Performance
Jim Hodder
Bethpage, United States
Jim Hodder is credited on 513 releases across 26 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1970–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
513
Pressings credited
26
Albums
6
Decades active
438
In collections
Biography
Jim Hodder (December 17, 1947 – June 5, 1990) was an American musician, best known as the original drummer for Steely Dan. After leaving the Boston group Bead Game, Hodder moved to Los Angeles to join Steely Dan. He played on their first three albums before leaving in 1974, and worked as a session musician before his death in 1990.
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Credited work
513 releases · 26 albums · active 1970–2026
- Performance · 1,406
Studios: The Village Recorder · Caribou Ranch · Cherokee Studios · His Master's Wheels
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Can't Buy A Thrill
1972

Pretzel Logic
1974

Countdown To Ecstasy
1973

Greatest Hits
1978

Gold
1982

A Decade Of Steely Dan
1985

Showbiz Kids (The Steely Dan Story 1972-1980)
2000

Citizen Steely Dan 1972-1980
1993

Memphis Blues Again
1994

David Soul
1976

Nine On A Ten Scale
1976

Playing To An Audience Of One
1977

The Definitive Collection
2006

Rotoscope Down
1974

Rikki Don't Lose That Number
1974
Frequent collaborators
- Steely Dan
- David Soul
- The Freedom Express
- Sammy Hagar
- Bead Game
- John Henry Kurtz
- Linda Ronstadt
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