jim gordon
jim gordon
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oliver nelson
and steve allen: soulful brass (1968, lp, usa, impulse as-9168) |
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| david wagner: d/b/a crow (1972, lp, ??, ??) - feat. jim gordon, john guerin |
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| judee sill:
heart food (1973, lp, usa, asylum records) - feat. emil richards, jim gordon |
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| barbara keith: barbara keith (1973, lp, usa, reprise) - feat. max bennett, lowell george, jim gordon, sneaky pete kleinow |
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| albert hammond: the free elctric band (1973, lp, uk, JJ) - feat. jim gordon |
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| tom waits: the heart of saturday night (1974, lp, usa, asylum records) |
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frank
zappa: apostrophe (') (1974, lp, usa, discreet) |
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| chris hillman: slippin' away (1976, lp, usa, asylum records) - feat. flo & eddie, jim gordon, jim fielder |
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frank zappa: läther
(1996, 3cd, usa, ryko) |
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frank zappa: imaginary diseases (2006, cd, usa, zappa records) |
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frank zappa: wazoo (2007, 2cd, usa, vaulternative records) |
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| various artists:
the frank zappa aaafnraa 2014 birthday bundle (2014, download, --, barfko-swill) |
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frank zappa:
the crux of the biscuit |
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frank zappa:
little dots (2016, cd, usa, zappa records zr20026) |
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| frank zappa: rollo /
portland improvisation (2017, 10", usa, zappa records bpr1230) - record store day release |
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(at right: jim gordon on tour with jackson browne, 1978)
aka: james beck gordon
born: 1945 in los angeles, ca
played drums on apostrophe,
and is probably best known for co-writing layla with eric (god! it's god! i see
god!) clapton. was a large reason
for making the grand and petit wazoo tours as good as they were.
his current claim to fame is that he's locked away forever in an insane asylum
for chopping up his mother, after becoming convinced that she was the devil.
bill
dougan sez:
regarding the fate of jim gordon, he is still in prison.
rolling stone magazine did an article on mr. gordon a couple of years ago
on his legendary drum work with clapton, and his unfortunate ensuing mental
illness which resulted in him stabbing his mother to death, believing she was
some sort of "demon" trying to get him.
judging by the tone of the article, jim will likely be in prison for a
long time.
dennis
target (dennist@foothill.net) said:
jim gordon is, i believe, currently housed at atascadero, an asylum in
california. he didn't
"chop" his mother up. he
killed her by means of repeated blows with a hammer.
he is schizophrenic. he won
the grammy, along with ec, for layla, the unplugged version.
jg played on countless albums for countless artists, e.g. he was on art
garfunkel's "angel claire," was a member of traffic for "low
spark of high heeled boys," was with ec on his first solo album, and then
derek and the dominoes. jg was a
member of delaney & bonney & friends, which led to his playing with ec.
jg was one of the most popular session drummers throughout the 70's.
chuck
collazzi(chucktfrog@aol.com) sez:
i've known jim since 1956 when we were students at van nuys jr. high (calif). we
worked together in 1969 with andy williams, and he was making 10x as much as me!
(i had just gotten out of the usma army band & had no business chops
at the time). he had the world by
the ass. gorgeous wife (childhood
sweetheart), beautiful daughter, white mercedes 280sl;
was so busy as a studio musician that he would fly back to la just about
every night when we were in vegas to do 2 or 3 record dates, then return in the
afternoon in time for the 8pm show at caesars palace.
his story is one of the tragedies of our time.
i have saved the clippings from the la times regarding his crime.
anyone who has ever wondered about the destructive horror of
"recreational" drugs should know about jim. it's one of the saddest
stories ever.
from:
frazier (frazier@pucksfarm.com)
i produced a single in montreal with an artist, brian blain. tom
malone
and jim gordon, who were on tour with the mothers, played on the date.
jim showed up at the studio, but had forgotten his drums, he played and old
beater set and made 'em sound like a $2500 set of old leedy's. what a player!
the tune we recorded was "don't forget your mother". hmmm
from: dlowell
(dlowell@aol.com) - may 15, 1998 update
after several years of looking for jim gordon i finally found him in the
atascadero state hospital. i have spoken with jim on a number of occasions and
he seems to quite content and has become in his words
"institutionalized". he looks forward to one day being released and
retiring to a home overlooking the mountains. i was surprised by his contentment
and am happy that he seems to have adjusted so well to prison. i tired to speak
with his doctor regarding his prognosis but was unable to reach him and jim told
me that "he" turned down his last parole hearing. he has not played
drums in a couple of years and i got the feeling that he has no intention of
revisiting his career as a drummer if he is ever released. he was very soft
spoken, pleasant and i enjoy speaking with him. he is 53 years old, weighs 183
lbs. and seems to be in good health. he does complain that he has trouble
sleeping occasionally but other than that seems to be doing just fine. i plan to
visit him in person later this year if i travel to california.
from: loujazz9@aol.com
he also played on louie sheltons album, "touch me" produced by boyce
& heart and "humming bird by seals & crofts but not diamond girl
that was harvey mason. i know
because i produced both of those records. all the best, louie
from: jock
ellis (jockster@pacbell.net)
jim gordon one of the worlds greatest drummers, traffic, derick & dominos
(i'm sure you know) and gary
barone, a great trumpet player and pal of mine (believe it or not
gary, jimmie and i were all in a national guard band during vietnam) were
rooming together. jim was a rock star, handsome loaded with money and he and
gary were getting laid alot. they picked up a few chicks around north carolina
somewhere and they followed the band to columbia s.c.. the chicks (who were
either narks or informants) were at the gig. right before the band went on stage
jim pulled gary into a bathroom off stage and they had a toot or two. blammo the
door comes down and the columbia s.c. police dept. busts gary and jim right
before the band goes on. here is jimmie and gary handcuffed being led past
frank, guitar around his neck as he heads for the stage.
naturally he shit. no the
cops wouldn't wait. sure they could do without a trumpet, but the drummer !!
they grabbed the drummer from the other band which remains nameless and legend
has it he did fine. jimmie paid off the p.d. ($20,000) and it was forgotten.
from:
judy frisk (frisk@frisk.net)
i went to grammar school with him (dixie canyon elementary school)- was in the
same music classes with him (me on violin) when he started playing drums. i knew
him up thru high school graduation. he'd
been "head yell-leader" in high
school (us grant hi, van nuys, in case you didn't know).
from: patrick
neve
here
is the rolling stone article, originally published june 6th, 1985 and
resubmitted here by william scott deaver (remus@lconn.com).
warning: it's a very sad article, and also rather sensationalistic.
from:
patrick neve
update. i heard from a confidential
and well-informed source that contrary to recent reports, jim gordon is not out
of prison, nor are there any immediate plans for his release.
any reports to jim's recent release would appear to be unfounded.
while this is unfortunate news, i'm told that he is doing well and in
good spirits at this time.
discography:
(all credits are for drums unless otherwise noted)
(note: there are at least two jim gordons. charles ulrich discovered that another jim gordon was a founding member of the group tamarack. so if you can attribute any of the following credits to that or any other jim gordon, please tell me! -pn)
from:
richard (richard.bell@ualberta.ca)
the jim gordon listed as playing horns with the band (from the last waltz) or
with keb'mo or indeed anytime there's a listing for sax or clarinet or flute
it's not jim beck gordon the great drummer but another jim gordon.
this other jim gordon has a web-site at http://www.jimsjazz.com/index.htm
- 1966 monkees- monkees
- 1967 monkees- more of the monkees
- 1968 byrds- notorious byrd brothers
- 1968 van dyke parks- song cycle (percussion)
- 1968 andy robinson- patterns of reality
- 1968 nilsson, harry- aerial ballet
- 1968 williams, mason- phonograph record
- 1968 collins, judy- who knows where the time goes (percussion, drums)
- 1969 axton, hoyt- my griffin is gone
- 1969 anthony, ron- oh! calcutta!
- 1969 bread- bread
- 1969 monkees- instant replay
- 1969 haggard, merle- same train, different time
- 1970 clapton, eric- eric clapton
- 1970 cocker, joe- mad dogs & englishmen
- 1970 newman, randy- 12 songs
- 1970 delaney & bonnie- delaney & bonnie & friends on tour
- 1970 hooker, john lee- endless boogie
- 1970 george harrison- all things must pass
- 1971 rhodes, emitt- american dream
- 1971 john lennon- imagine
- 1971 nilsson, harry- nilsson schmilsson
- 1971 russell, leon- and the shelter people
- 1971 traffic- welcome to the canteen
- 1971 streisand, barbra- barbra joan streisand
- 1971 ono, yoko- fly (drums, tabla)
- 1971 gary wright- footprint
- 1971 king, b.b.- in london
- 1972 horn, jim- through the eye
- 1972 allman, duane- anthology (organ, piano, drums)
- 1972 van dyke parks- discover america
- 1972 john lennon, yoko ono & the plastic ono band- sometime in new york city (two songs)
- 1972 simon, carly- no secrets
- 1972 guy, buddy- buddy guy & junior wells play the b
- 1972 king, freddie- texas cannonball
- 1972 wolfman jack - wolfman jack
- 1973 rivers, johnny- blue suede shoes
- 1973 carlton, larry- singing playing
- 1973 judee sill- heart food
from:
charles ulrich (ulrich@sfu.ca)
ms. sill appears to spell her first name judee. her 1973 album heart food
featured erstwhile mothers gene cipriano, jesse ehrlich, william kurasch,
leonard malarsky, emil richards, ralph schaeffer, tibor zelig, vincent derosa,
jim gordon, and ray kelley.
- 1973 derek & the dominos- derek & the dominos in concert
- 1973 tufano and giammarese
- 1973 stevenson, b.w.- pass this way
- 1973 garfunkel, art- angel clare
- 1973 harrison, george- living in the material world
- 1973 king, b.b.- best of b.b. king [abc]
- 1974 richards, digby- digby richards
- 1974 sebastian, john- tarzana kid
- 1974 souther hillman furay- souther, hillman, furay band
- 1974 stevenson, b.w.- calabasas
- 1974 weisberg, tim- dreamspeaker
- 1974 sullins, jim- inside thunder outside laughing
- 1974 steely dan- pretzel logic
- 1974 muldaur, maria- maria muldaur
- 1974 muldaur, maria- waitress in a donut shop
- 1974 rivers, johnny- last boogie in paris
- 1974 frank zappa- apostrophe (')
- 1974 lightfoot, gordon- sundown
- 1974 stewart, john- phoenix concerts
- 1974 shaw, marlena- who is this bitch, anyway?
- 1975 riperton, minnie- adventures in paradise
- 1975 snow, tom- taking it all in stride
- 1975 gordon lightfoot- gord's gold
- 1975 nelson, oliver- skull session
- 1975 beach boys- spirit of america
- 1975 carpenters- horizon
- 1975 simon, carly- best of carly simon
- 1975 harrison, george- extra texture
- 1976 rivers, johnny- wild night
- 1976 stec, joey- joey stec
- 1976 bishop, stephen- careless
- 1976 browne, jackson- pretender
- 1976 carpenters- kind of hush
- 1976 nils lofgren- cry tough
- 1976 cooper, alice- alice cooper goes to hell
- 1976 diamond, neil- beautiful noise (conga, drums, harmony vocals)
- 1976 hillman, chris- slippin' away
- 1976 nelson, tracy- time is on my side
- 1976 baez, joan- from every stage
- 1976 manhattan transfer- pastiche
- 1977 reelin' in the years, vol. 5 (piano, drums)
- 1977 hall & oates- bigger than the both of us
- 1977 danko, rick- rick danko (organ, horn)
- 1977 cocker, joe- joe cocker's greatest hits
- 1977 brewer, teresa- 16 most requested songs
- 1978 rivers, johnny- outside help
- 1978 bayer sager, carol- too
- 1979 steely dan- greatest hits
- 1979 george, lowell- thanks i'll eat it here
- 1981 houston, thelma- i've got the music in me
- 1982 stanley, james lee- eclipse
- 1982 clapton, eric- time pieces: best of eric clapton
- 1982 steely dan- gold
- 1985 carpenters- yesterday once more
- 1985 clapton, eric- time pieces ii/live in the '70s
- 1986 frank zappa- apostrophe/over-nite sensation
- 1987 frank zappa- the guitar world according to frank zappa
- 1989 mcdonald, country joe- classics
- 1990 keaggy, phil- love broke thru
- 1990 classic country music, vol. 3
- 1990 derek & the dominos- layla sessions (percussion, drums)
- 1991 byrds- 20 essential tracks from the boxed
- 1991 monkees- listen to the band
- 1991 spector, phil- back to mono (1958-1969)
- 1992 beat generation- beat generation
- 1992 murphy, elliott- diamonds by the yard (percussion, drums)
- 1992 ono, yoko- walking on thin ice compilation (tabla)
- 1992 ono, yoko- ono box (drums, tabla)
- 1992 rock of the 70's, vol. 5 (piano, drums)
- 1992 manhattan transfer- anthology: down in birdland
- 1993 hopkins, lightnin'- it's a sin to be rich )
- 1993 steely dan- citizen steely dan
- 1993 beach boys- good vibrations: thirty years of th (percussion)
- 1994 derek & the dominos- live at the fillmore
- 1994 bishop, stephen- on & on: hits of stephen bishop
- 1994 everly brothers- heartaches & harmonies [box set]
- 1995 monkees- greatest hits
- 1996 travolta, john- best of john travolta [varese]
- 1996 torme, mel- mel tormé collection
- 1996 frank zappa- läther
- frank zappa: imaginary diseases
(76)
(2006, cd, usa, zappa records)
- weisberg, tim- hurtwood edge (percussion, drums)
- simon, john- don't forget what i told you
- spider- labyrinths
- ray, bob- initiation of a mystic
- holmes, richard "groove- six million dollar man
- louie sheltons- touch me
- seals & crofts- humming bird
- renee armand- the rain book (drums, guitar, piano)
- joan baez- diamonds and rust
- joan baez- gulf winds