A tragic loss to Christian music, Rich Mullins was killed September 19, 1997 in an auto accident on the way to a benefit concert. Mullins was a prolific singer and songwriter, whose memorable tunes, (including Awesome God, Verge Of A Miracle and Hold Me Jesus,) spoke timeless truths in such fresh ways as to have earned him the unofficial title of Christian music's poet laureate.

Rich Mullins was not only a highly skilled songwriter, but a proficient musician who played the piano, guitar, and hammered dulcimer with a master's touch. Artist, Michael W. Smith said of him, "He had the ability to take the mundane and make it majestic. Nobody on this planet wrote songs like he did, and I feel we've lost one of the only true poets of our industry.... I'll miss him."
 
 

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The Jesus Record - A Fitting Legacy

This is the last cd of Rich Mullins.  Rich was working on the songs at the time of his death.  We have heard that  Rich felt it would be one of his best.  Every song would be specifically about  Jesus, and for the most part, straight from scripture.The week before Rich died, he was in Chicago recording with a few of the other Ragamuffins. After one particular vocal Rich was asked if  he wanted to use that mic to record a demo tape .. Rich decided, no, he would just sit down in an abandoned nearby church with a cheap cassette recorder  and record the nine songs he had ready. Then came the tragic event that changed the course of several lives. Following the accident,  it was decided  this music still  needed to happen.