Lee C. Muller, "Chicken Picker," started his performing career in 1969. Lee’s proficiency on the five-string banjo has gained recognition in many of the regional and national festivals and contests in the Central United States over the last several years. He has performed, and placed, consistently in the top three finalists at the National Country Music Festival in Ainsworth, Nebraska, and, has won the Picker’s competition, the Songwriting Contest, and has been chosen People’s Choice Award winner three times by the audience. He has won the Midwest 5-String Banjo Championship, and retained the title, at the National Traditional Country Music Association Festival/Contest in Avoca, Iowa, and Missouri Valley, IA, and the Iowa and Nebraska State 5-String Banjo Championships. He has competed in the National Bluegrass Banjo Championship at Winfield, Kansas, and has won the Kansas Bluegrass Association and Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championship 5-String Banjo Championship at Lawrence, Kansas. He is a voting member, in good standing, of the Old-Time Country Music Hall of Fame.