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Roland left home at the age of 14.

He performed with Tim Hardin, Leo Kottke and Ian Anderson.

In 1969 he changed to another genre: blues, while also still experimenting with other styles during his career such as country, worldmusic, folk and rock. Roland discovered this genre when he saw John Lee Hooker perform in café De Muze in Antwerpen. He broke through during Jazz Bilzen, where he established his reputation as a live artist.

He did not get involved with music until the age of 20. He played in the skifflegroup, the William & Roland Skiffle Group, and the folk duo Miek en Roel.

On 5 February 2015 he was inducted into the Belgian Radio 2 Hall of Fame for a life full of music.

Roland built a reputation as a roaming musician traveling from café to café. This became less after the birth of his daughter.

In 1998 Roland got to interview his idol John Lee Hooker. A year later he was awarded the Lifetime achievement-award by the Zamu Music Awards.

He was very successful in working together with Arno Hintjens and with the "Charles et les Lulus" project(1990-1991).

During the 70's he joined Rory Gallaghers band and toured around the world, even to Singapore.

His father, a jazz musician, drowned when he was 5.