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Roland White
I Wasn't Born to Rock N Roll (Dig)
Genres: Country, Pop

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Kansas City Railroad Blues
2. The Storms Are On The Ocean
3. Head Over Heels In Love With You
4. Doorstep of Trouble
5. If I Should Wander Back Tonight
6. Texas Gales
7. I Saw Your Face In The Moon
8. The Prisoner's Song
9. Marathon (Love Please Come Home, Nine Pound Hammer, Shackles and Chains, Live and Let Live), Doin' My Time, Sittin' On Top of the World)
10. Same Old Blues Again
11. Powder Creek
12. Can't You Hear Me Calling
13. She Is Her Own Special Baby (previously unreleased)

CD Details

All Artists: Roland White
Title: I Wasn't Born to Rock N Roll (Dig)
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Tompkins Square
Original Release Date: 1/1/2010
Re-Release Date: 6/1/2010
Genres: Country, Pop
Style: Bluegrass
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 894807002400

Synopsis

Product Description

Roland White's 1976 solo album I Wasn t Born To Rock N Roll, originally issued on the Ridge Runner Records label, is re-mastered from the original tapes and released for the very first time on CD.
Roland White, along with his brother Clarence, made bluegrass and country music history as members of the "Kentucky Colonels." Roland also played in Bill Monroe's "Blue Grass Boys" and Lester Flatt s "Nashville Grass," and later in "Country Gazette and the Nashville Bluegrass Band." Clarence famously played with the Byrds, among many others, until his tragic death in 1973.
This album features Alan Munde, Kenny Wertz, Roger Bush and Dave Ferguson playing traditional tunes, as well as a composition called Powder Creek, co-written by Roland & Clarence. This was the first appearance of this special tune on an album, a song which Roland now describes as having been composed with his brother on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1963!
The package includes original liner notes by Gene Parsons (The Byrds), new reflections from Roland, original album artwork, and one unreleased bonus track not included on the original LP!

CD Reviews

Long-lost string-band music from 1976

hyperbolium | Earth, USA | 06/05/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"By the time mandolinist and vocalist Roland White cut this album in 1976, he was a well-seasoned bluegrass performer. His family band, the Country Boys had morphed into the Kentucky Colonels, released several albums and toured the U.S. When the Colonels broke up in 1965, White's brother Clarence became a sought-after session guitarist, a member of Nashville West and, in 1968, a member of the Byrds. During the same period Roland joined Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, and later, Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass. The brothers had a short-lived reunion in a reformed Kentucky Colonels, but when a drunk driver struck and killed Clarence, Roland was once again on his own. White joined Country Gazette in 1974, staying for 13 years and recording this album with their instrumental and vocal backing. The progressive elements the band brought to their group albums are left behind as these songs are drawn from classics by Flatt & Scruggs, Jimmie Davis, and Bill Monroe, highlighted by the seven-minute, six-song medley, "Marathon." White proves himself a compelling vocalist, adding bluesy slides to his solo phrases and fitting tightly into the backing harmonies. The set's lone original is the White brothers' "Powder Creek," joining two other instrumentals on the original album. This first-ever CD reissue, with one bonus track ("She is Her Own Special Baby"), is remastered from the original tapes, and sparkles with the energy the players brought from the stage into the studio. [©2010 hyperbolium dot com]"