John Mumma

John, a founding member of Riverrock, started on the bass guitar in his first professional band, the Harter Brothers, in the early 1970s. After picking up the banjo to learn the Taj Mahal style of blues banjo, he discovered he was becoming a fan of bluegrass. In the first year of Riverrock, John took first place in Kansas City in the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band banjo contest sponsored by Gibson Guitars. John has recorded and released several experimental banjo albums on the internet where he concentrates on classical atonal performances using multi-track recording methods. John is also an educator and teaches English courses at two Kansas City area colleges.