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Roland White
12+ albums
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Roland White (born in Maine on 23 April 1938; died 1 April 2022) was an American bluegrass music artist, performing principally on the mandolin. In addition to solo albums, he was a member of The Kentucky Colonels, Country Gazette, and The Nashville Bluegrass Band. The oldest child in a musically talented family, White was encouraged by his parents to learn the songs he and his siblings heard their father and uncles play. He played the guitar first, but soon took up the mandolin. His brother Eric played banjo, Clarence White the guitar, and sister Joanne sang and played bass. They played at family gatherings and occasionally in local Grange Halls in the early ‘50s. Soon after their family moved to Burbank, California they won a radio station talent contest, and were hired by a television station, and performed as the Country Boys. They learned of Bill Monroe and began to emulate him. They met Billy Ray Latham in the late ‘50s, and formed The Kentucky Colonels with him. They played at the Ash Grove in Hollywood. In the early 60s they added several musicians to their band. Roger Bush began playing Bass, Leroy McNees dobro, Bobby Stone and Scott Stoneman played fiddle. Clarence met Doc Watson at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964, and they recorded their first album, Appalachian Swing. Roland joined Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys in 1967, and Lester Flatt’s Nashville Grass in 1969. Roland and his brothers formed the New Kentucky Colonels in 1973. After reco
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I Wasn't Born to Rock 'n Roll
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Too Big To Fail : The Tompkins Square Label 5th Anniversary Amazon Sampler
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A Tribute to the Kentucky Colonels
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The Tompkins Square 5th Anniv eMusic Sampler
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I Wasn't Born To Rock'n Roll
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Trying to Get to You
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Top Of The Hill Bluegrass
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Jelly On My Tofu
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Top of the Hill Bluegrass: The Sugar Hill Collection
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Roland White's Approach To Bluegrass Mandolin
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If You're Ever Gonna Love Me
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Other Music Presents: A Tompkins Square Label 5th Anniversary Sampler