{"id":112653,"date":"2022-05-27T01:41:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T06:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=112653"},"modified":"2022-05-27T01:42:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T06:42:04","slug":"yes-drummer-alan-white-dead-at-72-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=112653","title":{"rendered":"Yes Drummer Alan White Dead at 72 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=112653\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=112653\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112654 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Alan-White97-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Alan-White97-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Alan-White97.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>English musician, Alan White, drummer for progressive rock band Yes, passed away at his Seattle-area home after a brief illness. He was 72.<br \/>\nWhite started as a drummer in his teens when he was in the band the Downbeats. The band became popular in the New Castle area, and performed in men\u2019s clubs and dance halls. He joined Yes in 1972, where he played drums and percussion on over 40 studio and live Yes albums, including \u201cYes\u2019, \u201cTime and a Word\u201d, \u201cRelayer\u201d, \u201cClassic Yes\u201d, \u201cBig Generator\u201d, \u201cUnion\u201d, \u201cGoing for the One\u201d, \u201cTormato\u201d, \u201cDrama\u201d, \u201cFly From Here\u201d and \u201cHeaven &amp; Earth\u201d. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In addition, White joined John Lennon and Yoko Ono\u2019s Plastic Ono Band. He played drums on the singles \u201cInstant Karma\u201d and \u201cImagine\u201d, as well as eight of the ten tracks on Lennon\u2019s \u201cImagine\u201d album. White also performed on over 50 albums by other notable musicians such as George Harrison, Joe Cocker and The Ventures.<\/p>\n<p>White was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of Yes, in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Alan White\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel English musician, Alan White, drummer for progressive rock band Yes, passed away at his Seattle-area home after a brief illness. He was 72. White started as a drummer in his teens when he was in the band the Downbeats. The band became popular in the New Castle area, and performed in men\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[28956],"class_list":["post-112653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-yes-drummer-alan-white-dead-at-72-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112653"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/112654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}