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KariAnn Holland Music 1040 Final Project December 5, 2012

KariAnn Holland Music 1040 Final Project December 5, 2012. James Beck Gordon. Born July 14, 1945. Grew up in San Fernando Valley, California Parents supported musical abilities from the start Shy, yet popular in school and with friends First band played in Hollywood clubs

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KariAnn Holland Music 1040 Final Project December 5, 2012

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  1. KariAnn Holland Music 1040 Final Project December 5, 2012

  2. James Beck Gordon Born July 14, 1945

  3. Grew up in San Fernando Valley, California • Parents supported musical abilities from the start • Shy, yet popular in school and with friends • First band played in Hollywood clubs • Popular in late 60’s and early 70’s • Toured Europe with Everly Brothers

  4. Sessions Drummer BB King Englishmen Joe Cocker’s Mad Dogs Everly Brothers John Lennon The Byrds Frankie and the Jesters Alice Cooper Traffic The Beach Boys Derek and the Dominos Neil Diamond Delaney and Bonnie Jackson Browne

  5. Derek and the Dominos Jim Gordon, Carl Radle, Bobby Whitlock, Eric Clapton, Jeep Its Too Late (James Gordon at 2:33)

  6. Characteristics of Blues Rock • 12-bar form • Back beats • Boogie woogie solos • Electric and bass guitars, drums, piano • Little Wing

  7. Schizophrenia throughout life Killed his mother with a hammer in June 1983 Currently incarcerated in a California prison Continues to play drums

  8. Sounds Incarcerated

  9. References Des Barres, Pamela 1996 Rock Bottom: Dark Moments in Music Babylon New York, NY St. Martin’s Press Blanco, Juan Ignacio Murderpedia; The Encyclopedia of Murderers http://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/gordon-james-beck.htm Woodard, Boston Community Alliance http://fresnoalliance.com/wordpress/?p=4680 The Internet Mental Health Initiative Schizophrenia.com 2004 http://www.schizophrenia.com/stories/jim.gordon.htm

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