What an amazing drummer. I loved that band so much.
Funny story about not being gullible:
When Alan White was about 19 he was in a pub band. He got a phone call from someone claiming to be John Lennon. Hey, it's John Lennon here. I'm going to do a concert in Canada tomorrow and I've got Eric (Clapton) and Klaus and I'd like you to drum. Can you come tomorrow?
So he figured it was his mates, just laughed and hung up.
Phone rang again. Hi. It's John here. I'll send a taxi in the morning.
He thought, nah. can't be.
Next morning taxi arrived - John lennon was waiting at the airport, they went through the songs on the flight with no instruments and him tapping the back of the plane seat kind of thing and that night he was on stage with John Lennon in Canada. He drummed on a few of Lennon's solo albums. Even though he was young, he suggested that the first verse of Imagine should be just voice and piano, so John agreed.
