Bio's On The Boys

Born August 3, 1963.
He is the oldest of the four Roland sibs.
"When the Water Falls" from the second album, was written about his younger sister.

lived in Stockbridge, GA, but also in Texas
his father preached at a little church in Grandview, TX.
also lived in Rome, GA, another place where his father preached.
When Ed was 8 his father became Minister of Music and Youth (later head minister ) at the main Baptist church in Stockbridge, which Ed's father does not work at anymore.

Ed Roland is married to Stephanie Boley
For their father, a Southern Baptist minister, rock music had no place in the Roland household - at first. "The brunt of those restrictions were on Ed because he was the oldest," remembers Will. "By the time Dean was a bit older, he could listen to pretty much anything he wanted. Sure, there were certain records Mr. Roland didn't want in the house, but he could play those at one of our houses. It was never a problem." "ELTON JOHN'S GREATEST HITS" was the album that convinced him he'd become a songwriter.

"Elton really introduced me to rock 'n' roll," says Ed. "I remember seeing him when I was young and thinking, 'Wow, that's what it's all about.' He was jumping around and having a blast. I love that. As far as rock 'n' roll goes, I guess I'm an old fashioned kind of guy."

he studied guitar at the Berklee College of Music.
After a year, he returned home to begin work at the Reel To Real recording studio, owned by Will's father. During more than eight years there - much spent as the facility's head engineer - Ed earned his technical know-how working behind the boards on demo projects with a continuing stream of regional rock bands. With his unlimited access to the studio, Ed also spent long hours cutting the catalog of songs he was writing on piano and guitar - the one-and-two-take recordings that would eventually become "HINTS"