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Occupation(s)
Musician
Siblings
Clarence White
Name
Roland White
Website
www.rolandwhite.com
Instruments
Mandolin, guitar
Born
April 23, 1938 (age 85)
Madawaska, Maine, US (
1938-04-23
)
Associated acts
Kentucky Colonels, Blue Grass Boys, Nashville Grass, Country Gazette, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Roland White Band
Role
Musical Artist · rolandwhite.com
Music group
Nashville Bluegrass Band (1989 – 1999)
Albums
I Wasn't Born to Rock'n Roll, Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go, Dobro Country
Similar People
Clarence White, Mike Compton, Tut Taylor, Alan O'Bryant, Stuart Duncan
Roland white interview
Roland White (born April 23, 1938) is an American bluegrass music artist, performing principally on the mandolin.
At an early age, White formed himself, his two brothers (Eric and Clarence) and his sister (Joanne) into a bluegrass band which performed locally. When the family moved to California, the group won a talent show on a local radio station, after which a television station hired them (minus Joanne) as The Country Boys.
After a two-year US Army enlistment, White re-joined the Country Boys, now renamed The Kentucky Colonels. In 1967, he had the opportunity to join the Blue Grass Boys, the backup band of his childhood idol Bill Monroe. He stayed with that group until 1969, when he joined the Nashville Grass, the backup band of Lester Flatt. White stayed with Flatt until 1973, when he, Clarence and Eric re-united as The New Kentucky Colonels. This only lasted a few months; he and Clarence were struck by an automobile as they loaded their equipment into their car after a performance. Roland White suffered a dislocated shoulder, but Clarence died in the accident.
White then joined the progressive bluegrass group Country Gazette, staying with them for 13 years. In 1987, he joined the Nashville Bluegrass Band, staying with that group until 2000. After that he formed the Roland White Band, which is still active.
White is a noted mandolin teacher who gives many workshops and private lessons and has published book/CD instruction sets.
Solo Albums
1976: I Wasn't Born To Rock'n Roll (Ridge Runner) reissued in 2010 by Tompkins Square
1994: Trying To Get To You (Sugar Hill)
2003: Jelly On My Tofu (Copper Creek) with the Roland White Band
Collaborations
1964: Dobro Country (World Pacific) with Tut Taylor and Clarence White
With the Kentucky Colonels
1964: Appalachian Swing! (World Pacific)
1975: Livin' In The Past (Polygram) live recordings 1961-1965
1976: 1965-1966 (Rounder) compiled privately recorded live sessions
1978: 1966 (Shiloh)
1984: On Stage (Rounder)
1991: Long Journey Home (Vanguard) recorded July 1964 at the Newport Folk Festival
2003: Live in Stereo (FGM) 1965 Vancouver concert
With Country Gazette
1976: Out To Lunch (Flying Fish)
1976: Country Gazette Live (Antilles)
1977: What a Way To Make a Living (Ridge Runner)
1979: All This, and More Money, Too (Ridge Runner)
1981: American and Clean (Flying Fish)
1982: America's Bluegrass Band (Flying Fish)
1986: Bluegrass Tonight (Flying Fish)
1987: Strictly Instrumental (Flying Fish)
1991: Hello Operator...This is Country Gazzette (Flying Fish)
With The Nashville Bluegrass Band
1990: The Boys Are Back in Town (Sugar Hill)
1991: Home of The Blues (Sugar Hill)
1993: Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go (Sugar Hill)
1995: Unleashed (Sugar Hill)
1998: American Beauty (Sugar Hill)
Also appears on
1969: Joe Greene - Joe Greene's Fiddle Album (County)
1971: Lester Flatt and Mac Wiseman - Lester 'N' Mac (RCA Victor)
