Alan White, Drummer for Yes and John Lennon, Dead at 72

Alan White, the longtime drummer for the British progressive-rock band

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Alan White also played with the John Lennon & Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band in 1969

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Alan Born in Pelton, County Durham, England on June 14, 1949

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In 1968, he joined Ginger Baker’s Air Force

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Alan White began piano lessons at age 6

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In 1969, he received a call from Lennon asking to join the Plastic Ono Band

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George Harrison invited White to perform on the landmark 1970 triple album

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Alan White died on 26 May 2022

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