Jim Hodder
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.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
703 releases · 25 albums · active 1970–2026
- Performance · 1,876
- Other credits · 1
Studios: The Village Recorder · Caribou Ranch · Cherokee Studios · Automated Sound Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Steely Dan
- David Soul
- Bead Game
- Sammy Hagar
- The Freedom Express
- John Henry Kurtz
- Rocky Sullivan
- Linda Ronstadt












