Bluegrass fans take special note! We are thrilled to present an evening of the very best in hard-driving, traditional bluegrass music when Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers join us for a special Thursday night house party on March 31.  Joe and the band will be appearing on Katy Daley's show on www.bluegrasscountry.org the next morning and we were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to have them swing through Crownsville on their way into town to play for us.

Joe Mullins is one of the finest traditional tenor singers in bluegrass music today, and he's the ultimate "insider's favorite" banjo player. From his time playing with his father's band, the great Traditional Grass, to his work as the original banjo player with the bluegrass supergroup, Longview, Joe is one of those special talents who makes all of the other bluegrass musicians stop what they're doing and come to the stage to listen.  It's the mark of a true master.

Joe has surrounded himself with a stellar cast of supporting musicians in the Radio Ramblers. I saw them showcase at the IBMA World of Bluegrass in Nashville last September and was knocked out by their great sound and professional show. And now you have an opportunity to see them in a close and intimate environment.

Check out the video below, then come out and join us for this exciting night of hard-core bluegrass music and see what the excitement is all about!

Joe Mullins is a southwestern Ohio native who has been an active Bluegrass performer and radio broadcaster for over 25 years. Mullins' experience spans a lifetime, growing up in the industry with his father, fiddler, Paul Moon Mullins, also one of Ohios most notable radio personalities. Joe began working on radio and playing banjo professionally while still in high school in the early 1980s. Joe toured and recorded nationwide as a founding member of the band the Traditional Grass until 1995, when he purchased WBZI Radio in Xenia, Ohio.

Mullins did manage to record and perform on a limited basis with the band Longview, earning Song of the Year and Recorded Event of the Year awards from the IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association, see www.ibma.org) in the late 1990s. He was honored by winning an Instrumental Recording of the Year award in 2001 from the IBMA for his banjo work on Rebel Record's 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.

Joe now owns an Ohio network of radio stations, adding WKFI in Wilmington and WEDI in Eaton and recently a spot on the FM dial for WBZI in the Dayton area at 100.3. He is on the air weekdays from 1 until 3 p.m. featuring Bluegrass and Old-Time Gospel music on all four stations and web casting at www.myclassiccountry.com. Joe produces many major Bluegrass events throughout Ohio annually and keeps the Radio Ramblers busy at Bluegrass events and concerts regionally and across the nation. He is respected as one the top banjo players nationally and is an occasional banjo workshop presenter.

Rooted in Lebanon, Ohio, Adam McIntosh is the guitarist and a vocalist with the Radio Ramblers. Adam started playing Bluegrass at age 11, when he got his first guitar. While still in high school, he entertained the visitors of Kings Island with Bluegrass music. In 1999, Adam assembled a local band, Borderline, where he initially met mandolin player, Mike Terry. The next year, Adam began playing guitar and singing tenor with Rounder recording artists, Dry Branch Fire Squad, where he remained for 3 ½ years.

Born in Dayton, Ohio, and a graduate of Chaminade-Julienne High School, fiddler and vocalist, Evan McGregor, currently calls Brookville, Ohio home. This is where he owns and operates Oscar Fish Studio, a professional music, production and recording company. Evan has been playing Bluegrass since 1994 and been a member of a number of regional and national acts since his career started, including Reynolds and Rife Revue, Jesse Branham-Two Shoes Band, Gods Country, Kentucky Heritage, Simple Tymes, Dayle Eskridge and Changing Times, the Wildwood Valley Boys, the Aubrey Holt Show, Blue Tradition, who won the Kentucky State Bluegrass Band Championship in 2005 and 2006, the Country Sounds Show and the James King Band. He's placed in several regional fiddle contests since 1994.

Mike Terry, mandolin player and vocalist for the Radio Ramblers, was born and raised in Ohio. However, most of his family are Kentucky natives, a place where he hopes to retire. Currently, Mike resides in Jamestown, Ohio, with his wife, Theresa, and daughters, Kayla and Klara. He has been involved with Bluegrass music most of his life and performing with local Bluegrass groups for 12 years. Mike has a real passion for the music stating, "Bluegrass is in my heart. I've played rock and country at a younger age, but nothing is like mountain music to me. Bluegrass music is a heart-felt music that I truly enjoy. It will always be a deep part of my roots."

Bassist Tim Kidd currently keeps time for the Radio Ramblers. Originally from Lebanon, Ohio, he now resides in Morrow, Ohio with his wife, Tiffany, son, Taylor and daughter, Trinity. Tim is a also a part-time police officer in the greater Cincinnati area. He was raised in a talented family of musicians. His grandfather is a pastor and gifted singer, his mother an outstanding singer and pianist, and his father an exceptional singer as well. She sang in a southern gospel group, The Singing Gospel Jewels, and he in The Gary Cohn Trio. At the age of 7, Tim began playing the drums at his grandfathers church. In 7th grade, Tim began learning the electric bass. A year later, he met a friend who was Bluegrass music enthusiast as well as an electric and upright bass player.