Alan White, Yes drummer

[Pyan]

Alan White, the drummer with seminal prog-rock band Yes, has died.

The 72-year-old, who was born in Pelton, County Durham, died peacefully at his home in the US after a short illness.

One of the greats of prog rock, and an integral part of my classic Yes line-up RIP, AW.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

Ah, seventies Yes... wonderful times.
RIP Alan.

 

[Mark_Harbinger]

Loved everything he did with YES. The last music act I went to in person was his band at a festival in Washington state just a few years ago. Good show.

White also might've performed the most famous drum fill in history, as he was the drummer for Lennon's "Imagine":
"...above us, only sky." ba DUM ba DUM