Talk:Alan White (Yes drummer)

Which Alan White?

In the early days of the Beatles, they used a session drummer named Andy White. Two alternative versions of Love Me Do were recorded, one with Ringo on drums and the other with Andy White, with Ringo banging a tambourine. Perhaps Lennon thought this Alan White was that Andy White when he made contact. Guy 22:28, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

People do sometimes confuse Alan White with Andy White, but there's no connection. Lennon knew who he was contacting when he asked Alan to join the Plastic Ono Band.Bondegezou 16:44, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

My Sweet Lord

I've removed the statement that White played on "My Sweet Lord". I've left the statement that he played on All Things Must Pass as that is well-established.

While http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2009/06/yes_drummer_alan_white_joins_s.php says that White played on "My Sweet Lord", there are at least two sources that are at least as reliable that cast doubt on that.

First, in an interview, Alan White says that two versions of "My Sweet Lord" were recorded--one with him on drums and one with Jim Gordon on drums--and that he isn't sure which one was used. When pressed, he guesses that it's him, but he's not sure. The interview is at http://www.nfte.org/interviews/AW_Lennon.html.

Second, in his book While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music Of George Harrison, Simon Leng writes that while the complete credits are not known for sure, based on the evidence he has, he thinks it's Jim Gordon. (The book can be found on Google Books with a limited preview. The listing of the personnel is on one page and the general explanation as to how he arrived at the personnel is in a footnote. Note that the explanation is very general, and he concedes that it involves at least some guesswork.)

This sort of uncertainty is not significant enough to include in the Alan White article itself, I don't think. But simply saying he recorded on All Things Must Pass is undoubtedly true and does not, in my view, diminish his contribution. So I was WP:BOLD and changed it to that.

SlubGlub (talk) 21:46, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

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Ginger Baker's Air Force

Alan White couldn't possibly have joined Ginger Baker's Air Force with Steve Winwood in 1968. Baker was still with Cream and Winwood was still with Traffic. It would have to have been in late 1969, after the breakup of Blind Faith in October. Sd31263 (talk) 19:13, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Terry Reid - Glastonbury 1971

No mention of his work with Terry Reid and the fact he played with him at Glastonbury 1971 ? Search "Terry Reid Live At Glastonbury 1971" on Youtube for proof. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123torrent (talk • contribs) 14:15, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Yes, here he is in this with Linda Lewis. Hard to tell which is a drumstick and which is a spliff. Sounding a bit like Little Feat. Terry Reid not even mentioned at Glastonbury Festival. Perhaps there is a RS source somewhere? Martinevans123 (talk) 22:20, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Piano

Piano should be added to White's instruments, he played it on "Magnification" and can be seen playing it in the "YesSymphonic" DVD during "In The Presence Of..." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8804:1F03:2200:8869:3161:2E77:FE0E (talk) 04:22, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

The Instruments line in the infobox is just for a musician's main instruments, not everything they've ever played. Although White does play piano/keys, he's not really known for doing so. Bondegezou (talk) 14:56, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Longest tenure

Steve Howe, not Alan White, has the longest tenure of any current member of Yes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:647:5E00:2050:18A0:57D5:88C6:F68C (talk) 23:42, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

I agree, especially as the sentence also says he is the only member other than Squire not to leave the band. I guess he has the longest unbroken membership KeithC (talk) 13:58, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Discography

Should the Discography go in a separate article? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:24, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

No separate article. It's now sourced. Grimes2 (talk) 10:07, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Great work, well done. Not sure what the criteria are for separate Discography articles. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:11, 27 May 2022 (UTC)