BONUS: Andrew Greer Interview On New Mullins Book and a Recap of the Escape to the Lake Tribute Concert

Chris had the opportunity to attend UTR Media's 2017 Escape to the Lake music festival and retreat in Cedar Lake, Indiana. This bonus episode of Between the Songs features an exclusive interview with Andrew Greer, the author of the new book on Rich Mullins Winds of Heaven Stuff of Earth: Spiritual Conversation Inspired by the Life & Lyrics of Rich Mullins. Their talk goes in depth about how the book came together (which features numerous reflections from those who knew Mullins or were inspired by him) as well as about the Mullins tribute album Greer is going to start working on with UTR's Dave Trout, Andrew Osenga, Andrew Peterson, and Reed Arvin (yes, you read that last one correctly!). This bonus also features Chris' recap of Escape to the Lake, the wonderful Mullins tribute concert that took place there, and how he got to hang out with Jimmy Abegg, Ben Pearson, and The Mosleys.

You can pre-order the book (and receive some great extras) by visiting it's official website:

https://www.windsofheavenstuffofearth.com/

Finally, Joe and Chris were able to share more about the Window Rock tribute concert that will be taking place on September 16. We would love to see you all there. If you want more info on the event or would like to financially support it, please visit our page: 

Support the Window Rock Tribute Concert

You can stream the episode below or subcribe on 
itunes  Google Play  Tunein Radio  or  Stitcher. 

Previous Episodes:

Ep 2: Zion's Behold the Man with Beth Snell Lutz

BONUS: An inside look at the lost LeSEA tapes with Andrew Montonera

Ep 1: Introduction, Jimmy Abegg, and the Be God's Project

Important Rich Mullins Links

In case you missed some of the Rich Mullins focused websites we mentioned during our 2nd episode on the Zion album, we wanted to provide them for you now.

Here is the Rich Mullins timeline: 
http://www.audiori.net/richmullins/

Here is Calling Out Your Name: 
https://www.kidbrothers.net/





Here is Joe's interview with Aaron Smith (drummer of the Ragamuffin Band), where Joe gets to share his story of getting into radio and working for Western Indian Ministries:
http://entertalkradio.com/intersect/joe-cook/










Here is where you can give to the Window Rock Tribute Concert in September.





Here is Beth Snell Lutz's "Rich Mullins Early Music" Youtube page:
https://www.youtube.com/user/elilutz






Here is where you can buy St. Rich Beard Oil: 
http://www.betweenthesongspodcast.com/p/st-richs-beard-oil.html

You can stream episode 2 below or subcribe on 
itunes  Google Play  Tunein Radio  or  Stitcher. 

And don't forget to listen to our previous episodes. Please share them and get the word out about the podcast!

BONUS: An Inside Look at the Lost LeSEA Footage With Andrew Montonera
Ep 1: Introduction, Jimmy Abegg, and the Be God's Project

Ep2: Zion's Behold the Man with Beth Snell Lutz

Episode 2 of Rich Mullins: Between the Songs features an in depth look at Rich Mullins' first independent album with his band and ministry Zion. Behold the Man was only ever released independently in 1981, but was kept alive through various bootleg tapes or vinyl copies if you could find them. Joe has put the album up on the Ragamuffin Archive though, so now we can all listen to it. The episode also features an extensive interview with Beth Snell Lutz, Mullins' bandmate and friend. She offers a rare peek into Mullins' early years in Cincinnati leading up to how he found his way into the recording industry in Nashville.

Please check out our previous article so you can listen through the album and read through Beth's commentary on the songs. As always, the episode features Joe and Chris' commentary on the album as well as updates on the various Rich Mullins tributes going on this year. On top of everything else are excited to announce our first "sponsor" of the podcast, St. Rich Beard Oil, which you should most definitely check out here. And finally, Joe's 20th Anniversary Tribute Concert in Window Rock is really coming together, but the event needs patrons and sponsors. Please check out our page for how you can help fund this important event, which will feature David Mullins, Jimmy Abegg, Mitch McVicker, and Eric Hauck.

You can stream the episode below or subcribe on 
itunes  Google Play  Tunein Radio  or  Stitcher. 

Update on the LeSEA footage from Andrew Montonera

We have some good news from Andrew Montonera on the "lost" LeSEA footage. Long story short: it has been digitized and will hopefully see the light of day some time in the future. You can read more info at change.org.

Sadly though, there is no update on the whereabouts of Mullins' legendary red patterned sweater from the LeSEA footage. It has possibly been lost forever and thus will never be sold at auction for the potential millions+ dollars it deserves...

You can listen to our previous episodes here:

Vinyl Preview: Rich Mullins and Zion's "Praise to the Lord"

You can expect our 2nd episode to drop some time this week. It features an in depth interview with Beth Snell Lutz, who was in Mullins' band and ministry Zion. She was one of the primary vocalists in the group. 

Please allow us to entice you with this little snippet from the Zion's Behold the Man album. It's the first minute and a half of "Praise to the Lord", the original version of "Sing Your Praise to the Lord" that Amy Grant made famous. 

You can check out our previous article featuring a written commentary from Beth on the songs from the album and Youtube videos of each song so you can listen along:

Listen to Rich Mullins' First Album: Zion's Behold the Man—with commentary

Also remember to check out Beth's own Youtube page featuring numerous early Rich Mullins songs.

Here are our previous episodes:

Listen To Rich Mullins' First Album: Zion's "Behold the Man"—With Commentary By Beth Snell Lutz

As we get our second episode ready we invite you to prepare by listening with us to Rich Mullins' first album Behold the Man by his band Zion. Our episode will feature an interview with his bandmate and friend Beth Snell Lutz. Beth was generous enough to contribute an introduction to the album and a commentary on each of the songs. You can find Beth's "Rich Mullins Early Music" pages here:

Youtube

Facebook

So, you are invited to journey with us as we give a close listen to this little heard early Rich Mullins album.

An Update on the Be God's Project From Jimmy Abegg

Here's an update from Jimmy Abegg on the Be God's project. Joe was able to visit Jimmy and record this update himself. Jimmy's is an honest guy with integrity and he's giving us a straight a story as he can. The project is being put on hold for now, but we have big hopes he'll be able to re-group and launch the project again but in a different form:

Listen back to our previous episodes, featuring an extensive interview with Jimmy:

Bonus: An Inside Look at the Lost Rich Mullins LeSEA Tapes With Andrew Montonera

As a bonus episode to listeners, we wanted to share with you about Andrew Montonera's attempt to get LeSEA broadcasting to release hours and hours of "lost" or unreleased footage of Rich Mullins. He even went so far as to create a petition to get the footage released, which you can still sign here: LeSEA Broadcasting Petition. These tapes can essentially be considered "lost" because they've been sitting on a shelf for 20 years, untouched and unreleased. A good deal of the footage appeared on the Here in America CD/DVD album. That release contained a Live at Studio B concert with Mullins and the Ragamuffins, as well as segments from a two day seminar Mullins and Beaker gave. 

But Andrew knew most of the footage has never been seen by more than a handful of people and decided to pursue finding a way for it to get released. In a surprising blessing, the management at LeSEA decided to allow Andrew to come to their studio for a private viewing. In this bonus episode Andrew goes over what he saw at his time at LeSEA (including what songs he heard) as well as his guesses as to how this footage might eventually be released. (check below for screenshots of the LeSEA footage, as well as videos of songs by the Ragamuffins, all the LeSEA footage that we currently have.)

UPDATE: You can find an update from Andrew about what is being done with the footage here. 


You can stream the episode below or listen on 
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In case you missed it, here is Episode 1: Introduction, Jimmy Abegg, and the Be God's Project

The Music of Jimmy Abegg

In our first episode we let you all know how amazing we thought Jimmy Abegg was at guitar and songwriting. But then we realized many of you may not even know what we mean. In order to remedy a lack of Jimmy A's music in your life we put together a list of much of his work. Below are various videos of Jimmy playing and links to where you can stream his solo albums and his albums with the band Vector. Also included are his times with Mullins and the Ragamuffins, with Charlie Peacock and Vince Ebo, and with Steve Taylor and the Perfect Foil. Let's hope Jimmy is able to put out more music in the future!

You can stream the first episode of Between the Songs below or listen and subscribe on: 
itunes  Google Play  Tunein Radio  or  Stitcher. 

Ep 1: Introduction, Jimmy Abegg, and the Be God's Project

Our inaugural episode features an introduction to the series: we go over the order of each episode and why Rich Mullins is still an important artist 20 years after his death. The centerpiece of the episode is an interview with the legendary Jimmy Abegg, a musician, artist, and member of Mullins' Ragamuffin Band, who is working on an ambitious tribute project about Mullins. We wrap up by featuring a breakdown of some of the Mullins tribute projects and events going on in 2017. 

You can find out more about Jimmy's art at: https://jimmyabegg.com/ and you can pre-order Be God’s: A Celebration of Rich Mullins on Pledgemusic: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/richmullins

You can stream the episode below or listen on 
itunes  Google Play  Tunein Radio  or  Stitcher. 
(And look at the bottom for more links and articles about Jimmy, the Be God's project, and other events/projects that came up in the episode.)



Also make sure to check out our bonus episode here:
An Inside Look at the Lost Rich Mullins LeSEA Tapes with Andrew Montonera

News: Our first episode and a preview video

Welcome to the website of the new podcast venture called Rich Mullins: Between the Songs. 

Please check out our "About" page for more info about the show and who some of our contributors are.

In the meantime, you can check out our "teaser" episode on itunes or on Libsyn: http://betweenthesongspodcast.libsyn.com/

Keep checking back as we begin to put the show onto different podcasting apps. If you have questions you can email us at: betweenthesongsinfo@gmail.com

Our plan is to have the first episode out by Friday, June 2. It is both an introduction to what Between the Songs will be about but it also contains an incredible interview with one of Rich Mullins' Ragamuffin Band members: the legendary multi-faceted artist Jimmy Abegg (www.jimmyabegg.com).

In our talk we discuss Jimmy's own art and career, but also spend a good amount of time on the "Be God's" Pledgemusic Campaign, which is still looking to get funded (and is currently at 90%!):
http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/richmullins

While we're hard at work preparing to launch our new podcast, we wanted to share this video and invite you to come along as we journey with Rich through his entire discography! It contains numerous interviews and concert excerpts from Mullins himself recounting thoughts and stories on the making of his albums.