. King in London
• Carole King:The City
• Cheryl Ladd: Dance Forever
• John Lennon: "Power to the People"^[18]
• The Lettermen: Lettermen 1; Spin Away
• Gordon Lightfoot: Sundown; Cold on the Shoulder; Gord's Gold; Summertime Dream
• Nils Lofgren: Cry Tough
• Manhattan Transfer: Coming Out; Pastiche
• Dave Mason: Alone Together
• Country Joe McDonald: Love is a Fire
• Maria Muldaur: Maria Muldaur; Waitress in a Donut Shop
• Elliott Murphy: Elliott Murphy; Lost Generation
• Oliver Nelson: Skull Session
• Tracy Nelson: Time Is on My Side
• Randy Newman: Randy Newman; 12 Songs
• Harry Nilsson: Aerial Ballet; Skidoo (Soundtrack); Harry; Nilsson Schmilsson; Son of Dracula (Soundtrack)
• Goro Noguchi: Goro in Los Angeles, U.S.A.
• Yoko Ono: Fly
• Van Dyke Parks: Song Cycle; Discover America
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers; Playback
• Kenny Rankin: Silver Morning
• Redeye: Redeye
• Emitt Rhodes: The American Dream
• Righteous Brothers: Give It to the People
• Minnie Riperton: Adventures in Paradise
• Johnny Rivers: L.A. Reggae; Blue Suede Shoes; Last Boogie in Paris; New Lovers and Old Friends; Wild Night; Outside Help
• Leon Russell: Leon Russell and the Shelter People
• Seals and Crofts: Seals & Crofts; Summer Breeze; Diamond Girl
• John Sebastian: Tarzana Kid
• Louie Shelton: Touch Me
• Judee Sill: Heart Food
• Carly Simon: No Secrets; Hotcakes; Playing Possum
• Tom Snow: Taking It All in Stride; Tom Snow
• The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band: The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band
• Joey Stec: Joey Stec
• Steely Dan: Pretzel Logic; "Here at the Western World"
• B. W. Stevenson: Lead Free; My Maria; Calabasas
• John Stewart: The Phoenix Concerts
• Stone Poneys: "Different Drum";^[19]Evergreen, Volume 2
• Barbra Streisand: Barbra Joan Streisand
• Mariya Takeuchi: Love Songs
• Bob Thiele & His Orchestra: I Saw Pinetop Spit Blood
• Mel Tormé: Right Now!
• Traffic: Welcome to the Canteen; The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
• John Travolta: John Travolta
• John Valenti: Anything You Want
• Tom Waits: The Heart of Saturday Night
• Tim Weisberg: Hurtwood Edge; Dreamspeaker
• Bobby Whitlock: Bobby Whitlock; Raw Velvet
• Andy Williams^{[clarification needed]}
• Mason Williams: "Classical Gas"
• Frank Zappa: Apostrophe ('); Läther; 'Grand Wazoo' (tour) and 'Petit Wazoo' (tour); Imaginary Diseases; Wazoo; Little Dots

 

A couple of my favorites.

 

 

[G650 14263]

Dude had an unfortunate life. RIP

[Rip76 4943]

7 minutes ago, G650 said:

Dude had an unfortunate life. RIP

Yeah.

Parts of it everyone (an artist) would want, and the other half, no one would want.

[Massive Horn 41]

1 hour ago, Rip76 said:

Yeah.

Parts of it everyone (an artist) would want, and the other half, no one would want.

You must love your mother. 

[Rip76 4943]

Always loved the drums on this.