[3] Along with Elvis, Gordon's influences included Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran among other notable rock 'n roll music artists of the period.

"[3] He did not care much for the British Invasion but he identified with soul singers such as James Brown and Otis Redding whom he saw, among other great R&B acts, performing at Washington, D.C.'s famous Howard Theatre.

During the turbulent times of the late 1960s, with the rioting and antiwar protests of the period, Gordon served in the National Guard in Washington, D.C. "I didn't want to be sent to Vietnam," he recalls.

[6] During 1976, the Tuff Darts recorded "All for the Love of Rock and Roll", "Head over Heels", and "Slash" for a compilation album called Live at CBGB's, which included a number of other local New York City bands.

Gordon also appeared in a punk/new wave–style film entitled Unmade Beds, an homage to Jean-Luc Godard by underground filmmaker Amos Poe.

[citation needed] In 1978, Gordon made a second album with Wray, for Private Stock called Fresh Fish Special.

In February, 1979, the album Rock Billy Boogie was issued on the RCA Victor label, this time without Wray, as Chris Spedding joined Gordon, playing lead guitar.

[3] Danny Gatton played lead guitar on this record and Marshall Crenshaw penned the single "Someday, Someway", which went to No.

[12] In the early 1990s Gordon toured with Spedding, including Japan, Norway, Finland, United States, Spain and Sweden, with a number of live tracks later appearing on the 2006 Climate Control album Born To Rock.

In 2009 and 2010 Gordon toured with an all-star line-up "The Gang They Couldn't Hang" that included Chris Spedding, Slim Jim Phantom and Glen Matlock.

[citation needed] In 1982, Gordon costarred with Willem Dafoe in future Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow's first film, a 1950s-styled motor-biking movie (inspired by Marlon Brando's The Wild One) called The Loveless.

The spoof of a space shuttle launch also featured SCTV regulars Dave Thomas as Walter Cronkite and Rick Moranis as David Brinkley.