Alan White

It allowed John Yoko and Phil Spector to create the album that it came from as a more collaborative and more relaxed environment, you might say.

The core musicians that were put on the sessions included Nicky Hopkins on electric guitar, Klaus Vorman on bass, and Alan White on drums.

The title track itself was captured during these sessions, and John Lennon sat at his iconic Steinway upright piano in the center of the room.

To achieve the whole atmosphere for the song, Phil Spector used his signature production techniques, later overlaying the string arrangement that was actually performed by the Flux Fiddlers at the record plant in New York City.

Yes.

Uh, we have Mr. Alan White as the picture for this month, for October-

That's right

... behind the drum kit.

Ah.

No, that's probably completely wrong.

Gerard Johnson, Steve G, Paul Stacey, Jeremy Stacey, brothers, Gary Husband, a brilliant rock drummer, prog drummer, Alan White [laughs], Shane Thyerot, Francis Dunnery, and Tom Bis- Brislin.

I mean-

So what do you believe you took away from that experience in that way?

Oh, standing in a rehearsal room with Chris Squire, Alan White and Steve Howe, the three of them playing together, was like, for me, and I'd been a, don't forget, I'd been a professional musician, playing on TV and playing on Come Dancing and stuff like that, but

I only read, hear these three guys

play in the room was, for me, it was amazing.

Doug Curran's list this week contained DBA's latest post about their new album.

The press release from the guys behind the Alan White documentary, which has finished its first major phase of UK filming.

The Alan White Day in Seattle.

Rick Wakeman's latest podcast episode.

News that Geoff Downes will be the guest at the inaugural fundraising dinner for the David Longton Foundation, which will take place on 6th November 2026 in London.

Which other member of Yes was the other co-owner?

I remember talking about this once before.

And please forgive me, because I'm never good at quizzes, but I'm going to go with Alan White.

Jimmy Page is part of this book, XYZ really happened.

Jimmy Page, Chris Squire, and Alan White rehearsed together after Led Zeppelin ended, after the death of John Bonham.

Robert Plant is the great what if.

You see, Plant's refusal as a good decision for him, but could his saying yes have changed Jimmy Page's entire post-Zeppelin life?

He doesn't wanna go back and rehash that.

Um, and by the way, for people watching and listening to this, if you have not g- if you know nothing about this XYZ project, go on YouTube and look up Jimmy Page XYZ project or...

Because J- XYZ, for those that don't know, um, was, the name came from X, Yes, and Zeppelin because the band would've essentially been, in my book it would've been Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Chris Squire, the bass player from Yes, and Alan White, the drummer from Yes.

Um, in essence- Plant never joined that group because he was already off deciding he wanted to do his own thing.

Other important musicians on this track are important session musician Big Jim Sullivan, who is, plays guitars along with, uh, John McLaughlin.

Uh, drums are done, depending on who you read, either Andy White or Alan White.

Now, both of the Whites have a Beatles connection.

So i- if it is Andy White, he was the drummer on, uh, Love Me Do and P.S.

I Love You, the first, uh, Beatles single, where George Martin felt that Ringo wasn't, uh, good enough, so he kept him [laughs] aside and had him replaced by Andy White.

Or if it is Alan White, Alan White was the, um, drummer in the Plastic Ono Band, so he plays on Plastic Ono Band and, uh, Imagine as well.

Backing vocals are done by Sigrid Visconti, who was Tony Visconti's first wife.

This song was, was composed in, in the summer of 1967 and really has that kind of, you know, uh, Summer of Love fascination with, uh, Eastern belief systems.