Alan White (14 June 1949 – 26 May 2022) was an English drummer, best known for his almost 50-year tenure in the progressive rock band Yes. He joined Yes in 1972 as a replacement for original drummer Bill Bruford. He was the longest-serving member of the band and, alongside founder/bassist Chris Squire, the only member never to leave prior to his death.
White was born in the village of Pelton, County Durham, England.[4] His father had different jobs, working as a clerk, shopkeeper, and a lorry and bus driver who also played the piano in local pubs.[5] His grandfather played the piano and his uncle was a drummer in local dance bands.[4][5] He attended a technical school and, at age seven, moved to the nearby town of Ferryhill, where he spent the rest of his childhood.[6] At age six, White began to take piano lessons, playing the instrument "very percussively", which his uncle noticed and informed his parents who bought him an Ajax drum kit for Christmas when he was twelve.[5] White named his uncle as a big influence.[5] White felt he was pushed to learn and play like his drum instructor and wished "to be more individual" on the instrument, so he began to develop his own style. His parents went on to buy him a metallic silver Ludwig kit.[4]
Early bands and session work
Several months into formal drumming lessons, White joined his first band, a local group named the Downbeats, at thirteen.[7] They performed songs by the Beatles, the Searchers, and Gerry and the Pacemakers.[5] The group became well known in the Newcastle area, playing working men's clubs and dance halls as much as seven nights a week until late.[5] White's school teachers only found out about his activities when the band were featured in the local newspaper.[4] In 1964, the Downbeats changed their name to the Blue Chips and travelled to London to enter an amateur band contest held at the London Palladium by Melody Maker. They won the contest and were awarded money, new equipment, and a recording contract and recorded several singles[4] which did not chart. They returned home, and disbanded soon after.[8]
White reduced his music commitments in order to pass his school exams, after which he became interested in studying technical drawing at college with the plan to become an architect.[4][5] At seventeen, he pursued music and toured the cabaret circuit as part of Billy Fury's band the Gamblers, which included several gigs in Germany.[4][5] White went on to play in Happy Magazine, later known as Griffin,[9][10] with Alan Marshall and Kenny Craddock, and put out several records with Alan Price as their producer. White continued to tour and play with Price in his group, the Alan Price Set, and took up several jobs as a session musician.[8]
To save time commuting to London from the house he shared with his Griffin bandmates in Sussex, White shared a flat with engineer and producer Eddy Offord who worked with Yes on their albums and tours.[11] In early 1972, White attended their session at Advision Studios to record a promotional film for their arrangement of "America" by Simon & Garfunkel. Soon after, he turned up to one of their rehearsals of "Siberian Khatru", a song for their fifth album, Close to the Edge. Their drummer Bill Bruford had to leave the session early, leaving White to sit in with the band for the rest of it.[11][16] White then joined Chris Stainton's All Stars for a European tour in support of Joe Cocker, which included a show at the Rainbow Theatre in London that Yes bassist Chris Squire attended.[16]
On 19 July 1972, after Yes had finished recording Close to the Edge, Bruford left to join King Crimson.[7] With their supporting tour less than a week away, the band were desperate for a replacement. White then got a call from Tony Dimitriades, who handled Offord's affairs and later became Yes's manager, informing White that the band wanted him to join.[16] Anderson and Squire then met White at Offord's flat, and he joined. He spent the following three days learning the band's repertoire before the Close to the Edge Tour began in Dallas, Texas on 30 July 1972.[17] In the same week, White was offered a place in both Jethro Tull and America.[18] White's performance was documented on their first live album Yessongs, in 1973;[19] this was followed by his first studio album with them later that year, Tales from Topographic Oceans.[20]
White played drums and percussion on over 40 studio and live Yes albums, additionally adding piano parts and collaborating on the songwriting, notably "The Remembering (High the Memory)" and "Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)" from Tales from Topographic Oceans;[21] all the Relayer album;[22] "Turn of the Century" from Going for the One;[23] "Future Times" and "Release, Release" from Tormato;[24] all of the Drama album;[25] "Changes", "Our Song", and "Hearts" from 90125;[26] "Big Generator" and "I'm Running" from Big Generator;[27] all of Open Your Eyes;[28] all of The Ladder album;[29] all of the Magnification album;[30] "The Gift of Love" from From a Page;[31] and "To Ascend" from Heaven & Earth.[32]
White played over 3,070 live shows during his tenure with Yes.[33] Due to various health problems, White missed a 28-date tour with Yes in 2016, with Jay Schellen substituting for him, after which White returned to the live touring band, accompanied by Schellen in 2017, Dylan Howe (son of guitarist Steve Howe) in mid 2017, and Schellen again from early 2018, contributing to some double drumming not seen onstage since Yes's Union tours in 1991–2.[33]
In 2018 White toured with Yes celebrating their 50th anniversary, with founding member Tony Kaye a guest on all US and Japan shows.[34]
In 2019, during The Royal Affair tour, Yes acknowledged White's career pre-Yes by performing "Imagine" as the first encore,[35] with the Moody Blues' John Lodge sharing lead vocals towards the end of the tour. The video wall backdrop to "Imagine" featured unseen footage of the Imagine album sessions featuring Lennon, Ono, Harrison, Voormann, White and other contributors to the album and sessions.[36]
The COVID-19 pandemic saw the postponement of US dates around Cruise to the Edge, plus a 35-date European tour which was postponed to 2021 and then to 2022 and then 2023 and later to 2024;[37] White died before he could participate in the rescheduled performances. His last work with Yes to be heard was the studio album The Quest (2021).[38]
Other projects
White released his only solo album, Ramshackled, in 1976.[39]
White had guested with local Seattle band MerKaBa on a number of occasions and White and MerKaBa also had links with another local band, Treason. In 2003, White joined sessions for a new MerKaBa album, but these evolved into a new band, called White, and an album's worth of demo recordings under the name Loyal. As well as White, the band consisted of Kevin Currie (from MerKaBa; lead vocals), Karl Haug (from Treason; electric and acoustic guitars, lap steel), Steve Boyce (from MerKaBa; bass, guitar, backing vocals) and Ted Stockwell (from Treason and MerKaBa; keys, guitar). Stockwell left the band and, in April 2005, was replaced by White's former colleague in Yes, keyboardist Geoff Downes. A new album, White, was recorded, partly based on the Loyal demos. The album was released in 2006, with a cover by Roger Dean.[40]
The band played live (with various keyboardists) in the Seattle area. They were due to join the abortive More Drama Tour, scheduled to begin in North America in August 2005, with three acts: White, The Syn, and Steve Howe, with Yes members Chris Squire, Steve Howe and Geoff Downes playing Yes material at the end of the evening (with Currie handling lead vocals). The tour was cancelled shortly before it was due to begin. White later joined The Syn touring band for dates in the first half of 2006.[7] Subsequently, White worked with Yes alumni Kaye and Billy Sherwood in the initial line-up of Circa.[41]
In 2010, the band White re-emerged after a hiatus with a new line-up of White, Haug and Boyce joined by two musicians from Yes tribute band Parallels, who had previously worked with White: vocalist Robyn Dawn and keyboardist Jonathan Sindelman.[40][42]
White was married for over 40 years to his wife Gigi; they lived in Newcastle, Washington.[44] They had two children, Jesse (also a musician)[45] and Cassi.[45] In 1997, he served as the best man at Jon Anderson's wedding.[18]
White died at his home in Newcastle, Washington, on 26 May 2022, aged 72, following a brief illness.[20][38][46] It had been announced four days earlier that he would be absent from the Close to the Edge 50th anniversary tour due to health issues.[47]
Two months before his death, many personal items and valuable musical instruments were stolen from White's home and from a nearby storage facility. Stolen or damaged items included platinum record awards and a drum kit that White had used on the Plastic Ono Band sessions.[48]
A tribute concert for White was held on 2 October 2022 featuring members of Yes and White along with other special guests including former Yes guitarist Trevor Rabin.[citation needed]
Some Time in New York City (1972) (drums on side three "Live Jam" at the Lyceum Ballroom in London on 15 December 1969, at a UNICEF charity concert)[64]
^Yes (Musical group) (1991), Union, Arista Records ; Distributed by Bertelsmann Music Group, OCLC428087972
^Yes (Groupe musical) (2011), Union live, Gonzo Multimedia, OCLC937655002, Recorded live Aug. 8, 1991 at the Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, Calif.
^Yes (2013), Fly from here, Italy : Frontiers records ; [Distrib. Harmonia mundi distribution], OCLC858155751
^Yes (Groupe de musique pop) (2013), In the present live from Lyon, [Allemagne] : Membran music ; [Bouches-du Rh??ne] : [Distrib. Harmonia mundi distribution], OCLC858155952
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