
Drums & Demons
The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon
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Narrated by:
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David Bendena
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By:
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Joel Selvin
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 bestselling 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 the unimaginable madness that Gordon fought a valiant but losing battle against. One of the great untold stories of rock is finally being told.
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Jim Gordon suffered from untreated mental illness that may have come about, or even tripped by his intense drug use. He is another casualty of the cultural revolution of 1960s America, where everything became permissable except personal responsibility.
Gordon eventually became so psychotic that be killed his mother because voices in his head told him to. Another aspect in this tragedy is how few of the many, many people who new that something was wrong actually tried to help him. Other artists and producers needed him for his enormous talent as a "hit maker," but most ignored his needs. Hopefully they have learned a lesson.
Great talent with a tragic end.
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Profoundly Sad
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Detailed look into the tortured soul of Jim Gordon
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The writing and performance.
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It’s a sad story
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As definitive a character study as it is one of the world’s most impressive Rock n Roll resumes, this is a must read study on the healing power of music (chronicling the 15 years he survived the scene); as much as an eye opener to the demons of mental illness.
Tragic and Triumphant: Rock n Roll Meets True Crime
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Genius and Tragedy
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Jim’s story left me wondering why so many gifted artists enjoy success and unfortunately suffer from the effects of mental illness. I’m sure I’ll be listening to this audiobook again.
Highly Recommended Audiobook
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Mental Health Struggles Destroys One of the Most Amazing & Talented Drummers of out time.
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Very sad and tragic
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