The blazing rock opera of the greatest drummer of all-time, Jim
Gordon, from the legendary Wrecking Crew to redefining rock on the
Seventies’ biggest hits and outrageous tours, and ultimately to
the most shocking crime in rock history—a story of musical
genius, uncontrollable madness, and the big fill Jim Gordon
was the greatest rock drummer of all-time. Just ask the
world-famous musicians who played with him—John Lennon, George
Harrison, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Frank Zappa, Steely Dan, Ringo
Starr, Harry Nilsson, Joe Cocker, and many more. They knew him for
his superior playing, extraordinary training and technique,
preternatural intuition, perfect sense of time, and his “big
fill”—the mathematically-precise clatter that exploded like
detonating fireworks on his drum breaks. And as best-selling author
and award-winning journalist Joel Selvin reveals, the story of Jim
Gordon is the most brilliant, turbulent, and wrenching rock opera
ever. This riveting narrative follows Gordon as the
very chemicals in his brain that gifted him also destroyed him. His
head crowded with a hellish gang of voices screaming at him,
demanding obedience, Gordon descended from the absolute heights of
the rock world—playing with the most famous musicians of his
generation—to working with a Santa Monica dive-bar band for $30 a
night. And then he committed the most shocking crime in rock
history. With full cooperation from the late Gordon's
family, and based on his trademark extensive, detailed
research, Joel Selvin’s account is at once an epic journey
through an artist’s monumental musical contributions, a
rollicking history of rock drumming, and a terrifying downward
spiral into unimaginable madness that Gordon fought a valiant but
losing battle against. One of the great untold stories of rock is
finally being told.
General
| Imprint: |
Diversion Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
February 2024 |
| Authors: |
Joel Selvin
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| Dimensions: |
236 x 160 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
277 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-63576-899-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-63576-899-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781635768992 |
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