- From Maine. Grew up in California. Lives in Nashville.
- First band: The Country Boys with his brothers Clarence and Eric (began in Maine, continued in California.)
- 1956, formed the Kentucky Colonels with brothers Clarence and Eric, and Billy Ray Lathum.
- 1967, joined Bill Monroe and The Blue Grass Boys, playing guitar.
- 1969, joined Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass.
- 1973, re-joined brothers Eric and Clarence to form the New Kentucky Colonels (with Herb Pederson and Alan Munde.)
- 1974, joined the Country Gazette.
- 1977, released solo project I Wasn’t Born to Rock ‘N Roll
album (Ridge Runner).
- 1987, joined the Nashville Bluegrass Band.
- 1994, released solo project Trying To Get To You
(Sugar Hill).
- 2001, left the Nashville Bluegrass Band to perform with his wife Diane Bouska as The Roland White Band.
- 2002, released Jelly on My Tofu
album (Copper Creek).
- 2014, released Straight-Ahead Bluegrass
album (no label).
- 2017, was inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. (His brother Clarence was inducted in 2016).
- 2019, released Roland White and Friends album (Mountain Home).
- 2022, died at the age of 83.
White, Roland
