Arrow Fat Left Icon Arrow Fat Right Icon Arrow Right Icon Cart Icon Close Circle Icon Expand Arrows Icon Facebook Icon Instagram Icon Twitter Icon Hamburger Icon Information Icon Down Arrow Icon Mail Icon Mini Cart Icon Person Icon Ruler Icon Search Icon Shirt Icon Triangle Icon Bag Icon Play Video

Tompkins Square

  • Roland White 'I Wasn't Born To Rock' N' Roll' - Cargo Records UK

    Tompkins Square

    Roland White 'I Wasn't Born To Rock' N' Roll'

    Sold out

    Sold out
    Sold out
    Tompkins Square reissues an obscure treasure on June 1, 2010. 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!

    Tracklisting:

    1. Kansas City Railroad Blues
    2. The Storms Are On The Ocean
    3. I'm Head Over Heels In Love With You
    4. Door Step Of Trouble
    5. If I Should Wander Back Tonight
    6. Texas Gales
    7. I Saw Your Face In The Moon
    8. Prisoner's Song
    9. Marathon
    10. Same Old Blues Again
    11. Powder Creek
    12. Can't You Hear Me Calling
    13. She Is Her Own Special Baby (Previously Unreleased)
    Visit product page →