Jamie Oldaker

James Oldaker (September 5, 1951 – July 16, 2020) was an American rock music, blues rock and country music drummer and percussionist.

Biography James Oldaker was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Oldaker and the Rogues Five were a regular band on local Tulsa television station KOTV's teen dance show: Dance Party.

After a stint in Bob Seger's band (on the album Back in '72), he then was with Leon Russell's band when he was asked by Eric Clapton to participate in the recording of 461 Ocean Boulevard. Oldaker remained a member of Clapton's studio and touring bands through 1979, when the entire band was dismissed. Oldaker would return to the Clapton band in 1983, playing on Clapton's Behind the Sun album, released in 1985, and performing with Clapton at Live Aid that same year, before leaving in 1986. Oldaker appears on the blues side of the live recording 24 Nights from 1990 and 1991. Not long after leaving Clapton's band, Oldaker briefly became a member of Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley's project, Frehley's Comet, appearing on the 1988 album Second Sighting. He was also a onetime member of the alt country band, The Tractors.

Oldaker recorded with musicians such as the Bellamy Brothers, Asleep at the Wheel, Peter Frampton, Stephen Stills, Leon Russell, Ace Frehley, Freddie King, and the Bee Gees. However, the cancer had returned by the following year, and he died on July 16, 2020, in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, at age 68. In addition to his wife, he was survived by two children, Andrew and Olivia.

Discography

1973 - Bob Seger - Back in '72 1974 - Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard 1974 - The Gap Band - Magicians Holiday 1974 - Leon Russell - Stop All That Jazz 1974 - Freddie King - Burglar 1975 - Eric Clapton - E.C. Was Here 1975 - Eric Clapton - There's One in Every Crowd 1976 - Eric Clapton - No Reason to Cry 1977 - Eric Clapton - Slowhand 1977 - Freddie King - 1934-1976 1978 - Eric Clapton - Backless 1979 - Peter Frampton - Where I Should Be 1980 - Peter Frampton - Rise Up 1980 - Asleep At The Wheel - Framed 1982 - Marcy Levy - Marcella 1985 - Eric Clapton - Behind the Sun 1988 - Frehley's Comet - Second Sighting 1991 - Eric Clapton - 24 Nights 1994 - The Tractors - The Tractors 1995 - The Tractors - Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas 1995 - Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive II 1998 - The Tractors - Farmers in a Changing World 2005 - Jamie Oldaker - Mad Dogs and Okies