JOE MULLINS

Joe Mullins is a southwestern Ohio native who has been a recognizable banjo player, vocalist, and radio broadcaster for over 30 years. Mullins toured and recorded as a founding member of the band The Traditional Grass until 1995, when he purchased WBZI Radio in Xenia, Ohio. He recorded and performed with the band Longview, earning Song of the Year and Recorded Event of the Year awards from the IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) in the late 1990’s. He was honored by winning an Instrumental Recording of the Year award in 2001 from the IBMA for his banjo work on Rebel Records’ Knee Deep In Bluegrass. Mullins was also one of many artists in 2006 sharing Album of the Year honors for Celebration of Life, on Skaggs Family Records. Mullins now owns an Ohio network of radio stations – Real Roots Radio – and can be found on the air most weekdays from 1 until 3PM featuring Bluegrass and Bluegrass Gospel music and webcasting at realrootsradio.com. He is SPBGMA’s 2011 SPBGMA Broadcaster of the Year and also hosts Front Porch Fellowship, a weekly syndicated radio show which airs on over 200 radio stations. Joe was awarded IBMA’s Broadcaster of the Year in 2016.

Joe lives near Cedarville, Ohio, with his wife, Tammy; son, Daniel; and daughter, Sarah.

Bio source: radioramblers.com. Accessed July 23, 2019.