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Apr 23, 1938Mandolin player Roland White is born in Lewiston, Maine. He plays with Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt and The Kentucky Colonels, in which he works with brother Clarence White, who spends time as a member of The ByrdsJun 7, 1944Guitarist Clarence White is born in Lewiston, Maine. He joins The Byrds in 1968, staying with the pioneering country-rock band until he reforms the bluegrass Kentucky Colonels, in which he had performed with older brother Roland White, in 1973Feb 13, 1961Clarence White and Roland White appear as members of The Country Boys on an episode of the CBS sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show"May 1, 1961Roland White and Clarence White appear as members of the fictitious band The Country Boys in an episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" on CBSAug 10, 1972Lester Flatt records a new version of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" in Nashville with a band that includes mandolin player Roland White. The track receives a Grammy nomination for Best Country Instrumental PerformanceJul 15, 1973Guitarist Clarence White dies after being hit by a drunk driver in a parking lot. He spent three years as a member of the country-rock pioneers The Byrds. Among his survivors is brother Roland White, with whom he played in The Kentucky ColonelsSep 11, 1996More than 2,000 people attend a memorial service for Bill Monroe at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, including Porter Wagoner, Steve Earle, Earl Scruggs, Doug Green, Roland White, Mac Wiseman, Vassar Clements, Grandpa Jones and Bill CarlisleSep 28, 2011Bill Monroe's centennial is recognized with a tribute concert by Ricky Skaggs, Roland White, The Del McCoury Band and The Nashville Bluegrass Band at Vanderbilt University in NashvilleJan 3, 2016Bluegrass musicians Jesse McReynolds, Bobby Osborne, Roland White and Doyle Lawson are part of a group that performs a private show in Nashville to celebrate the Christmas Day birthday of mandolin player Curly Seckler, a former member of Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' Foggy Mountain BoysApr 1, 2022Mandolin player Roland White dies. A bluegrass musician, he worked with Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt and The Kentucky Colonels
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