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Jim Hodder (December 17, 1947 – June 5, 1990) was an American musician, best known the original drummer for Steely Dan. After leading the Boston-based group The Bead Game, Hodder moved to Los Angeles to join the first lineup of Steely Dan. Hodder appeared on their first three albums before leaving the group in 1974, and worked as a session ...
Jun 8, 1990 · Services are planned Saturday for Jimmy Hodder, a former drummer for the rock group Steely Dan, who drowned in his pool, officials said. He was 42. Mendocino County Sheriff’s Lt. Jay Miller, who ...
- 1972-’73: Can’t Buy A Thrill & Countdown to Ecstasy. When Steely Dan arrived on the scene in 1972, “progressive rock” was in vogue, with bands like Yes, ELP, and Genesis catching the fancy of many listeners.
- 1974: Pretzel Logic. This album featured the hit “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” a bluesy bossa nova that borrowed from Horace Silver’s “Song For My Father.”
- 1975: Katy Lied. In retrospect, it’s stunning to realize that Jeff Porcaro was only nineteen years old when he recorded Katy Lied . The album is a tone poem, a surreal view into the minds of Becker and Fagen.
- 1976: The Royal Scam. Once again, Becker and Fagen continued to raise the stakes. On The Royal Scam, they took rock ‘n’ roll arrangements to a new level of craftsmanship.
Mar 9, 2024 · Steely Dan's mystery man. Listen to a rare, never-published interview with Jim Hodder, the band's shadowy original drummer. Upgrade to paid to get full access to every newsletter and support the work that goes into Expanding Dan. The first proper book about Steely Dan was written in the mid-1980s.
Apr 27, 2017 · Steely Dan in September 1972: (clockwise from top left) Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter, Denny Dias, Jim Hodder, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, the core band on Pretzel Logic Only Parker’s Band seemed to be about something tangible: jazz saxophonist Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker’s ensemble, with an allusion to its leader’s drug habits: ‘ We will ...
Jun 27, 2023 · From 1972’s debut Steely Dan album Can’t Buy A Thrill, Reelin’ In The Years accidentally benefitted from an engineer who neglected to run the tape. Steely Dan in the studio in May 1973: (l-r) Jim Hodder, Walter Becker, Denny Dias, Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter, Donald Fagen(Image credit: Ed Caraeff / Iconic Images) Looking back on Steely Dan ...
Sep 4, 2017 · For the initial Steely Dan lineup, they recruited East Coast friends Denny Dias and Jeff Baxter on guitars, along with drummer Jim Hodder and lead singer David Palmer.
