Longtime drummer for prog rock's Yes, Alan White also played with John Lennon.
Alan White, the longtime drummer for progressive rock pioneers Yes who also played on projects with John Lennon and George Harrison, has died at 72.by his family. The post said he died at his Seattle-area home Thursday after a brief illness. Just days earlier Yes had announced that due to health issues White would not take part in the band’s upcoming tour of the United Kingdom to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band’s iconic album “Close to the Edge.
Though he didn’t play on “Close to the Edge,” he performed on every subsequent Yes studio album over nearly five decades, including the band’s latest, “The Quest,” which was released last year. When progressive rock fell out of fashion in the late 1970s, many of the bands associated with the genre struggled.
White played with bands in England throughout the 1960s. In 1969, he was asked by John Lennon to join his Plastic Ono Band, playing on such songs as “Jealous Guy” and “How Do You Sleep at Night.”. In an interview with the Seattle Times in 2021, White said he thought the call from the famous Beatle was a prank.
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