Monkeyboogaloo t1_jckua2m wrote on March 17, 2023 at 3:47 PM Reply to TIL about Jim Gordon, a drummer that worked with George Harrison, and shared a songwriting credit for "Layla", with Eric Clapton, but suffered from various mental health issues and spent 40 years in jail for the murder of his mother. by jdward01 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. Permalink 3
Monkeyboogaloo t1_jckua2m wrote
Reply to TIL about Jim Gordon, a drummer that worked with George Harrison, and shared a songwriting credit for "Layla", with Eric Clapton, but suffered from various mental health issues and spent 40 years in jail for the murder of his mother. by jdward01
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.