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In 1970 Gordon was part of [[Joe Cocker]]'s ''[[Mad Dogs & Englishmen (album)|Mad Dogs & Englishmen]]'' tour and played on [[Dave Mason]]'s album ''Alone Together''. In 1971, he toured with [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]] and appeared on two of their albums, including ''[[The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys]]''. That same year he played on [[Harry Nilsson]]'s album ''[[Nilsson Schmilsson]]'', contributing the drum solo on the track "[[Jump into the Fire]]".
Gordon was the drummer on the [[Incredible Bongo Band]]'s album ''Bongo Rock'', released in 1972, and his drum break on the [[phonograph record|LP]] version of "[[Apache (instrumental)|Apache]]" has been frequently [[sample (music)|sample]]d by [[rap music]] artists.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/29/arts/music/29herm.html | title=All Rise for the National Anthem of Hip-Hop | work=[[New York Times]] | date=October 29, 2006 | first=Will | last=Hermes | access-date= 2006-11-01}}</ref> In 1972, Gordon was also part of [[Frank Zappa]]'s 20-piece 'Grand Wazoo' big band and the subsequent 10-piece 'Petit Wazoo' band. I don’t know about that mate. Aynsley Dunbar was the drummer on Grand Wazoo. Perhaps his best-known recording with Zappa is the title track of the 1974 album ''[[Apostrophe (')]]'', a jam with Zappa and [[Tony Duran (musician)|Tony Duran]] on guitar and [[Jack Bruce]] on [[bass guitar]], for which both Bruce and Gordon received a writing credit (Zappa, when introducing Gordon onstage, frequently referred to him as "Skippy", because of his youthful appearance). Also in 1972, Gordon played drums on [[Helen Reddy]]'s Top 20 US album ''[[I Am Woman]]''.
In 1973 Gordon played on [[Johnny Rivers]]' ''Blue Suede Shoes'' as well as on [[Art Garfunkel]]'s ''[[Angel Clare]]'' albums, and toured with Rivers through 1974 appearing on the ''Last Boogie in Paris'' live album. Also in 1974, Gordon played on most of the tracks on [[Steely Dan]]'s album ''[[Pretzel Logic]]'', including the single "[[Rikki Don't Lose That Number]]". He again worked with [[Chris Hillman]] of the Byrds as the drummer in the [[Souther–Hillman–Furay Band]] from 1973 to 1975. He also played drums on three tracks on [[Alice Cooper]]'s 1976 album, ''[[Alice Cooper Goes to Hell]]''.
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