Posted on 03/17/2023 3:21:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
>> Why did alcohol abuse by his doctors impact his life? If my doctor takes on an addiction, it should not impact my life. This sounds strange. /s <<
Drunk doctors can be MEAN with schizophrenic patients.
“Now I’ll shine this stethoscope in this ear and oh, my... what’s this?”
“What’s what?”
“Oh, nevermind. I just have to make a phone call.”
Can we send the writer and editors back to 4th grade, please?
This one is just horrific:
“The troubled session ace’s already-impressive career was cut short in 1984, when he was sentenced to 16 years in prison for brutally murdering his mother in an attack with a hammer during a schizophrenic episode, before stabbing her to death with a butchers’ knife in 1983.”
Ditto. Once you've done all your time, a parole board shouldn't be able to do anything, I always thought...
Yeah 🤔🤔🤔
Once you’re in prison, it’s really easy to get time added to your sentence. The article says he didn’t show up for his parole hearings. That shows he probably had other problems in prison.
RIP Jimmy, hopefully you have finally found peace and now living with the Lord.
Good one. Stupid semiliterate journalists.
You can look up the story on what he did if you’re interested.
Just color me confused. Not that important.
Jim Gordon was the drummer.
Bobby Whitlock was the piano/keyboards player.
Gordon’s six-minute drum solo in the middle of Let It Rain on Derek and the Dominoes live is energetic to say the least.
Jim Gordon. Recorded about a week after the main work.
He was the drummer when Classical Gas was recorded. The reason he was in prison so long was that he refused to apply for parole. You can’t get paroled if you don’t apply.
That’s ok. I’m still trying to figure how 16 years lasted 39 years.
But you don’t have to file for parole once your sentence is up. Then you get out free and clear, and no parole officer.
23 years worth of problems? I’m guessing the article misstated his sentence.
Welllll.... he was sentenced to 16 to LIFE. That means the parole board needs to approve your release. Behave, act repentent, become a boy scout, and that could mean six years. Refuse to even show up to your parole hearing, and...well, you die in prison as an old man.
Did he play drums on “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”?
His sentence was 16 to life, so no definitive release date. I'm surprised the parole board even set up a hearing for him, since he didn't request one. In Alaska you have to request a hearing, one isn't automatically set up for you. And if parole is denied, you can't reapply for 10 years, unlike California, where you can apparently apply every year.
I stand corrected. Thank you.
That makes Gordon’s story all the more tragic and weird. What an incredible talent.
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