Alan White

The drummer with seminal prog-rock band Yes, Alan White, has died. The 72-year-old, who was born in Pelton, County Durham, died peacefully at home after a ...

He worked with a variety of bands in the 1960s and then in 1969 received what he thought was a prank phone call pretending to be Lennon. "Throughout his life and six-decade career, Alan was many things to many people: a certified rock star to fans around the world, band mate to a select few, and gentleman and friend to all who met him." In a social media post, the band said: "Alan White, our beloved husband, dad, and grandpa, passed away at the age of 72 at his Seattle-area home on May 26, 2022, after a brief illness.

Alan White, longtime drummer prog-rock band Yes, has died at 72. He also played with John Lennon and and on George Harrison's 'All Things Must Pass'

He and the band followed during the next decade with Relayer, Going for the One, Tormato — all of which made the Top 10 in the U.S. and UK and went gold or platinum. Born in Pelton, County Durham, England on June 14, 1949, White began piano lessons at age 6, according to his family, and began playing the drums at 12. White’s first album with Yes was 1973’s Tales from Topographic Oceans, which topped the UK chart and made the U.S. Top 10. After a live set and compilation album, the band scored its best-selling U.S. album with 90125, which spawned the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper “Owner of a Lonely Heart.” The set went triple-platinum and was a mainstay on American FM rock stations — and MTV — with subsequent singles “Changes,” “It Can Happen” and “Leave It.” The 1987 follow-up album Big Generator went platinum and featured a pair of FM smash singles in “Love Will Find a Way” and “Rhythm of Love.” Although best known for his drumming with Yes — a band he joined in 1972 and with whom he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 — White also played with the John Lennon & Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band in 1969, performing on the smash Lennon singles “Imagine” and “Instant Karma (We All Shine On).” He performed with Lennon, Ono and Eric Clapton in the famous Live Peace in Toronto concert. “Throughout his life and six-decade career,” White’s family posted on Facebook, “Alan was many things to many people: a certified rock star to fans around the world, band mate to a select few, and gentleman and friend to all who met him.”

Le batteur du groupe de rock progressif Yes, Alan White, est décédé à 72 ans des suites d'une «brève maladie». C'est sa famille qui en a fait l'annonce sur ...

«Cette nouvelle a choqué toute la famille de Yes. Alan avait hâte de fêter ses 50 ans au soin de notre formation et était heureux de participer à notre prochaine tournée au Royaume-Uni», a indiqué le groupe britannique sur Instagram. «Pendant sa vie et sa carrière de plus de 60 ans, Alan a représenté beaucoup de choses pour beaucoup de gens: une vedette du rock pour ses fans du monde entier, un membre de groupe pour certains, un «gentleman» et un ami cher pour tous ceux qui l’ont croisé», ont écrit ses proches sur Facebook. Yes a réagi à la nouvelle en faisant part de sa tristesse.

Alan White, batteur de (presque) toujours du groupe Yes, qui a également joué sur des projets avec John Lennon et George Harrison, est mort jeudi à l'âge de ...

Alan White avait rejoint Yes en 1972, en remplaçant le batteur d’origine Bill Bruford. Au sein d’un groupe réputé pour ses fréquents changements de membres, White est toujours resté depuis. White avait commencé à jouer avec des groupes en Angleterre pendant les années 1960. (Seattle) Alan White, batteur de (presque) toujours du groupe Yes, qui a également joué sur des projets avec John Lennon et George Harrison, est mort jeudi à l’âge de 72 ans.