Between the Songs: Recent Episodes
Between the Songs
Rich Mullins: Between The Songs is a podcast by Joe Cook of the Ragamuffin Archive and Chris Marchand of PostConsumer Reports, two self-proclaimed Rich Mullins superfans. Each episode takes an in depth look at each one of his albums, a particular project, or a particular aspect of his career. It features interviews with his friends and people he worked with along with a commentary by Joe and Chris on the album in focus.
In honor of the 25th Anniversary of The Jesus Record, Joe & Chris share a previously unreleased 90 minute interview with Ragamuffin Band bass player, Mark Robertson— taped back in 2017. They also discuss Joe's new weekly Ragamuffin Archive YouTube show, the upcoming vinyl reissue of Rick Elias's first album, and Chris shares some reflections on The Jesus Record.
In this episode, Chris and Joe begin a deep dive into the album Rick Elias & The Confessions. They take a look back at the Christian Music scene in 1990 to discover how Rick was being marketed and why, despite only being a moderate success at the time, the album remains loved by both critics and fans alike— and was even ranked as the 58th greatest Christian Music album of all time by CCM Magazine in 2001. Through archival audio, listeners will get to hear Rick share background info on the album and its songs.
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/
This episode of Rich Mullins: Between the Songs (www.betweenthesongspodcast.com) 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.
As a bonus episode to listeners, Andrew Montonera has been trying 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. This footage can essentially be considered "lost" because it's been sitting on a shelf for 20 years, untouched and unreleased. A good deal of this 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 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 and view the footage for a day. In this bonus episode Andrew goes over what he saw at his time at LeSEA as well as his guesses as to how this footage might eventually be released.
Our inaugural episode features our 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. We wrap up by featuring a breakdown of some of the Mullins tribute projects and events going on in 2017.
This is episode is a short teaser of what you can expect on the Rich Mullins: Between the Song Podcast. Our first real episode will be coming soon...