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Paul Mullins

Bluegrass Fiddle player from Kentucky. Father of [a3090153] Born and reared in Menifee County, Kentucky, Came to Ohio in 1964 to take a deejay job at WPFB in Middletown. A bluegrass broadcasting legend playing strictly bluegrass and hard country records, in the southwestern Ohio area. In 1995, went to work for his son, Joe Mullin, radio station, WBZI in Xenia, and continued there until his retirement. Primarily a fiddle player, he was also capable on guitar and mandolin. Mullins worked off and on with the Stanley Brothers in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1961 and 1962, a member of the Bluegrass Playboys in Kentucky, where he first recorded his signature song “Katie Daley.” Also the Log Cabin Boys with guitarist/singer Sid Campbell, who would later work with Paul in the Nu-Grass Pickers. After moving to Ohio, Paul worked in the house band at the Ken-Mill in Cincinnati with Jim McCall, Benny Birchfield, and Harley Gabbard, and they cut some singles on Rem Records. He worked with the Valley Ramblers, the Nu-Grass Pickers, the Boys From Indiana, the Traditional Grass, and the WBZI Bluegrass Band, and also cut LPs under his own name: one on Vetco, one on Jalyn, and a CD on Classic Country Productions. In 2000, he received the Broadcaster of the Year Award and a Distinguished Achievement Award from the IBMA. In 2007, he was awarded an Ohio Heritage Fellowship at the Cityfolk Festival in Dayton.