Jim Hodder (musician)
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Jim Hodder (December 17, 1947–June 5, 1990) was an American drummer, best known as the original drummer for Steely Dan.
He was born in Boston in 1947. He joined Steely Dan in 1972, but left in 1974. While part of Steely Dan, he worked on the Can't Buy a Thrill and Countdown to Ecstasy albums as well as part of Pretzel Logic. He sang the lead vocal on the song "Midnight Cruiser".
Hodder continued working as a session musician for musicians such as Sammy Hagar and David Soul. In 1990, he drowned in his swimming pool.
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| Steely Dan |
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| Walter Becker - Donald Fagen |
| Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - Denny Dias - Jim Hodder - Michael McDonald - David Palmer |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Can't Buy a Thrill - Countdown to Ecstasy - Pretzel Logic - Katy Lied The Royal Scam - Aja - Gaucho - Two Against Nature - Everything Must Go Live Albums: Alive in America - Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party Compilations: Greatest Hits - Steely Dan - Gold - Gold (Expanded) - A Decade of Steely Dan Reelin' In The Years - Do It Again - Citizen Steely Dan Then and Now - Showbiz Kids - Definitive Collection Also featured on: Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz |
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