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Famed rock ‘n’ roll session drummer Jim Gordon has died at age 77. Gordon backed Eric Clapton and The Beach Boys before being diagnosed with schizophrenia and going to prison

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He was an elite studio musician who played with A-list artists and helped write the Eric Clapton hit “Layla." But his life was shattered by mental illness and a murder conviction.

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Gordon was the drummer in the blues-rock supergroup Derek and the Dominos, led by Eric Clapton.

LOS ANGELES — Jim Gordon, the rock ‘n’ roll session drummer who played on classic records by Eric Clapton, George Harrison and The Beach Boys but suffered from growing mental health problems and spent the second half of his life in prison for killing his mother, has died at 77. Gordon died Monday at the California […]

LOS ANGELES — Jim Gordon, the rock ‘n’ roll session drummer who played on classic records by Eric Clapton, George Harrison and The Beach Boys but suffered from growing mental health problems and spent the second half of his life in prison for killing his mother, has died at 77.

Gordon is credited with co-writing the mega-hit “Layla” with Clapton.

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