The Everly Brothers Featuring Jim Gordon
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The Everly Brothers 22nd April 1965 on a Swedish radio station featured their young 19 year old
drummer Jim Gordon on an instrumental with Sonny Curtis on guitar and Marshall Leib on bass.
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@proudtobeeducated5336 4 weeks ago
Jim Gordon: Absolutely incredible drummer and absolutely horrifying life story.
@recordguy4321 4 months ago
in the photo on guitar is Don peake, and on bass is Joey Paige. This shot was taken at the oklahoma state fair in July of 1965
@davidbeja 3 weeks ago
Amazing drummer!! No wonder he played with the best rock bands and guitarists of the 60's and 70's!
@hepphepps8356 11 months ago (edited)
OMG! I knew he was good in a Rock/Session/Pop sense, but this pretty up there in a jazz sense too! Wow! And it is so clean, so perfect, unbeliveable! In a parallell reality, it could just as well have been him and not Tony Williams with Miles at that point.
@tomhefner6344 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I loved Jim Gordon's work. I grew up in the 60s and 70s........it took me a long time to grow up.
@sportsmediaamerica 3 weeks ago
Gordon was the drummer on so many important recordings. "Layla" to name just one. Huge talent. So sad how his life went.
@stevelestermusic 2 weeks ago
I played several sessions in LA with Jimmy in the late 60s, and got to know him personally. He was an awesome musician and good friend.
@37BopCity 3 weeks ago (edited)
Wow! Outstanding and extremely rare and I hadn't heard this before. A while back. after reading "Drums and Demons", the excellent bio by Joel Selvin, I did a research project to hear as much of Jim's recorded legacy as I could. I used the book and the Wikipedia bio, which has a huge list of his session career and discography since he first started professionally as a teenager with the Everlys. Almost all of those recordings can be found on YouTube. He was truly an incredibly talented musician of the highest level, and could play with anyone. He made numerous classic records in every genre from jazz to country to rock. Even the obscure records from his session years that most people have never heard, are exceptional. Unfortunately the demons of mental illness ended his career forever.
The Everly Brothers Featuring Jim Gordon
ECCollectables
42,610 views
The Everly Brothers 22nd April 1965 on a Swedish radio station featured their young 19 year old
drummer Jim Gordon on an instrumental with Sonny Curtis on guitar and Marshall Leib on bass.