Joe Mullins - AcuTab Transcriptions Vol. I
ACUTAB
Transcribed from the playing of Joe Mullins

Here, you can learn from one of the best 'modern' practitioners of 'true' traditional banjo playing. Joe's style draws heavily on Reno and Osborne, as well as Scruggs. The book contains all of the banjo breaks - and eight backups - from the last two recordings by The Traditional Grass, "10th Anniversary Collection" and "Songs Of Love And Life." Though this terrific band is no more, Joe's tasty banjo work is preserved in this collection of solos and backup work.
A lot of the material in this book can be put to good use in other situations. How's your soloing in open F or D? How about backup in 3/4 time? Joe excels at these and many other aspects of banjo picking that are often overlooked by even the most serious students of the 5 string.
The book also includes a detailed study of Joe's bluesy banjo style focusing on his playing on Six White Horses. It was written by Bill Evans, former Assistant Director of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, and an established banjo picker and instructor in his own right.
Joe's superb banjo can now be heard on the new Longview recordings, and at their rare live appearances. He is also a featured artist on AcuTab's Knee Deep In Bluegrass CD, and the Knee Deep In Banjo tab book.
23 songs - 35 solos/8 backups; 45 pages

Songs from 10th Anniversary Collection (Rebel 1718)
 Here Comes The Train
Lazarus
Back To Hancock County
Papa's Wagon
Rough Edges
I Wasted My Tears
The Country Girl Blues
She Has Forgotten
No Return
Jimmie's Texas Blues
I'll Take Back My Wedding Rings
You Can Keep Your Nine Pound Hammer
Weary Lonesome Blues
Songs From Songs Of Love And Life (Rebel 1721)
A Broken Heart Keeps Beatin'
I Can't Go On This Way
Veil Of White Lace
I'm Making My Way
It's Grand To Have Someone To Love You
My Dollies Would Cry
Hard Times, Sometimes
Be True To Yourself
Two Lonely Hearts
Bonus Tutorial
The book also includes a detailed study of Joe's bluesy banjo style focusing on his playing on "Six White Horses." It was written by Bill Evans, former Assistant Director of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, and an established banjo picker in his own right. Check out Bill's new banjo CD, Bill Evans Plays Banjo, on Native And Fine Records
About Joe Mullins


WE apologize - we can't find a biography on this fine banjo player. The notes accompanying the ACUTAB transcription will have to suffice.