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Richard Wayne Mullins (October 21, 1955 – September 19, 1997) was an American Christian music singer and songwriter born in Richmond, Indiana. On September 19, 1997, Rich Mullins and his friend Mitch McVicker were traveling on I-39 north of Bloomington, Illinois to a benefit concert in Wichita, Kansas when his Jeep flipped over.
His funeral was open to the public and had a massive gathering. He is buried in the Harrison Township Cemetery in Hollansburg, Ohio, alongside his baby brother who died as an infant and his father.[ Read more on Last.fm
The Springsteen of CCM, Rich Mullins was always an outsider. He asked taboo questions, challenged authority and wrote about sin. In essence, he resembled Jesus more than most of his Nashvillle peers in the “business”. His utter refusal to be a Jesus billboard has earned him the Johnny Cash like respect of believers and non-believers alike.
Recorded mere weeks before his untimely death, this bare bones acoustic set, made inside an abandoned church, is something to behold. It’s raw, un-pretty and it swells and ebbs with a kind of hushed urgency you’ll never find on professional recordings. It’s as haunting as a Robert Johnson record and as lyrically formed as Dylans best work.