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Leroy Mumma

Bluegrass fiddle player. Born in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Died July 2, 2019 in Denver, Pennsylvania, at age 82. Mumma (pronounced MOOmaw) played with some famous names in bluegrass music, such as Charlie Bailey, the Bailey Brothers; banjo pioneer Johnnie Whisnant; Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass; and Spirits of Bluegrass. In 1980, Mumma, as a member of the Southern Grass, was in the backing band that assisted Rose Maddox during her appearance at the Brandywine Mountain Music Convention at Galax that year. While with the Bailey Brothers he performed at the Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C.. During Mumma’s tenure with Bob Paisley, in the early 1980s, he toured Europe and Canada, performed at venues up and down the east coast of the U.S.A. as well as recording five albums. After his stint with Paisley, Mumma worked with Spirits of Bluegrass, featuring on one of their LPs. In 2009 he released a long-overdue solo album, It’s About Time, backed by Danny Paisley and the then members of Southern Grass.