Paul (Moon) Mullins - Traditional Grass

Paul “Moon” Mullins, *24-09-1936 Frenchburg, Menifee County, KY, +03-08-2008

2nd version

by Todd Gracyk, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS also member of Bluegrass Playboys (1962), Boys From Indiana (1974-1979), see also Joe Mullins

1966 Commercial Sound, ?  - Paul Mullins and The Backwood Boys Quartet (Paul Mullins [vcl/mandolin/fiddle], Paul Morris [tnr vcl/gt], Walter Adams [bass vcl/gt], R.C.Mead [baritone vcl/banjo], June Thompson [bass fiddle]. Producer: Jack Lynch)

B01 NEAR THE CROSS Jalyn JLP-106

B02 WE SHALL MEET Jalyn JLP-106
B03 IS THERE ROOM FOR ME Jalyn JLP-106
B04 GOING DOWN TO THE RIVER OF JORDAN Jalyn JLP-106
B05 WON'T IT BE WONDERFUL THERE Jalyn JLP-106
B06 GONE HOME Jalyn JLP-106
B07 FARTHER ALONG Jalyn JLP-106
B08 NEARER MY GOD TO THEE Jalyn JLP-106
B09 I MISS MY DARLING MOTHER Jalyn JLP-106B

B10 DRIFTING TOO FAR FROM THE SHORE Jalyn JLP-106
B11 NO BURDENS Jalyn JLP-106
B12 LITTLE COMMUNITY CHURCH  Jalyn JLP-106

1970 Jewel Recording Studios 1594 Kinney Avenue, Cincinnati, OH – Moon Mullins (Paul Mullins [vcl/fiddle], Wayne Lewis [gt], R C Meade [banjo],  Paul Morris [mandolin], Dave Powell [bass]. Producer: Lou Ukelson)

P01 CEDAR GROVE Vetco LP 3004  

P02 RAMBLIN' BOY Vetco LP 3004 

P03 WAY MUST WE WAIT Vetco LP 3004 

P04 THE GIRL I LOVE DON'T PAY ME NO MIND Vetco LP 3004 

P05 FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN Vetco LP 3004 

P06 KATY DAILEY Vetco LP 3004 

P07 WEEPING WILLOW Vetco LP 3004 

P08 DANCE AROUND MOLLY Vetco LP 3004 

P09 SEVEN YEAR BLUES Vetco LP 3004 

P10 MOON'S FOLLY Vetco LP 3004 

P11 USE ME LORD Vetco LP 3004 

P12 VISION OF CHRIST Vetco LP 3004 

P13 PASS ME NOT Vetco LP 3004 

P14 SOMEBODY TOUCHED ME Vetco LP 3004 

P15 SWEET BYE AND BYE Vetco LP 3004 

P16 WILL MY MOTHER KNOW ME THERE Vetco LP 3004 

P17 WHERE THE ROSES NEVER FADE Vetco LP 3004 

P18 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN Vetco LP 3004 

P19 SHAKE HANDS WITH MOTHER AGAIN Vetco LP 3004 

P20 THE GLORYLAND WAY Vetco LP 3004  

late 1984-early 1985 unknown – Paul Mullins And The Traditional Grass (Paul Mullins [fiddle], Mark Rader [gt], Joe Mullins [banjo], Bill Adams [bass])

001 WHAT A CHANGE ONE DAY CAN MAKE

002 PIKE COUNTY BREAKDOWN

003 TOO LATE TO CRY

004 DIM LIGHTS THICK SMOKE

005 YOU’RE NO LONGER A SWEETHEART

006 I HAVE FOUND THE WAY

007 I WASTED MY TEARS

008 WEARY LONESOME BLUES

009 SHE HAS FORGOTTEN

010 YOUR OLD STAND BY

011 RATLIFF

012 STONEWALL

1987 unknown – The Traditional Grass (Paul Mullins [fiddle], Mark Rader [gt], Joe Mullins [banjo], Glenn Inman [bass])

unknown tracks for album A Touch Of The Fifties

1989 unknown – The Traditional Grass (Paul Mullins [fiddle], Mark Rader [gt], Joe Mullins [banjo], Glenn Inman [bass])

025 SWEETEST LOVE

026 FREIGHT TRAIN BOOGIE

027 ONE BROKEN HOME FOR SALE

028 BIG TILDA

029 HAVE YOU COME TO SAY GOOD-BYE

030 LEATHER BRITCHES

031 TRIAL OF SORROW

032 TINY BROKEN HEART

033 BREAKING IN A BRAND NEW PAIR OF SHOES

034 THE GIRL I LEFT IN SUNNY TENNESSEE

035 HANCOCK COUNTY

tracks above issued on album Traditional Favorites

1990 unknown – The Traditional Grass (Paul Mullins [fiddle], Mark Rader [gt], Joe Mullins [banjo], Glenn Inman [bass])

036 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG RTS RTS-146
037 CRUEL LOVE RTS RTS-146
038 HE TOOK YOUR PLACE RTS RTS-146
039 HOME SWEET HOME RTS RTS-146
040 I WANT TO BE LOVED RTS RTS-146
041 THE LAST LOVE LETTER RTS RTS-146
042 A LONESOME ROAD TO TRAVEL RTS RTS-146
043 MY DARLIN'S LAST GOODBYE RTS RTS-146
044 SHE'S NO ANGEL RTS RTS-146
045 THUNDERCLOUDS OF LOVE RTS RTS-146
046 WEEP AND CRY RTS RTS-146
047 YOU'RE STILL ON MY MIND RTS RTS-146
22 March/3 August/21 September 1991 River Tracks Studio, Louisville, KY - Traditional Grass (Mark Rader [vcl/gt], Joe Mullins [vcl/banjo], Gerald Evans, Jr. [vcl/mandolin/fiddle], Paul Mullins [vcl/fiddle], Glen Inman/Mike Clevenger [bass])
048 HOWDY NEIGHBOR HOWDY Rebel REB-CD-1698
049 LOVER'S QUARREL Rebel REB-CD-1698
050 YOU'LL NEVER BE THE SAME Rebel REB-CD-1698 REB-CD-7535
051 MY MEMORIES AREN'T PRECIOUS ANYMORE Rebel REB-CD-1698
052 PRETENDING I DON'T CARE Rebel REB-CD-1698
053 SIX WHITE HORSES Rebel REB-CD-1698
054 LET ME WALK LORD BY YOUR SIDE Rebel REB-CD-1698
055 THE BLUES ARE STILL THE BLUES Rebel REB-CD-1698 REB-CD-7535
056 PRETENDING Rebel REB-CD-1698
057 KATY KLINE Rebel REB-CD-1698
058 THE SHUFFLE OF MY FEET Rebel REB-CD-1698 REB-CD-7535
059 DIXIE BREAKDOWN Rebel REB-CD-1698
060 YOUR SELFISH HEART Rebel REB-CD-1698
061 LORD LEAD ME HOME Rebel REB-CD-1698
22 March/ 3 August/21 September 1991 Rivertracks Studio, Louisa, KY - Traditional Grass (Mark Rader [vcl/gt],  Joe Mullins [vcl/rh gt/banjo], Gerald Evans, Jr. [vcl/ mandolin/ fiddle], Mike Clevenger [bass], Paul Mullins [fiddle])

062 I BELIEVE IN THE OLD TIME WAY Rebel REB-CD-1708 REB-CD-7535
063 I'LL NOT BE A STRANGER Rebel REB-CD-1708 REB-CD-7535
064 GOSPEL LIGHT Rebel REB-CD-1708
065 MESSENGER BELL Rebel REB-CD-1708
066 LIFE BEYOND DEATH Rebel REB-CD-1708
067 TAKE UP THY CROSS Rebel REB-CD-1708
068 PRAISE GOD I'M READY TO GO Rebel REB-CD-1708
069 FAMILY ALTAR Rebel REB-CD-1708
070 YOU'LL BE REWARDED OVER THERE Rebel REB-CD-1708
071 MY LOVE ONES ARE WAITING FOR ME Rebel REB-CD-1708
072 MUSIC OF MY MEMORIES Rebel REB-CD-1708
073 GIVE ME YOUR HAND Rebel REB-CD-1708
074 EASTERN GATE Rebel REB-CD-1708
075 ELIJAH Rebel REB-CD-1708
June/July 1993 Rivertracks Studio, Louisa, KY - Traditional Grass (Mark Rader [vcl/gt],  Joe Mullins [vcl/rh gt/banjo], Gerald Evans, Jr. [vcl/ mandolin/ fiddle], Mike Clevenger [bass], Paul Mullins [fiddle])
076 HERE COMES THE RAIN Rebel REB-CD-1718
077 YOU ARE MY FLOWER Rebel REB-CD-1718 REB-CD-7535
078 LAZARUS Rebel REB-CD-1718 REB-CD-7535
079 BACK TO HANCOCK COUNTY Rebel REB-CD-1718 REB-CD-7535
080 WHERE DOES LOVE GO Rebel REB-CD-1718
081 PAPA'S WAGON Rebel REB-CD-1718
082 ROUGH EDGES Rebel REB-CD-1718 REB-CD-7535
083 I WASTED MY TEARS Rebel REB-CD-1718
084 COUNTRY GIRL BLUES Rebel REB-CD-1718
085 SHE HAS FORGOTTEN Rebel REB-CD-1718 REB-CD-7535
086 NO RETURN Rebel REB-CD-1718
087 JIMMIE'S TEXAS BLUES Rebel REB-CD-1718
088 I'LL TAKE BACK MY WEDDING RING Rebel REB-CD-1718
089 YOU CAN KEEP YOUR NINE POUND HAMMER Rebel REB-CD-1718 REB-CD-7535
090 REST FOR HIS WORKERS Rebel REB-CD-1718
091 WEARY LONESOME BLUES Rebel REB-CD-1718

20 October, 16-17 December 1994 River Tracks Studio, Louisa, KY/17 November 1994 Suite 2000 Studio, Nashville, TN – Gerald Evans and Joe Mullins (Gerald Evans [fiddle], Joe Mullins [banjo], Mark Rader [gt], Paul Mullins [mandolin], Mike Clevenger [bass])

000 CINCINNATI RAG Rebel REB-CD-1724 

000 NEW FIVE CENTS Rebel REB-CD-1724 

000 ON THE WAY HOME Rebel REB-CD-1724 

000 OLD JOE Rebel REB-CD-1724  REB-CD-7535

000 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER Rebel REB-CD-1724

000 TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR Rebel REB-CD-1724

000 SMOKY MOUNTAIN RAG Rebel REB-CD-1724 

000 LOST INDIAN Rebel REB-CD-1724

000 DONE GONE Rebel REB-CD-1724 

000 CHINESE BREAKDOWN Rebel REB-CD-1724 

000 DANCE AROUND MOLLY Rebel REB-CD-1724 

000 CRICKET ON THE HEARTH Rebel REB-CD-1724

000 KATY HILL Rebel REB-CD-1724 

000 LEE HIGHWAY BLUES Rebel REB-CD-1724

26/27 October and 17/18 November 1994 Suite 2000 Studio, Nashville, TN - Traditional Grass (Mark Rader [vcl/gt], Joe Mullins [vcl/gt/banjo], Gerald Evans Jr. [vcl/mandolin/fiddle], Mike Clevenger [bass], Paul Mullins [fiddle] + Gene Wooten [dobro]. Producer: Traditional Grass)
092 A BROKEN HEART KEEPS BEATIN' Rebel REB-CD-1721 REB-CD-7535
093 TOGETHER INOUR HEARTS Rebel REB-CD-1721
094 I CAN'T GO ON THIS WAY Rebel REB-CD-1721
095 VEIL OF WHITE LACE Rebel REB-CD-1721
096 I'M MAKING MY WAY Rebel REB-CD-1721
097 IT'S GRAND TO HAVE SOMEONE TO LOVE YOU Rebel REB-CD-1721 REB-CD-7535
098 MY DOLLIES WOULD CRY Rebel REB-CD-1721
099 THIS LOVE OF OURS Rebel REB-CD-1721
100 HARD TIMES SOMETIMES Rebel REB-CD-1721
101 MY OLD PAL Rebel REB-CD-1721
102 BE TRUE TO YOURSELF Rebel REB-CD-1721
103 TWO LONELY HEARTS Rebel REB-CD-1721
104 GONNA LAY DOWN MY OLD GUITAR Rebel REB-CD-1721 REB-CD-7535


ALBUMS

Jalyn JLP-106 Hymns From The Hills:  Near The Cross;  We Shall Meet; Is There Room For Me; Going Down To The River Of Jordan; Won't It Be Wonderful There; Gone Home; Farther Along; Nearer My God To Thee; I Miss My Darling Mother; Drifting Too Far From The Shore; No Burdens; Little Community Church – 66 and The Backwood Boys Quartet

Vetco LP 3004 Moon Mullins:  Cedar Grove;  Ramblin' Boy; Way Must We Wait; The Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind; Fire On The Mountain; Katy Dailey; Weeping Willow; Dance Around Molly; Seven Year Blues; Moon's Folly; Use Me Lord; Vision Of Christ; Pass Me Not; Somebody Touched Me; Sweet Bye And Bye; Will My Mother Know Me There; Where The Roses Never Fade; Will The Circle Be Unbroken; Shake Hands With Mother Again; The Gloryland Way – 70 Moon Mullins (MX: 90194A/B; reissued on Crosscut CR 1003)

no label no # Paul Mullins And The Traditional Grass: What A Change One Day Can Make; Pike County Breakdown; Too Late To Cry; Dim Lights Thick Smoke; You’re No Longer A Sweetheart; I Have Found The Way; I Wasted My Tears; Weary Lonesome Blues; She Has Forgotten; Your Old Stand By; Ratliff; Stonewall – 85

no label no # A Touch Of The Fifties: (tracks unknown) - 87

no label no # Traditional Favorites: Sweetest Love;  Freight Train Boogie;  One Broken Home For Sale; Big Tilda; Have You Come To Say Good-Bye; Leather Britches; Trial Of Sorrow; Tiny Broken Heart;  Breaking In A Brand New Pair Of Shoes;  The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee; Hancock County- 89

RTS RTS-146 A Lonesome Road to Travel: Black Mountain Rag; Cruel Love; He Took Your Place; Home Sweet Home; I Want To Be Loved; The Last Love Letter; A Lonesome Road to Travel; My Darlin's Last Goodbye; She's No Angel; Thunderclouds Of Love; Weep And Cry;You're Still On My Mind - 90

Rebel REB-CD-1698 Howdy Neighbor Howdy: Howdy Neighbor Howdy; Lover's Quarrel; You'll Never Be The Same; My Memories Aren't Precious Anymore; Pretending I Don't Care; Six White Horses; Let Me Walk Lord By Your Side; Blues Are Still The Blues; Pretending; Katy Kline; Shuffle Of My Feet; Dixie Breakdown; Your Selfish Heart; Lord Lead Me Home -92
Rebel REB-CD-1708 I Believe In Old-Time Way: I Believe In The Old Time Way; I'll Not Be A Stranger; Gospel Light; Messenger Bell; Life Beyond Death; Take Up Thy Cross; Praise God I'm Ready To Go; Family Altar; You'll Be Rewarded Over There; My Love Ones Are Waiting For Me; Music Of My Memories; Give Me Your Hand; Eastern Gate; Elijah - 93
Rebel REB-CD-1718 10th Anniversary Collection: Here Comes The Rain; You Are My Flower; Lazarus; Back To Hancock County; Where Does Love Go; Papa's Wagon; Rough Edges; I Wasted My Tears; Country Girl Blues; She Has Forgotten; No Return; Jimmie's Texas Blues; I'll Take Back My Wedding Ring; You Can Keep Your Nine Pound Hammer; Rest For His Workers; Weary Lonesome Blues - 01-05-94

Rebel REB-CD-1721 Songs Of Love And Life: Broken Heart Keeps Beatin'; Together Inour Hearts; 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; This Love Of Ours; Hard Times Sometimes; My Old Pal; Be True To Yourself; Two Lonely Hearts; Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar - 07-05-95

Rebel REB-CD-1724 Just A Five String And A Fiddle: Cincinnati Rag;  New Five Cents;  On The Way Home;  Old Joe;  Mississippi Sawyer; Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star;  Smoky Mountain Rag;  Lost Indian; Done Gone;  Chinese Breakdown;  Dance Around Molly;  Cricket On The Hearth;  Katy Hill;  Lee Highway Blues - 24-10-95 Joe Mullins with Gerald Evans

Rebels REB-CD-7535 The Blues Are Still The Blues:  The Blues Are Still The Blues; You Are My Flower; I'll Not Be A Stranger; Rough Edges; The Shuffle Of My Feet; A Broken Heart Keeps Beatin'; Old Joe;It's Grand To Have Someone To Love You; I Believe In The Old-Time Way; She Has Forgotten; Lazarus; You'll Never Be The Same; You Can Keep Your Nine Pound Hammer; Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar;Back To Hancock County - 18-09-15