I Wasn't Born to Rock 'n Roll (But I Love to Cook), by Roland White

I Wasn't Born to Rock 'n Roll (But I Love to Cook)

by Roland White

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$8 USD or more
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
First time on CD ! Triple fold CD with liner notes by Roland and Gene Parsons (The Byrds).
Includes one previously unreleased track.

Includes unlimited streaming of I Wasn't Born to Rock 'n Roll (But I Love to Cook) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 7 days

Purchasable with gift card

$10 USD or more
Full Digital Discography

117

releases

Get all 117 Tompkins Square releases available on Bandcamp and save 65%.

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Chaos Emeralds, Imaginational Anthem vol. XIII : Songs of Bruce Cockburn, Raven Shadow / Black Pines, Great Loveday Wonder : The Collected Demo Recordings, Rising to Eternity, I Kept These Old Blues, Imaginational Anthem vol. XII : I Thought I Told You - A Yorkshire Tribute to Michael Chapman, Deve Ser Amor, and 109 more. , and , .

Purchasable with gift card

$308.35 USD or more (65% OFF)

	1.	Kansas City Railroad Blues 01:44
	2.	The Storms Are On The Ocean 03:46
	3.	Head Over Heels In Love With You 02:52
	4.	Doorstep of Trouble 02:23
	5.	If I Should Wander Back Tonight 02:55
	6.	Texas Gales 01:33
	7.	I Saw Your Face In The Moon 04:01
	8.	The Prisoner's Song 03:50
	9.	Marathon 07:48
	10.	Same Old Blues Again 02:49
	11.	Powder Creek 02:36
	12.	Can't You Hear Me Calling 03:01
	13.	She's Her Own Special Baby 02:21

about

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.

credits

released July 3, 2020

license

about

Tompkins Square San Francisco, California

Tompkins Square label, established in 2005, has released acclaimed recordings by artists such as William Tyler, Gwenifer Raymond, Ryley Walker and Michael Chapman as well as reissues of folk, old-timey, gospel and American Primitive Guitar. The label has received 8 Grammy nominations. ... more

live events

'Imaginational Anthem vol. XIII : Songs of Bruce Cockburn' Listening Party

contact / help

Contact Tompkins Square

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like I Wasn't Born to Rock 'n Roll (But I Love to Cook), you may also like:

Deep Fried Grandeur
by Ryley Walker And Kikagaku Moyo

supported by 15 fans who also own “I Wasn't Born to Rock 'n Roll (But I Love to Cook)”

we go to last live in tokyo. love sound hide420
go to album
Course In Fable
by Ryley Walker

supported by 13 fans who also own “I Wasn't Born to Rock 'n Roll (But I Love to Cook)”

Just discovered Ryley Walker and am completely blown away by this record. He is a tremendous guitarist. jpowell736
go to album
Eghass Malan
by Les Filles de Illighadad

supported by 12 fans who also own “I Wasn't Born to Rock 'n Roll (But I Love to Cook)”

Inspirational. Love the vocals and the simple yet captivating melodies. Thank you, ladies x arinasingh
go to album
Tides of a Teardrop
by Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange)

The forthcoming album from Mandolin Orange blends rustic Americana melodies with aching, orchestral arrangements. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 27, 2018
go to album
Meet Me at the River
by Dawn Landes

On “Meet Me By the River,” Dawn Landes’s self-described “Nashville record,” buoyant country melodies settle deep into lush instrumentation. Bandcamp New & Notable May 7, 2018
go to album
I Need to Start a Garden
by Haley Heynderickx

featured on Bandcamp Radio Apr 10, 2018
go to album
Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World's Music
by Various Artists

supported by 12 fans who also own “I Wasn't Born to Rock 'n Roll (But I Love to Cook)”

Superb! Impossible to choose a single favorite track but I did. mihalyka
go to album