Even before joining Yes in 1972 drummer Alan White (1949-2022) had played with John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band, George Harrison, Ginger Baker’s Air Force, Billy Fury, Denny Laine and Billy Preston.
Had he quit the business after playing on Imagine and All Things Must Pass his place in music history would have been assured. Yet he’ll be best remembered for his almost half-century with Yes, which saw him inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2017, and covering an extraordinary breadth of music within that ever-changing band.
In 2020 Prog presented 10 of his finest creations with the prog giants.
