The podcast Disgraceland has a great episode on him!

Afflicted with schizophrenia but the judge who sentenced him still found him responsible for the crime. Tragic all round.

He played on two songs on Pet Sounds too: he was the drummer on I'm Waiting for the Day and a percussionist on God Only Knows.

Not the first murderer with a Beach Boys connection.

was he involved with Moby Grape as well?

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Great side story about how he stole a piano riff from (then girlfriend) Rita Coolidge and used it as the coda in the song Layla.

https://youtu.be/9IJPLcwHOes

I always thought that song swung a little odd

He played on some incredible albums - mad dogs and Englishmen, Layla and other assorted love songs, played with Zappa, the Byrds, Delaney and Bonnie (and friends), Donovan, Dr John, and so many more.

Incredible career

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In the mid 90’s I was recruiting and I got a cv from a guy who had been in prison.

He’d been in since 1969. And his experience on his CV was that he’d been a road manager for bands.

I can only imagine he was in for murder because of the length of incarceration.

(I was vetoed from inviting him in for an interview.)

This story reminded me of that.

I only know of him because MOD (Method Of Destruction) wrote a song about him on their first album U.S.A. for M.O.D.

M.O.D. the sibling of S.O.D.

Now that's a blast for the past.

Never heard of him yet his discography is unreal. I guess that's the life of a studio/session musician.

Look at Your Game, Girl

Don’t lie to us, Jim Gordon is a police commissioner who helps Batman. Nice try troll /s

No, you might be thinking of Skip Spence, who was also 'troubled'

Well yeah, being schizophrenic does not make you more likely to murder someone. It’s a huge misconception

Jim Gordon had one bad day.

I only found out about M.O.D. because of S.O.D.

Now this sounds off.

jim gordon was insane he took his mother's life he used the hammer first so she wouldn't feel the knife

Stole the 'Layla" piano solo from his GF Rita Coolidge.

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Rita Coolidge is such an old person name.

> Not the first murderer with a Beach Boys connection.

lmao I was just thinking the same thing.