LOS ANGELES — Jim Gordon, the famed session drummer who backed Eric Clapton and The Beach Boys before being diagnosed with schizophrenia and going to prison for killing his mother, has died.

Even most music aficionados aren’t immediately familiar with the name Jim Gordon. His pedigree and talents were unquestionable. But, as Joel Selvin’s compelling book, “Drums & Demons ...

Jim Gordon, a drummer for Eric Clapton, the Beach Boys, George Harrison and others who was convicted of killing his mother, died this week at 77. Gordon died of natural causes "after a long ...

Beloved actor Gary Oldman made his mark in the world of DC by playing Jim Gordon in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy.

But unless you’re a liner note reader, you likely don’t know the name of Jim Gordon. And if you Google him, you’ll see one shocking non-musical entry in his bio: On June 3, 1983, after ...

The year was 1970, and Jim Gordon was in rock ‘n’ roll heaven. The drummer was a part of Joe Cocker’s infamous Mad Dogs and Englishmen revue, a traveling circus of sex, drugs and legendary ...

A new Batman release features one of the saddest versions of Jim Gordon that the DC Universe has ever seen, a choice that helps to make the Dark Knight story even more satisfying. With many live ...

DC Comics tied together Gotham City Police Commissioner James “Jim” Gordon and Batman together, back in the very beginning, in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. In fact, Commissioner Gordon ...

Jim Gordon, the prolific session drummer who played with some of rock’s biggest stars — including the Beach Boys, several Beatles and Eric Clapton, whose classic “Layla” he’s credited ...

Even most music aficionados aren’t immediately familiar with the name Jim Gordon. But, as Joel Selvin’s compelling book, “Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon” (Diversion Books ...