quote:Originally posted by Gord:
This is completely a shocker to me... some of you may know that in the beginning when GL started to use a drummer, prior to having Barry Keane as the permanent drummer a fellow by the name of Jim Gordon played on the Sundown LP and he played on the song " The House You Live In"...
Just reading an article in Modern Drummer I was shocked to hear of the tragic fate that would await Jim Gordon... 
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I used to have a link to the article from the Rolling Stones, "When the Voices Took Over" article, but it seems to be expired. I did find an article though which seems to cover the tragedy. From what I've read, Jim Gordon was extremely well respected and sought after for studio sessions.
http://www.iem.ac.ru/clapton/article....washpost.html