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Early Life and Career (1946-67)
Ross Dolan was born on November 1, 1946 on the south side of Buffalo, NY. His father Walter Dolan was an autoworker but also played the piano. Growing up in the neighborhood of Elmwood Village on the north side of Buffalo, Dolan began playing guitar at around age 12. Dolan attended high school at Lafayette High School, where he first met Tony McAllister and Laura Whitney. While Laura became Ross's girlfriend, Tony McAllister was also a musician. In 1964, Dolan and McAllister formed the garage rock group the Pylots, which became a locally popular group, releasing three singles on the local Eclipse Records label.

The Electric Citizen (1967-75)
After the Pylots disbanded in 1966, Ross Dolan married Laura Whitney at the age of 20. The two moved to San Francisco, and were present for the Summer of Love in 1967. It was during this time that Ross and Laura Dolan met Nick Vogel, Nate Wagner, and Joseph Quincy. The five musicians formed the Psychedelic Rock band the Electric Citizen, which Ross Dolan played lead guitar for, while Laura Dolan sang and wrote the songs. In June of 1969, after signing to Rider Records, the Electric Citizen released their debut album Sateen, a psychedelic rock album which is considered by many music critics to be an early example of proto-metal, mainly because of Ross Dolan's driving riffs and fast shredding solos.

With the release of Sateen, the Electric Citizen's popularity grew significantly, making headline tours around the country and releasing their second album, Higher Time, in 1971. However, Ross Dolan soon became exhausted by a troubled European tour, but he was able to make it through and record their third album, the Crossing, in 1973. His frustration with the group was evident in the faster and heavier sound of the album. By 1975, the Electric Citizen had become tired of touring and broke up.

Solo Years (1975-91)
After the break-up of Electric Citizen, Ross Dolan continued his music career in a much different direction. In January 1975 Ross and Laura Dolan had moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where Ross Dolan began his solo career, but faced a drastic change in his sound. In 1976, he wrote, recorded and released his self-titled debut solo album, which had a soft, acoustic sound, nearly the exact opposite from the heavy metal atmosphere of the Electric Citizen.

Ross Dolan continued his solo career with the release of subsequent albums, including Sounds of Morning (1980), Roof (1983), and Turn to Me (1987), all of which were soft acoustic folk. Dolan also released several singles during this time period, such as "The Sun Won't Shine Without You Here", which featured a slow electric guitar solo played by Dolan. In 1991, Ross Dolan released the album Soul and Mind, which was to be his final studio album, as he and Laura had already taken up an interest in traveling.