Background
Gordon was born in Oceanside, New New York He was raised by his mother, Eve, and father, Sam, and he grew up on Long Island with his three sisters, Susan, Lorraine and Sheila.
Gordon was born in Oceanside, New New York He was raised by his mother, Eve, and father, Sam, and he grew up on Long Island with his three sisters, Susan, Lorraine and Sheila.
Gordon attended Carnegie Mellon University.
Donald Katz based his book, Home Fires: An Intimate Portrait of One Middle-Class Family in Postwar America, on Gordon"s family life. Gordon"s songwriting is steeped in the traditions of cabaret and musical theater, while his choice of themes has been idiosyncratic. Green Sneakers for Baritone, String Quartet, Empty Chair and Piano has been described as "a significant contribution to the culture sprung from the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome crisis", notable for its elegiac quality as well as its restraint.
