Jim Mullen is a Scottish, Glasgow-born jazz guitarist with a distinctive style, like Wes Montgomery before him, picking with the thumb rather than a plectrum.
The Average White Band were a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. They were best known for their million-selling instrumental track "Pick Up the
Jim Mullen
…Piblokto! for two albums in 1970. He then played with Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, appearing on the band's first three albums together with future Average White Band drummer Robbie McIntosh. Mullen then joined Kokomo and later toured with the Average White Band. It was while both musicians were touring the United…
Average White Band in 2013
The band in 1974. Top row, left to right: Onnie McIntyre, Hamish Stuart, Alan Gorrie, Robbie McIntosh. Bottom row, left to right: Roger Ball, Molly Duncan.