Roland White (23. april 19381. april 2022) er ein USA-amerikansk bluegrassartist, som hovudsakleg speler mandolin.

Roland White

Roland White i The New Kentucky Colonels Revival i 2014
Fødd23. april 1938 (85 år)
FødestadMadawaska i Maine i USA
Død1. april 2022
DødsstadNashville
OpphavUSA
Sjangerbluegrass
InstrumentMandolin, gitar
Tilknytte artistarKentucky Colonels, Blue Grass Boys, Nashville Grass, Country Gazette, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Roland White Band
Verka somMusikar

White vart med i The Country Boys tidleg i karrieren, og etter to år i militæret, kom han attende til dette bandet, som då hadde skifta namn til Kentucky Colonels. I 1967 fekk han høve til å bli med i The Blue Grass Boys, bandet til barndomsidolet hans, Bill Monroe. Han bidrog med ni songar til dette bandet[1] og var medlem her fram til 1969, då han vart med i The Nashville Grass, som var bandet til Lester Flatt. White vart verande med Flatt fram til 1973, då han kom saman med tidlegare bandkollegaer i The New Kentucky Colonels. Dette vart berre nokre månadar då han og bandmedlemmet Clarence White vart påkøyrd av ein bil medan dei lasta utstyr i bilen etter ein konsert. White fekk skuldera ute av ledd, men White døydde i ulukka.

White vart så med det progressive bluegrass-bandet Country Gazette, og var der i 13 år. I 1987 vart han med i Nashville Bluegrass Band, der han var fram til 2000. Han skipa så The Roland White Band.

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Soloalbum endre

  • 1976: I Wasn't Born To Rock'n Roll (Ridge Runner)
  • 1994: Trying To Get To You (Sugar Hill)
  • 2003: Jelly On My Tofu (Copper Creek) med Roland White Band
  • 2018: A Tribute to the Kentucky Colonels (Mountain Home) Roland White And Friends

Samarbeid endre

Med Kentucky Colonels endre

  • 1964: Appalachian Swing! (World Pacific)
  • 1975: Livin' In The Past (Polygram) konsertopptak 1961-1965
  • 1976: 1965-1966 (Rounder) konsertopptak
  • 1978: 1966 (Shiloh)
  • 1984: On Stage (Rounder)
  • 1991: Long Journey Home (Vanguard) spelt inn i juli 1964 på The Newport Folk Festival
  • 2003: Live in Stereo (FGM) konsertopptak frå 1965 i Vancouver.

Med Country Gazette endre

  • 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 Gazette (Flying Fish)

Med The Nashville Bluegrass Band endre

Andre endre

  • 1969: Joe Greene - Joe Greene's Fiddle Album (County)
  • 1971: Lester Flatt og Mac Wiseman - Lester 'N' Mac (RCA Victor)
  • 1971: Lester Flatt - Flatt on Victor (RCA Victor)
  • 1972: Lester Flatt - Foggy Mountain Breakdown (RCA Victor)
  • 1972: Lester Flatt and Mac Wiseman - On The South Bound (RCA Victor)
  • 1972: Lester Flatt - Kentucky Ridgerunner (RCA)
  • 1973: Lester Flatt - Country Boy Featuring Feudin' Banjos (RCA)
  • 1973. Lester Flatt and Mac Wiseman - Over the Hills to the Poorhouse (RCA)
  • 1974: Muleskinner - Muleskinner (Warner Bros.)
  • 1975: Alan Munde - Alan Munde's Banjo Sandwich (Ridge Runner)
  • 1976: Dave Ferguson and his Friends - Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Other Fiddle Tunes (Ridge Runner)
  • 1976: Dan Huckabee - Why Is This Man Smiling (Ridge Runner)
  • 1977: Charlie Hardiman - On The Well-Beaten Path To Bluegrass (Hillside)
  • 1977: Butch Robins - Forty Years Late (Rounder)
  • 1977: Buck White and the Down Home Folks - That Down Home Feeling (Ridge Runner)
  • 1978: Bobby Hicks - Texas Crapshooter (County)
  • 1978: Paul Warren med Lester Flatt og The Nashville Grass - America's Greatest Breakdown Fiddle Player (CMH)
  • 1980: Joe Carr - Otter Nonsense (Ridge Runner)
  • 1980: Alan Munde - The Banjo Kid Picks Again (Ridge Runner)
  • 1981: Blaine Sprouse - Summertime (Rounder)
  • 1983: The Dreadful Snakes - Snakes Alive! (Rounder)
  • 1988: Glen Duncan - Sweetwater (Turquoise)
  • 1990: Doc Watson - On Praying Ground (Sugar Hill)
  • 1991: David Grier - Freewheeling (Rounder)
  • 1992: Stuart Duncan - Stuart Duncan (Rounder)
  • 1992: Marty Stuart - Let There Be Country (Sony Music)
  • 1994: Gene Wooten - Sings & Plays Dobro (Pinecastle)
  • 1995: Clint Black - Looking for Christmas (RCA)
  • 1995: Joe Carr og Alan Munde - Windy Days and Dusty Skies (Flying Fish)
  • 1996: Leroy Mack - Leroy Mack & Friends (Rebel)
  • 1996: Bernadette Peters - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Angel)
  • 1998: Valerie Smith - Patchwork Heart (Rebel)
  • 2000: Kazuhiro Inaba - Dixie Dream (Copper Creek)
  • 2000: Valerie Smith - Turtle Wings (Rebel)
  • 2002: Ricky Skaggs and Friends - Sing The Songs Of Bill Monroe (Lyric Street)
  • 2004: Clint Black - Christmas with You (Equity)
  • 2007: Ry Cooder - My Name Is Buddy (Nonesuch)
  • 2010: Skip Battin - Topanga Skyline (Sierra)

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