Jim Gordon, drummer who played on 'Layla' and Beach Boys records before he killed his mother, dies at 77

Gordon can be heard on George Harrison’s first post-Beatles album “All Things Must Pass,” The Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds” album and Steely Dan’s 1974 song “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number.” LOS ANGELES — Jim Gordon, the famed session drummer who backed Eric Clapton and The Beach Boys before being …