One of my favorite Alan White performances was seeing them live at The Union tour and watching Alan White and Bill Bruford have a drum duel. it was great.
Saw several shows on The Union Tour. Some shows had the drum duel while others did not. I like tours where the set list changes. You never know what's going to happen at a YES concert.😎
I saw 5 times Alan and YES live.... I eat tacos with him here on my city on Monterrey, México...hes signed my England Flag (All the band signed) every time hes come to Monterrey...We talk and we eat tacos.... a AWESOME musician and BEST PERSON!!
@@Lightmane Like with Chris' passing Jon hides his grief very well. Alan and Jon were very close friends. Alan was Jon's best man at his wedding. Jon always sees the positive, even in death.😎
I have only seen Yes live in person twice. Union and Open Your Eyes tours. Union tour was amazing with Rabin and all the ‘classic’ members. It was so cool to watch Bruford and White do their thing on drums. Such different styles but both excellent drummers.
RIP Alan and Chris. The rhythm section is together once again. In several meet and greets I attended over the years, Alan was always ready to engage with fans and I just happened to be one of them. A real gentleman and truly a star. He will be sorely missed.
I had the privilege to experience Yes one time in the eighties, it was a stadium and they performed on a round stage that turned ever so slowly packed with instruments which all were played at one point or another! Brilliant!☮️❤️
Sister bluebird, flying high above. Your brother Alan soars to you, on his wings of love. Chris is there with a heavenly pick-up band, waiting to rock all above! Rest in peace Mr. White, we will miss you. Peace to all.
That breakdown where it slowly builds from one strummed guitar is my favourite moment in prog rock. Enigmatic on album, hypnotic live, and it's Alan's beat which holds it so firmly together. RIP AW.
It's been a very sad week and a half. First Vangelis passed on May 17, then Alan White on May 26. I was a great fan and admirer of both. That's what it means to get old. You get to see all your music heroes pass one by one. It will be an extremely sad day for me when Jon Anderson finally leaves this earth as well. A nice tribute to Mr. Alan White, Justin. 🥁🪘🎶🎵☮🙏
Half a century was not near enough music from these people. Be there an afterlife, Chris just said hi to Alan and "Shall we pick up where we left off?" Blessedly, did get to see YES three times, all with Alan. Best. Band. Ever. Blessings.
Lovely stuff, I saw them June 15th 2004 and it was absolutely fantastic. Jon got down from the stage singing and walked past us slapping hands and I was one of the lucky ones (his hand was cold).
Can you imagine seeing them 4 times doing this!!!! I had tears in my eyes 👀.... I scream my head off!!! When they come here on the States...we have GOT TO SEE THEM!!!!
Thank you so much for playing this Live video from Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Ma. the show I went to, it's Fantastic the whole concert is !! But being an "Olde Prog Baaastard" 😉 I remember so well when Bruford left Yes in July 72' to join King Crimson !!! 😲 and then Yes brought in Alan White and All Yes fans wondered how was it going to be ?? I saw Yes Live in Hartford, CT. Sept. 25th 1972' some 2 months later (my 1st Concert !!) and Alan was just a Great fit for Yes and the show was Great !!!! And the first album release for Yes fans to hear Alan White on the Drum kit was the "Live" Yessongs which is so Great and the same Tour I saw them at and it Still sounds so good. So another Prog great gone but we have the Music of Alan in Albums, DVDs and for the Old Proggers like me the 8-Tracks & Cassettes ! Lol 🤣 So it's sad but we have the music for ever !!! 🎶🎼🥁 Thanks again Justin 👍
Enjoyed seeing this -- a bittersweet performance of one of the last tours by the 'classic' Yes lineup. I didn't get to see their tour in the early 2000s, but my sister did, before Jon left. But I did get to see the group with Chris and Alan since then. Very few drummers can produce adequate percussion for the fullness of sound with a group like Yes -- Alan White is definitely the same caliber as Bill Bruford and Carl Palmer. My favorite drumming by Alan is his solo for the Tales from Topographic Oceans album's last track, "Ritual", in which Alan's drum simulate the eruption of a volcano.
The thing that always amazes me with Yes is that they can get on stage and play their classics without a plethora of extra musicians to help replucate the studio version with their layers of vocals etc. But it still sounds full & brilliant. ❤🇬🇧✌
Starship trooper was the first song I had ever heard by YES. I heard it on the YESSONGS album. By the end of the track, YES was my new favorite band. That was in 1975 and I was 13 yrs old. I am now 60 and Yes is still my favorite band of all time. RIP Alan! I know you and Chris are rocking out in Heaven
Amazing live performance. Some of my favorite Alan White work is on Topographic, and Relayer. He steals the show for about 20 minutes on Tales. Underrated legend.
What a stellar group of musicians. All stars, all tremendous and none of them overplayed on their solos, majestic...was lucky to see them perform this twice, once in 74, once in 83. Love this.
Having a connection to these musicians makes it easy to pay tribute rather than a contrived, albeit respectful tribute to someone we hardly know. Alan White deserves this tribute, so thankyou Justin. In the John Lennon film, "Imagine", [the making of the album] every time you see Alan on camera, he's smiling!. Seemed like a lovely guy as well as being a kick-ass drummer. Rest in Peace Alan, you legend.
This music truly stands all tests of time and it´s so sad to see that more and more heroes of my youth are changing realms but so good they reach out to so many young people too... It´s fascinating how Jon kept his voice in that condition and Chris is the stage animal as most of the times. Everyone of them knows the other inside out and here they are giving the audience what they know + a little bit of "updates" or freedom of interpretation. Great performance" Thank you for your condolence for Alan and good you are on YT with your presence and well put comments.
A great reaction to a great gig JP. I saw Yes many times over the years and this was, in my opinion, one of their best shows. No longer young men pushing the limits but a band that seemed to be enjoying themselves with what they did yet still retaining all their power and musicianship. Starship Trooper is my all time favorite song. I like to think it caught my soul as it sailed on by. There's something about its almost laid back casualness then that final hit that does it for me... Although recorded with Bill Bruford I think Alan White adds an extra something to the live version that makes it his own... No doubt him and Chris will be tearing it up again now, where ever they are...
R.I.P. Alan. You will be SO missed my friend. Alan you were a great drummer and an amazing person. Condolences to Alan's wife Gigi and his kids, the band, and all the fans worldwide. Chris is waiting to jam with you on The Ultimate Stage. 😭💔🥁⚘😎
Thank you for doing this Justin! I just want to mention that _if you really want to take in one of Alan's greatest drumming performances for YES_ you really need to expose yourself to *I'm Running* which happens to be a YES studio song that I think needs to be included in YES' Top Ten best ever songs. It's on the *Big Generator* album, the second one YES recorded with Trevor Rabin. Not only does Alan contribute one of his best drumming performances on that song, it also features one of *Chris Squire's* best ever intro riffs that he develops throughout the song. I really think it was the one Rabin Era masterpiece that captured most of the magic that the Classic version put out on the regular. And did I mention that it also features Jon Anderson doing his soaring optimistic vocals just like in the old days? One final thing, I believe that Alan is credited in the song as having contributed to the lyrics, but I'm not 100% certain of it. Check it out, dude!
Check out Alan's playing on Six Wives of Henry VIII. Bruford is also on the album. I saw Yes many times and Alsn was one of the reasons they always sounded as though there were about ten musicians on stage. RIP.
I saw this tour in Hartford outside. I first saw YES in 1977-8 and saw them every chance I got for 40 yrs after that. Gotta be 15 shows counting the solo stuff. Caught Jon with the group that JPs' T shirt is promoting last Aug. Did a meet and greet in 2013 and got to meet Alan, he smiled when I asked him about working on All Things Must Pass. YES
I was blessed to see them twice on this tour. They knocked it out of the park. I also met Alan in Cleveland. Went to the bar at the beachland ballroom to have a beer before the syn was playing, squire was in it with Alan playing drums. Anyways, went to the bar before the show, grabbed a beer and standing next to me is Alan, I was dumb founded. We had a nice short chat. I might have been the only person to recognize him or I might have been the only one brave enough to say anything to him since I was only 22 at the time. He couldn't have been a nicer guy. Side side note, crazy that since this video only one guy is still in "yes".
RIP Alan Saw them in the UK on this tour. Alan was immense of course throughout the concert, as he has been since he joined Yes. Of course he was a much sought after drummer before his Yes days: it’s been mentioned elsewhere in the comments but his performance with John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band on the song Instant Karma! shows why.
the last classic line up that stand up until jon left the band in 2008, that's my favorite line-up. sadly we could'nt see it again because both chris & alan had passed away
Ya know, I usually don't recommend _live_ YES performances to those who've never heard YES before because Chris Squire's _crucial_ bass contributions are usually diminished in them, but this vid is a great exception to that rule. IMO, beginning with The Yes Album, the band could appropriately have marketed themselves as *"YES: featuring Chris Squire on bass"* His Industrial-Melodic inspirations were the *_key_* to YES' magical sound and I must admit that it was THE thing I looked forward to _the most_ whenever a new YES album was released. I think my crazy infatuation with YES began to diminish starting in the 1990's after Chris' "role" in their compositions assumed a much more "traditional place" in the mix.
Thanks for brightening my day. Loved seeing the video of Yes. I saw this tour in CT a couple of days before this one in Mass. Amazing. I was sitting in front of Wakeman only two or three rows back and his hands would go so fast they would blur out. Fascinating to watch. Earlier in the day, I met Alan White. He was just casually walking through a casino and I went up and said hello and asked him to sign my ticket. He was a very nice man. Also, I so miss seeing Chris doing his little slide dance that he did a lot and trying to engage serious Mr. Howe. Honestly when I heard Alan had passed away, my first thought was the bass section together again. And somewhat unrelated but funny to me is I saw current singer Jon Davison kind of dance around Steve Howe with a big grin trying to break Steve. Steve stayed stoic and frowning until Davison put his head on his shoulder and then Howe cracked up. So many concert memories it makes me want to break out the concert DVD.
Nice story Susan. I have so many but I've seen them 214 times. My dvd collection of YES is now over 70. Shows from all over the world. Cried like a baby when we lost Chris. Losing Alan hit me so hard my head is still spinning. Now they are together again playing on The Ultimate Stage. 😭💔🥁⚘🙏😎
My very first concert 🎵 ever was seeing YES on 7/15/1975 at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City in the rain. Yup I’m an old fart 💨! I still have the ticket stub $7.50! Back then I was a huge fan of yes and Squire was a big inspiration for me taking up the bass. I went on to see them many times after that but that show was special for me. The band that opened was another 3 letter band ACE with Paul Carrack. Alan was such a great engine for yes he will be missed but his musical legacy will live on as will Chris. Thanks for the great times and memories RIP Alan and also Chris.
So cool, my first Yes concert 7/19/75 Maple Leaf Gardens,Toronto. I was so impressed I saw Chris and his band 36 more times. Went front violin to 72 Fender Precision bass. Lol🍁🙏
@@lesblatnyak5947 Just 4 days later!!! WOW that's so funny! My parents let me go with my crazy cousin. If they only knew what went on that night i might not have ever been allowed to go to another show ever!!! haha!! Musically I went from my alto and tenor sax in high school onto my Japanese EB-3 copy bass. After that i moved on to a P-Bass that i traded for a Rick 4001, then a 78 Music man sting ray, a 1960 P-bass, an Ibanez, a Steinberger (in the 80's), and a Guild B-30 and lastly a Taylor 810 acoustic. I still have almost all of them to this day.
@@robertmessing6846 I end up in a band playing Rush Led Zeppelin Stones, I take my guitarist to see Yes, he quits playing guitar cause of Steve Howe. Lol. My last musical experience was in a Hungarian folk band playing 3 string rhythm viola
@@lesblatnyak5947 "I take my guitarist to see Yes, he quits playing guitar cause of Steve Howe".....Hysterical!!! I was lucky enough to play with some talented local friends and we were able to get a deal and make some records and toured the US quite a bit in the mid 80's through the early 90's. We even did a trip over to Spain. I do still get together with friends have a beer and play but just for fun. I call it my "night out bowling".
I saw them around that time with the 5 guys. What was remembered was when they started playing this this song and Steve’s guitar string broke. Jon stopped the song 10 seconds into the song to let Steve attend to it. During that time Jon did a little song and dance for the crowd. It was Kewt but overall a truly memorable evening of Yes music.
LOL! My Bad! And, yes, not only do I need new glasses, but I have lost over 90% of the vision in my right eye, so, even with magnifiers and a large monitor, reading is a challenge for me! So, anyway, that must have been an amazing jam! 😉
My wife and I were there during this concert, and Yes was wonderful! Just a side note, the air conditioning was down at the Tsongas that night, during an incredibly hot and humid evening. It was unbelievably hot in that arena that night!!
I'm not sure how to express this... I can't stop crying (self explan) When "the quest" came out, I thought it was OK. Then, a few days ago, I listened again. And again. Etc. What impressed me the most was, oooof, Allan's! Drumming. Lively and vibrant as if he got younger. The next day he was gone. *Love and Peace to all of you, thru Chris and Allan.* (Ofc, thx *JP* for sharing the exuberance of your journey with us.)
On the Live performance ....... just Perfection and so much better Live with the Classic lineup having so much "Fun" playing this Classic tune together !!! 👍🎶 One of my Top 5 concerts I've been to since 1972' especially with the use of a New "John Dean" stage design, the 1st one since end of the (Relayer Tour) in 1976' !! ☺
I am just gutted. Completely gutted. Alan has been the absolute rock for Yes for 50 years. 50 years, I've listen to him and them at least once a day. I've witnessed his greatness live 9 times over the years, and he is so damn solid every time. The others can muck about here and there, as you saw in this video, but Alan is perfectly on time and on cue, laying down the beat in a way that's instantly recognizable as HIM playing. They are still my all time favorite band, and I don't see that changing any time soon, but once Jon was gone and then Chris died, it stopped being Yes and is now a Yes cover band. With Alan gone now... It's too much. I'm just gutted. Thank you, Justin, for showing this video in memory of him, and Chris and of what is the greatest Progressive Rock Band that ever was, or ever will be. "Mother Life, hold firmly on to me."
The 1st time I saw Yes was the 2nd of September 1972 at the Crystal Palace bowl in London. Alan had recently joined and I believe this was the first outing for the track Close to the Edge. The album was yet to be released in the UK. Talk about jumping in at the deep end. Different type of drummer to Bill but was more than capable. Great concert where the support was Mahavisnu Orchestra and Lindisfarne among others.
Nice version and I haven't played that album in a while. Saw this show on tour in Antwerp at the time. Great show (as usual) and fantastic stage stuff by Roger Dean. For me though the Yessongs version is the master of them all and the fact that Alan had just 3 days to learn all that material still amazes me after all these years. A true master of his craft. Sad to find out he's no longer among us. 😞
JP ELP and Yes were/are my two favorite prog- rock bands. How fitting that after so many years of concert going that I was allowed by happenstance to attend this filmed concert. Liked your videos, especially after you did the Bach thing. Keep going.
This is a great performance of Starship Trooper. Only one thing better than Yes in the studio is Yes live. They love performing on stage and pushing their songs further to new heights. I hope you will review more Yes live because there are hidden gems. My favorite Alan White album is Relayer the work he did in Gates and Sound Chaser were amazing. RIP Alan White you are very missed already in the Yes community.
Justin this is just me, but I think it's just Fine to Play Videos of the artist we Love that just pasted away. It shows how much we miss them, feel the lost and pain and it helps to heal I believe !! I listen this way all the time to the many greats we lost in the 2000's ... Wright, Squire, Emerson, Lake, Wetton, Bowie, McDonald, Peart, Lemmy and more !! So it's okay with me, I thing you should do it all the time it happens ... Maybe a 4 video special to show how great they all were ! 🤔 It's all good Justin 🎼
Chris puts that miss hit note in on purpose. He did it at the Birmingham concert too. It is to emphasize when Jon then sings “this is all confusion.” They were the best
I’ve always loved Yes, but sadly never got to see them live. A bucket list item that I never got to fill. VERY unfortunate. RIP Alan. 🕊🥁🥁 And NO ONE, I MEAN NO ONE, can equal your reactions. I LOVE THIS CHANNEL MAN! From me to you, HOLD THE RED STAR PROUDLY HIGH IN HAND! 🎸🥁🎸
For anyone interested, there is a video available on TH-cam from Yes-The New Director's Cut DVD. The song is Long Distance Runaround/Whitefish. Whitefish is a bass solo with Alan on Drums. You get the bass/drums for Silent Wings of Freedom as the last part of the solo which is kind of long. Both Chris Squire and Alan White are excellent. Instead of posting a link I decided to leave a search term. Yes In Birmingham (2003) Part 11- Long Distance Runaround & Whitefish. Just copy and paste it in the search box.
This was the last show of the tour. Actually a trimmed down version of S.T. Jon kept laughing while singing because they just wanted to get off the stage.😎
RIP Alan. He weathered all of Yes' internal bullsh*t with such amazing grace (what a Trooper 😉.) Like here, for instance, where Steve and Jon were basically not talking to each other, and Chris is trying to engage with Steve but Steve's got his McGrumpy act on. Must have made the travel and backstage time tedious. This was also the tour where they spent a bunch of money on those inflatable set pieces (cuz they couldn't afford what they *really* wanted), and Alan was given a set of automated tympanis (you can see them around his kit) that didn't work. So they ended up just being part of the stage decor 😂.
Check out the version of this on Symphonic Yes (2001). That whole concert is amazing, and this one with the orchestra backing at the end is incredible. Rick Wakeman couldn’t make the tour, but Tom Brislin (Kansas) filled in. His solo is as good as Wakeman’s in my opinion.
I’ve seen YES every tour since 1976. Every time I was amazed. The only live version of Sound Chaser I know of is from Queens Park 1975. Should be a video out there. Sound quality isn’t good but pro shot. They started the show with it.
'Sound Chaser' is the 1st song I thought of when I heard the news. I hope you give a listen/viewing to 'Instant Karma' by John Lennon with Alan White on drums which is a big part of it. I posted the link to your Twitter acct.
I was listening when I realized my neck was itchy. As I started to scratch my itch the music cut out and I thought it had just been blocked... I keep forgetting the 2nd volume control behind the left side of these headphones. I think it is entirely appropriate to do a tribute to a performer/band that you love and follow.
It would likely be blocked, but a review/ reaction of John Lennon’s “Instant Karma” would be great, as it also features some excellent drumming by Alan White.
You should check out the live video from 2007 of Circa, Alan White, Billy Sherwood, Tony Kaye and Jimmy Haun, playing a medley of Yes tracks, where Alan White and the rest of the band are on fire.
This one would've been perfect to swap screen sizes. Dwindle JP, flare, blare Yes. Your turn comes. How amazing is Steve?! Seen him looking older, Chris, not sure. Rest In Peace if you'd rather. My first awareness of Alan White is having played with John Lennon at Live Peace in Toronto/Rock'n'Roll Revival 1969. Eric Clapton, Klaus Voorman, et al.
It's only exploitative if you profit from it in some manner. IN this case we are HONORING Alan. The first concert I ever went to was Led Zeppelin in '77 at Oakland Coliseum, but that was by chance because I was actually there with my older brother to scalp his tickets. Turned out dozens and dozens of people were there doing the same, desperately offering the $12 tickets for $1 or $2. When the gates opened one fella with a handful just tossed them in the air in disgust. My bro and I decided to use them and go in. GLAD I DID! I still have one unused ticket. But the first concert I ever bought tickets intending to attend it was Yes, Tourmato 1978 at Oakland Indoor Arena. Alan blew me away, as did the rest of the group. SO glad to see Wakeman anf Howe. The band is not complete without them either.
Oh yeah.Alan White was a great drummer. Tends to be overshadowed by Bruford, but I actually think Alan was a better fit for Yes. Saw him playing drums live with Yes on two occasions. He was amazing. I also love his work with Lennon. RIP Alan White. And thank you, JP, for this thoughtful appreciation. Much love.
Yeah, during the a capella vocables you refer to, they tripped up. I think the same thing happened on a live album, Yessongs, if I remember correctly. It's a lovely section, but seemingly challenging.
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One of my favorite Alan White performances was seeing them live at The Union tour and watching Alan White and Bill Bruford have a drum duel. it was great.
Saw the Union tour as well. Seeing Bill and Alan killing it together was amazing.
Absolutely!!
Saw that too-one of the all time most amazing concerts I’ve ever seen!!
The Union tour was one of the best concerts I've seen in my life.
Saw several shows on The Union Tour. Some shows had the drum duel while others did not. I like tours where the set list changes. You never know what's going to happen at a YES concert.😎
I saw 5 times Alan and YES live.... I eat tacos with him here on my city on Monterrey, México...hes signed my England Flag (All the band signed) every time hes come to Monterrey...We talk and we eat tacos.... a AWESOME musician and BEST PERSON!!
Jon Anderson gave wonderful tributes to both Alan White and Vangelis and referred to Vangelis as "my mentor".
For whatever reason, yt won't let me say 'where' Jon wrote them. It's on his f b p a g e. maybe that will work : )
@@Lightmane Like with Chris' passing Jon hides his grief very well. Alan and Jon were very close friends. Alan was Jon's best man at his wedding. Jon always sees the positive, even in death.😎
I’ve been sending gratitude to the spirit realm for how much Alan enhanced my life for so many years.
I have only seen Yes live in person twice. Union and Open Your Eyes tours. Union tour was amazing with Rabin and all the ‘classic’ members. It was so cool to watch Bruford and White do their thing on drums. Such different styles but both excellent drummers.
35 years into a career and they look like they are having so much fun! You will be missed Mr. Alan White.
RIP Alan and Chris. The rhythm section is together once again. In several meet and greets I attended over the years, Alan was always ready to engage with fans and I just happened to be one of them. A real gentleman and truly a star. He will be sorely missed.
Who would have thought anyone could replace Bill but Alan did and did it in style. Hoping he’s in peace.
I had the privilege to experience Yes one time in the eighties, it was a stadium and they performed on a round stage that turned ever so slowly packed with instruments which all were played at one point or another! Brilliant!☮️❤️
I caught that same tour in 84. It was for _90125._ And if I remember correctly, they did perform "Starship Trooper" that night! Legendary band!
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I saw them at The Forum in Los Angeles. When Chris Squire started the bass during the instrumental jam, the Forum shook like an earthquake.
I think we Yes fans will all miss him.
May he Rest In Peace.
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Sister bluebird, flying high above. Your brother Alan soars to you, on his wings of love. Chris is there with a heavenly pick-up band, waiting to rock all above! Rest in peace Mr. White, we will miss you. Peace to all.
Nicely said! Best to you, James!
@@bélalugrisi Thanks,a bloody cool name you have there!
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Sister bluebird 🐦🐦 weeps for Alan 😮💨😮💨
That breakdown where it slowly builds from one strummed guitar is my favourite moment in prog rock. Enigmatic on album, hypnotic live, and it's Alan's beat which holds it so firmly together. RIP AW.
It's been a very sad week and a half. First Vangelis passed on May 17, then Alan White on May 26. I was a great fan and admirer of both. That's what it means to get old. You get to see all your music heroes pass one by one. It will be an extremely sad day for me when Jon Anderson finally leaves this earth as well. A nice tribute to Mr. Alan White, Justin. 🥁🪘🎶🎵☮🙏
Half a century was not near enough music from these people. Be there an afterlife, Chris just said hi to Alan and "Shall we pick up where we left off?"
Blessedly, did get to see YES three times, all with Alan.
Best. Band. Ever.
Blessings.
Lovely stuff, I saw them June 15th 2004 and it was absolutely fantastic. Jon got down from the stage singing and walked past us slapping hands and I was one of the lucky ones (his hand was cold).
Gee Jon said your hand was magically hot! 🙏
Live at Montreux is another great concert with Alan White.
Best live version of this for me is keys live. Incredible
I was at that show. I had an all access pass. Great show. Had a blast hanging backstage with the band Alan was very gracious as usual.
That these guys could pull off some of the most complex music ever recorded IN CONCERT is testament to the depths of their talent. LOVE YES!
Can you imagine seeing them 4 times doing this!!!! I had tears in my eyes 👀.... I scream my head off!!! When they come here on the States...we have GOT TO SEE THEM!!!!
Les 36 times! Me 214. But 4 is good.😎
Thank you so much for playing this Live video from Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Ma.
the show I went to, it's Fantastic the whole concert is !! But being an
"Olde Prog Baaastard" 😉 I remember so well when Bruford left Yes in July 72' to join King Crimson !!! 😲 and then Yes brought in Alan White and All Yes fans wondered how was it going to be ?? I saw Yes Live in Hartford, CT. Sept. 25th 1972' some 2 months later (my 1st Concert !!) and Alan was just a Great fit for Yes and the show was Great !!!! And the first album release for Yes fans to hear Alan White on the Drum kit was the "Live" Yessongs which is so Great and the same Tour I saw them at and it Still sounds so good. So another Prog great gone but we have the Music of Alan in Albums, DVDs and for the Old Proggers like me the 8-Tracks & Cassettes ! Lol 🤣
So it's sad but we have the music for ever !!! 🎶🎼🥁
Thanks again Justin 👍
Enjoyed seeing this -- a bittersweet performance of one of the last tours by the 'classic' Yes lineup. I didn't get to see their tour in the early 2000s, but my sister did, before Jon left. But I did get to see the group with Chris and Alan since then. Very few drummers can produce adequate percussion for the fullness of sound with a group like Yes -- Alan White is definitely the same caliber as Bill Bruford and Carl Palmer. My favorite drumming by Alan is his solo for the Tales from Topographic Oceans album's last track, "Ritual", in which Alan's drum simulate the eruption of a volcano.
The thing that always amazes me with Yes is that they can get on stage and play their classics without a plethora of extra musicians to help replucate the studio version with their layers of vocals etc. But it still sounds full & brilliant. ❤🇬🇧✌
Starship trooper was the first song I had ever heard by YES. I heard it on the YESSONGS album. By the end of the track, YES was my new favorite band. That was in 1975 and I was 13 yrs old. I am now 60 and Yes is still my favorite band of all time. RIP Alan! I know you and Chris are rocking out in Heaven
Groovy extra long song Saturday video, appreciate that, RIP Alan.
Check out Alan's solo album, "Ramshackled" to truly appreciate his brilliance as a composer as well as a drummer. Jon sings on one of the tracks.
Absolutely! Steve plays on it as well. There's a video of it on YT.
Yeah, Song of Innocence is a great track. Steve plays on it as well.
RIP Alan, thanks for so much great music! What a superstar! TY Justin!
Saw Yes back in the day with Trevor Rabin, then finally got to see Steve Howe years later with Asia
Amazing live performance. Some of my favorite Alan White work is on Topographic, and Relayer. He steals the show for about 20 minutes on Tales. Underrated legend.
What a stellar group of musicians. All stars, all tremendous and none of them overplayed on their solos, majestic...was lucky to see them perform this twice, once in 74, once in 83. Love this.
Having a connection to these musicians makes it easy to pay tribute rather than a contrived, albeit respectful tribute to someone we hardly know. Alan White deserves this tribute, so thankyou Justin. In the John Lennon film, "Imagine", [the making of the album] every time you see Alan on camera, he's smiling!. Seemed like a lovely guy as well as being a kick-ass drummer. Rest in Peace Alan, you legend.
This music truly stands all tests of time and it´s so sad to see that more and more heroes of my youth are changing realms but so good they reach out to so many young people too...
It´s fascinating how Jon kept his voice in that condition and Chris is the stage animal as most of the times. Everyone of them knows the other inside out and here they are giving the audience what they know + a little bit of "updates" or freedom of interpretation. Great performance"
Thank you for your condolence for Alan and good you are on YT with your presence and well put comments.
A great reaction to a great gig JP. I saw Yes many times over the years and this was, in my opinion, one of their best shows. No longer young men pushing the limits but a band that seemed to be enjoying themselves with what they did yet still retaining all their power and musicianship. Starship Trooper is my all time favorite song. I like to think it caught my soul as it sailed on by. There's something about its almost laid back casualness then that final hit that does it for me... Although recorded with Bill Bruford I think Alan White adds an extra something to the live version that makes it his own... No doubt him and Chris will be tearing it up again now, where ever they are...
5th Decade of performing. And....this.
Love Howe and Squires styles, creative & totally unique.
Thanks for honoring Alan!!! I'm sure he is playing drums with Squire again. Maybe even jamming with Lennon and Harrison.
R.I.P. Alan. You will be SO missed my friend. Alan you were a great drummer and an amazing person. Condolences to Alan's wife Gigi and his kids, the band, and all the fans worldwide. Chris is waiting to jam with you on The Ultimate Stage. 😭💔🥁⚘😎
Bet you Squire got some cool wings instead of those girly capes.
@@lesblatnyak5947 Alan's will be bigger and better so they spread out around the massive drum pit!🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🕊🕊🕊⛵⛵⛵🚤🚤🚤😭💔
Thank you for doing this Justin! I just want to mention that _if you really want to take in one of Alan's greatest drumming performances for YES_ you really need to expose yourself to *I'm Running* which happens to be a YES studio song that I think needs to be included in YES' Top Ten best ever songs. It's on the *Big Generator* album, the second one YES recorded with Trevor Rabin. Not only does Alan contribute one of his best drumming performances on that song, it also features one of *Chris Squire's* best ever intro riffs that he develops throughout the song. I really think it was the one Rabin Era masterpiece that captured most of the magic that the Classic version put out on the regular. And did I mention that it also features Jon Anderson doing his soaring optimistic vocals just like in the old days? One final thing, I believe that Alan is credited in the song as having contributed to the lyrics, but I'm not 100% certain of it. Check it out, dude!
Another blessed live experience of my last tour seeing the classic lineup of the great YES
Check out Alan's playing on Six Wives of Henry VIII. Bruford is also on the album. I saw Yes many times and Alsn was one of the reasons they always sounded as though there were about ten musicians on stage.
RIP.
I saw this tour in Hartford outside. I first saw YES in 1977-8 and saw them every chance I got for 40 yrs after that. Gotta be 15 shows counting the solo stuff. Caught Jon with the group that JPs' T shirt is promoting last Aug. Did a meet and greet in 2013 and got to meet Alan, he smiled when I asked him about working on All Things Must Pass. YES
I was blessed to see them twice on this tour. They knocked it out of the park.
I also met Alan in Cleveland. Went to the bar at the beachland ballroom to have a beer before the syn was playing, squire was in it with Alan playing drums. Anyways, went to the bar before the show, grabbed a beer and standing next to me is Alan, I was dumb founded. We had a nice short chat. I might have been the only person to recognize him or I might have been the only one brave enough to say anything to him since I was only 22 at the time. He couldn't have been a nicer guy.
Side side note, crazy that since this video only one guy is still in "yes".
RIP Alan
Saw them in the UK on this tour. Alan was immense of course throughout the concert, as he has been since he joined Yes. Of course he was a much sought after drummer before his Yes days: it’s been mentioned elsewhere in the comments but his performance with John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band on the song Instant Karma! shows why.
Was at this concert, and it also was the last time I saw Yes live. R.I.P. Alan 🙏
the last classic line up that stand up until jon left the band in 2008, that's my favorite line-up. sadly we could'nt see it again because both chris & alan had passed away
Ladies and gentlemen Chris Squire and Yes the greatest show on earth. Alan on his greatest journey 🙏
😭💔🥁⚘😎
Ya know, I usually don't recommend _live_ YES performances to those who've never heard YES before because Chris Squire's _crucial_ bass contributions are usually diminished in them, but this vid is a great exception to that rule. IMO, beginning with The Yes Album, the band could appropriately have marketed themselves as *"YES: featuring Chris Squire on bass"* His Industrial-Melodic inspirations were the *_key_* to YES' magical sound and I must admit that it was THE thing I looked forward to _the most_ whenever a new YES album was released. I think my crazy infatuation with YES began to diminish starting in the 1990's after Chris' "role" in their compositions assumed a much more "traditional place" in the mix.
@@JJ8KK Newbies❓
@@JJ8KK you know I thought the same thing and once I heard Fish Out Of Water well enuff said.
@@jeffschielka7845 eh 214🙏🍁
Thanks for brightening my day. Loved seeing the video of Yes. I saw this tour in CT a couple of days before this one in Mass. Amazing. I was sitting in front of Wakeman only two or three rows back and his hands would go so fast they would blur out. Fascinating to watch. Earlier in the day, I met Alan White. He was just casually walking through a casino and I went up and said hello and asked him to sign my ticket. He was a very nice man. Also, I so miss seeing Chris doing his little slide dance that he did a lot and trying to engage serious Mr. Howe. Honestly when I heard Alan had passed away, my first thought was the bass section together again. And somewhat unrelated but funny to me is I saw current singer Jon Davison kind of dance around Steve Howe with a big grin trying to break Steve. Steve stayed stoic and frowning until Davison put his head on his shoulder and then Howe cracked up. So many concert memories it makes me want to break out the concert DVD.
Nice story Susan. I have so many but I've seen them 214 times. My dvd collection of YES is now over 70. Shows from all over the world. Cried like a baby when we lost Chris. Losing Alan hit me so hard my head is still spinning. Now they are together again playing on The Ultimate Stage. 😭💔🥁⚘🙏😎
My very first concert 🎵 ever was seeing YES on 7/15/1975 at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City in the rain. Yup I’m an old fart 💨! I still have the ticket stub $7.50! Back then I was a huge fan of yes and Squire was a big inspiration for me taking up the bass. I went on to see them many times after that but that show was special for me. The band that opened was another 3 letter band ACE with Paul Carrack.
Alan was such a great engine for yes he will be missed but his musical legacy will live on as will Chris.
Thanks for the great times and memories RIP Alan and also Chris.
So cool, my first Yes concert 7/19/75 Maple Leaf Gardens,Toronto. I was so impressed I saw Chris and his band 36 more times. Went front violin to 72 Fender Precision bass. Lol🍁🙏
@@lesblatnyak5947 Just 4 days later!!! WOW that's so funny! My parents let me go with my crazy cousin. If they only knew what went on that night i might not have ever been allowed to go to another show ever!!! haha!!
Musically I went from my alto and tenor sax in high school onto my Japanese EB-3 copy bass. After that i moved on to a P-Bass that i traded for a Rick 4001, then a 78 Music man sting ray, a 1960 P-bass, an Ibanez, a Steinberger (in the 80's), and a Guild B-30 and lastly a Taylor 810 acoustic. I still have almost all of them to this day.
@@robertmessing6846 I end up in a band playing Rush Led Zeppelin Stones, I take my guitarist to see Yes, he quits playing guitar cause of Steve Howe. Lol. My last musical experience was in a Hungarian folk band playing 3 string rhythm viola
@@lesblatnyak5947 "I take my guitarist to see Yes, he quits playing guitar cause of Steve Howe".....Hysterical!!!
I was lucky enough to play with some talented local friends and we were able to get a deal and make some records and toured the US quite a bit in the mid 80's through the early 90's. We even did a trip over to Spain.
I do still get together with friends have a beer and play but just for fun. I call it my "night out bowling".
@@robertmessing6846 I did a little touring as a folk dancer and then as a musician. Something super special about performing, a drug unto itself
I saw them around that time with the 5 guys. What was remembered was when they started playing this this song and Steve’s guitar string broke. Jon stopped the song 10 seconds into the song to let Steve attend to it. During that time Jon did a little song and dance for the crowd. It was Kewt but overall a truly memorable evening of Yes music.
In Buffalo in the round Drama tour mics go dead so Alan Howe Squire laid down a two min jam, greatest thing I ever heard.
@@lesblatnyak5947 "Alan Howe Squire" would make a 3-man jam!
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@@MissAstorDancer who said "3 man jam"? Time for new glasses maybe
LOL! My Bad!
And, yes, not only do I need new glasses, but I have lost over 90% of the vision in my right eye, so, even with magnifiers and a large monitor, reading is a challenge for me!
So, anyway, that must have been an amazing jam!
😉
@@MissAstorDancer I like to call my opps "senior moments"
My wife and I were there during this concert, and Yes was wonderful!
Just a side note, the air conditioning was down at the Tsongas that night, during an incredibly hot and humid evening. It was unbelievably hot in that arena that night!!
I saw this concert here in Broward County, and if I remember correctly, Roger Dean designed that stage setup. I was beautiful.
I'm not sure how to express this...
I can't stop crying (self explan)
When "the quest" came out, I thought it was OK. Then, a few days ago, I listened again. And again. Etc. What impressed me the most was, oooof, Allan's! Drumming. Lively and vibrant as if he got younger. The next day he was gone.
*Love and Peace to all of you, thru Chris and Allan.*
(Ofc, thx *JP* for sharing the exuberance of your journey with us.)
On the Live performance ....... just Perfection and so much better Live with the Classic lineup having so much "Fun" playing this Classic tune together !!! 👍🎶
One of my Top 5 concerts I've been to since 1972' especially with the use of a New "John Dean" stage design, the 1st one since end of the (Relayer Tour) in 1976' !! ☺
This is a great performance, nice one Justin.
I am just gutted. Completely gutted. Alan has been the absolute rock for Yes for 50 years. 50 years, I've listen to him and them at least once a day. I've witnessed his greatness live 9 times over the years, and he is so damn solid every time. The others can muck about here and there, as you saw in this video, but Alan is perfectly on time and on cue, laying down the beat in a way that's instantly recognizable as HIM playing. They are still my all time favorite band, and I don't see that changing any time soon, but once Jon was gone and then Chris died, it stopped being Yes and is now a Yes cover band. With Alan gone now... It's too much. I'm just gutted. Thank you, Justin, for showing this video in memory of him, and Chris and of what is the greatest Progressive Rock Band that ever was, or ever will be. "Mother Life, hold firmly on to me."
Thank you for this...
RIP Alan 💫
WOWZA, What an amazing live performance!
I like that all the musicians have parity in the mix...because no one muso is of more value to this band and this music!
How great to be great still after all those years....
The 1st time I saw Yes was the 2nd of September 1972 at the Crystal Palace bowl in London. Alan had recently joined and I believe this was the first outing for the track Close to the Edge. The album was yet to be released in the UK. Talk about jumping in at the deep end. Different type of drummer to Bill but was more than capable. Great concert where the support was Mahavisnu Orchestra and Lindisfarne among others.
Chris Squire' s slow steps are everything!😉😉 Legend!
GREEEAT choice!! Bass 'n' drums in heaven, baby!
RIP AW. Great song - beautiful.
Nice version and I haven't played that album in a while. Saw this show on tour in Antwerp at the time. Great show (as usual) and fantastic stage stuff by Roger Dean. For me though the Yessongs version is the master of them all and the fact that Alan had just 3 days to learn all that material still amazes me after all these years. A true master of his craft. Sad to find out he's no longer among us. 😞
Love their concerts since the 1970s.
JP
ELP and Yes were/are my two favorite prog- rock bands.
How fitting that after so many years of concert going that I was allowed by happenstance to attend this filmed concert.
Liked your videos, especially after you did the Bach thing.
Keep going.
This is a great performance of Starship Trooper. Only one thing better than Yes in the studio is Yes live. They love performing on stage and pushing their songs further to new heights. I hope you will review more Yes live because there are hidden gems. My favorite Alan White album is Relayer the work he did in Gates and Sound Chaser were amazing. RIP Alan White you are very missed already in the Yes community.
Justin this is just me, but I think it's just Fine to Play Videos of the artist we Love that just pasted away. It shows how much we miss them, feel the lost and pain and it helps to heal I believe !! I listen this way all the time to the many greats we lost in the 2000's ...
Wright, Squire, Emerson, Lake, Wetton, Bowie, McDonald, Peart, Lemmy and more !!
So it's okay with me, I thing you should do it all the time it happens ...
Maybe a 4 video special to show how great they all were ! 🤔
It's all good Justin 🎼
Chris puts that miss hit note in on purpose. He did it at the Birmingham concert too. It is to emphasize when Jon then sings “this is all confusion.” They were the best
My favorite song from Yes..and please hit my 2nd favorite Perpetual Change
I’ve always loved Yes, but sadly never got to see them live. A bucket list item that I never got to fill. VERY unfortunate. RIP Alan. 🕊🥁🥁
And NO ONE, I MEAN NO ONE, can equal your reactions. I LOVE THIS CHANNEL MAN! From me to you, HOLD THE RED STAR PROUDLY HIGH IN HAND! 🎸🥁🎸
Thats incredibly kind of you Tommy, thank you so much
@@JustJP You’re quite welcome JP. Just calling’em like I see ‘em.🤘😎✌️
Beautiful tribute. Thank you justin!
For anyone interested, there is a video available on TH-cam from Yes-The New Director's Cut DVD. The song is Long Distance Runaround/Whitefish. Whitefish is a bass solo with Alan on Drums. You get the bass/drums for Silent Wings of Freedom as the last part of the solo which is kind of long. Both Chris Squire and Alan White are excellent. Instead of posting a link I decided to leave a search term. Yes In Birmingham (2003) Part 11- Long Distance Runaround & Whitefish. Just copy and paste it in the search box.
Love the fact you caught the mistake unusual that they left it in could be purposeful.
This was the last show of the tour. Actually a trimmed down version of S.T. Jon kept laughing while singing because they just wanted to get off the stage.😎
Very respectful JP. Thank you sir xx
Well done JP ... that fair cheered me up.
RIP Alan. He weathered all of Yes' internal bullsh*t with such amazing grace (what a Trooper 😉.) Like here, for instance, where Steve and Jon were basically not talking to each other, and Chris is trying to engage with Steve but Steve's got his McGrumpy act on. Must have made the travel and backstage time tedious. This was also the tour where they spent a bunch of money on those inflatable set pieces (cuz they couldn't afford what they *really* wanted), and Alan was given a set of automated tympanis (you can see them around his kit) that didn't work. So they ended up just being part of the stage decor 😂.
Check out the version of this on Symphonic Yes (2001). That whole concert is amazing, and this one with the orchestra backing at the end is incredible. Rick Wakeman couldn’t make the tour, but Tom Brislin (Kansas) filled in. His solo is as good as Wakeman’s in my opinion.
I’ve seen YES every tour since 1976. Every time I was amazed. The only live version of Sound Chaser I know of is from Queens Park 1975. Should be a video out there. Sound quality isn’t good but pro shot. They started the show with it.
Very nice. Thanks
I was there. Soooo hot in the arena that night. Amazing show.
'Sound Chaser' is the 1st song I thought of when I heard the news. I hope you give a listen/viewing to 'Instant Karma' by John Lennon with Alan White on drums which is a big part of it. I posted the link to your Twitter acct.
I was listening when I realized my neck was itchy. As I started to scratch my itch the music cut out and I thought it had just been blocked... I keep forgetting the 2nd volume control behind the left side of these headphones. I think it is entirely appropriate to do a tribute to a performer/band that you love and follow.
It would likely be blocked, but a review/ reaction of John Lennon’s “Instant Karma” would be great, as it also features some excellent drumming by Alan White.
Nice T-shirt! Seeing them in July!! 👍
Pull up the Chris and Alan solo from the Union video. They play around and sound amazing. RIP Chris and Alan.
I'm incredibly sad and heartbroken 😭😭😭... something in drumming will be missing.
You should check out the live video from 2007 of Circa, Alan White, Billy Sherwood, Tony Kaye and Jimmy Haun, playing a medley of Yes tracks, where Alan White and the rest of the band are on fire.
This one would've been perfect to swap screen sizes. Dwindle JP, flare, blare Yes. Your turn comes. How amazing is Steve?! Seen him looking older, Chris, not sure. Rest In Peace if you'd rather.
My first awareness of Alan White is having played with John Lennon at Live Peace in Toronto/Rock'n'Roll Revival 1969. Eric Clapton, Klaus Voorman, et al.
Perhaps I am the first one to comment on your shirt, I love it
My hometown of Lowell Massachusetts
The only time I got to see them was when Tony Kaye was playing keys way back in the beginning.
Excellent!
🙏 ✌ ❤ 🎶 🌎 👏 Alan
It's only exploitative if you profit from it in some manner. IN this case we are HONORING Alan.
The first concert I ever went to was Led Zeppelin in '77 at Oakland Coliseum, but that was by chance because I was actually there with my older brother to scalp his tickets. Turned out dozens and dozens of people were there doing the same, desperately offering the $12 tickets for $1 or $2. When the gates opened one fella with a handful just tossed them in the air in disgust. My bro and I decided to use them and go in. GLAD I DID! I still have one unused ticket.
But the first concert I ever bought tickets intending to attend it was Yes, Tourmato 1978 at Oakland Indoor Arena. Alan blew me away, as did the rest of the group.
SO glad to see Wakeman anf Howe. The band is not complete without them either.
Oh yeah.Alan White was a great drummer. Tends to be overshadowed by Bruford, but I actually think Alan was a better fit for Yes. Saw him playing drums live with Yes on two occasions. He was amazing. I also love his work with Lennon. RIP Alan White. And thank you, JP, for this thoughtful appreciation. Much love.
I know Chris welcomed Alan with open arms at the gate entrance.
I think Chris said 'You know I've gotta do this....'
pd.- I saw them on this tour...! Dream Theater open the show!!
Yeah, during the a capella vocables you refer to, they tripped up. I think the same thing happened on a live album, Yessongs, if I remember correctly. It's a lovely section, but seemingly challenging.
Why so serious, Steve? 😆