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RIP Alan White

#42
I saw him with Yes in Portland, OR back in the 80's. I think it was the first tour after Rick Wakeman came back to play with them again. Was a great concert and I kept waiting for Roundabout. They didn't play it. Then they came back out and did two more songs...still no Roundabout. They waved...left the stage...and the lights came up. The applause didn't stop and then the lights went back off, Yes ran back on stage and played Roundabout. Was a great ending to a great concert!

Thanks for the memories Alan!
 
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Bob_Ross said:
He had this wonderful ability to sound completely precisely controlled in one moment, and then like he'd pushed a cart full of percussion down a flight of stairs in the next moment, and then right back to the crisp precise execution in the very next moment.
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Maybe that's why he's the cat in the Owner of a Lonely Heart video (at 1:47), he always knew how to land on his feet.

 
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Man…Alan White was such an amazing drummer! Listening to Tales From Topographic Oceans and 90125 in his memory. RIP Alan White. Hope ya meet Chris Squire in heaven.

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LBS-bass said:
It's been edited. The original article specifically said that CTTE was the first album he played on, at least when I read it. I don't know if that particular article was later edited by someone at the website, but the article that's up there now is more accurate.
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Oops, gotcha. Didn't see the edit.
 
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LBS-bass said:
A sad loss. As an aside, I don't think he played drums on Close to the Edge (as per the posted article).
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It was Bill Bruford. Alan was hired when Bill left for King Crimson. It was soon enough that the full page ad for the LP that ran in Rolling Stone showed the same pics off the back of the LP except for a shot of Alan instead of Bill.

In his autobiography, Bill wrote that part of the negotiation with Yes manager Brian Lane was that he had to hand over his drums if he wanted to leave :bored:
 
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brianrost said:
It was Bill Bruford. Alan was hired when Bill left for King Crimson. It was soon enough that the full page ad for the LP that ran in Rolling Stone showed the same pics off the back of the LP except for a shot of Alan instead of Bill.

In his autobiography, Bill wrote that part of the negotiation with Yes manager Brian Lane was that he had to hand over his drums if he wanted to leave :bored:
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And half his royalties from Close To The Edge.
 
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Bob_Ross said:
He had this wonderful ability to sound completely precisely controlled in one moment, and then like he'd pushed a cart full of percussion down a flight of stairs in the next moment, and then right back to the crisp precise execution in the very next moment. Uncanny and engaging player.
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That is an apt description of Bill Berg, too. :thumbsup:
 

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