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Mac Wiseman

Person · male · United States · Crimora · born 1925 · died 2019 · recording since 1957

American musician (1925–2019)

bluegrass music country music

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Also known as Malcolm B. Wiseman · マック・ワイズマン

Debut: 1957
Recording span: 57 years
Release groups: 43
Timeline events: 31
Wiki language versions: 10

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Timeline

31 events▣ Album 28◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1

1920s
1. 23 May 1925 · Birth
  Born 1925-05-23
  source: wikidata
1950s
1. 1957 · Debut release
  Debut release: 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1957 · Album
  Album: 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1959 · Album
  Album: Beside The Still Waters
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1959 · Album
  Album: Great Folk Ballads
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1960s
1. 1960 · Album
  Album: Keep on the Sunny Side
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1960 · Album
  Album: Mac Wiseman Sings 12 Great Hits
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1961 · Album
  Album: Best-Loved Gospel Hymns
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1962 · Album
  Album: Bluegrass Favorites
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1962 · Album
  Album: Fire Ball Mail and Other Favorites
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1966 · Album
  Album: Bluegrass
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1966 · Album
  Album: This Is Mac Wiseman
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 1966 · Album
  Album: A Master at Work
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 1966 · Album
  Album: Songs of the Dear Old Days
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1970s
1. 1976 · Album
  Album: New Traditions Vol. 1
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1976 · Album
  Album: Country Music Memories
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1977 · Album
  Album: New Traditions Vol. 2
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1977 · Album
  Album: Mac Wiseman Sings Gordon Lightfoot
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1979 · Album
  Album: The Essential Bluegrass Album
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1979 · Album
  Album: Golden Classics
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1980s
1. 1980 · Album
  Album: Songs That Made the Juke Box Play
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1982 · Album
  Album: If Teardrops Were Pennies
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1986 · Album
  Album: Mac Wiseman
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1990 · Album
  Album: Grassroots to Bluegrass
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 2001 · Album
  Album: Mac Wiseman shares "Precious Memories" with Brother Oswald
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2001 · Album
  Album: Most Requested
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2001 · Album
  Album: Letter Edged in Black
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 8 January 2007 · Album
  Album: Precious Memories
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 2009 · Album
  Album: Bluegrass Hits and Heartsongs
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 23 September 2014 · Album
  Album: Songs From My Mother’s Hand
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 24 February 2019 · Death
  Died 2019
  source: wikidata

Biography

English biography623 words · 5 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1367240453

Biography

Malcolm Bell "Mac" Wiseman (May 23, 1925 – February 24, 2019) was an American bluegrass and country singer active for seven decades in the twentieth century. He was part of Bluegrass music's earliest generation, though bluegrass never defined him. He helped found the CMA, headed Dot Records' country division, and, in 1993, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor. In his early career he was the guitarist for Flatt and Scruggs' band, the Foggy Mountain Boys. His biggest hits included "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" (1955) and "Jimmy Brown the Newsboy" (1959). Wiseman was a recipient of a 2008 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States' highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. In 2014 he became part of the Veteran Era category of the Country Music Hall of Fame, as "an artist who achieved national prominence more than 45 years ago".

Early life

He was born on May 23, 1925, in Crimora, Virginia. He attended school in New Hope, Virginia, and graduated from high school there in 1943. He had polio from the age of six months; due to his disabilities, he could not do field work and spent his time in childhood listening to old records. He studied at the Shenandoah Conservatory in Dayton, Virginia, before it moved to Winchester, Virginia, in 1960 and started his career as a disc jockey at WSVA-AM in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Music career

His musical career began as upright bass player in the Cumberland Mountain Folks, the band of country singer Molly O'Day. When Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs left Bill Monroe's band, Wiseman became the guitarist for their new band, the Foggy Mountain Boys. Later he played with Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys.
In 1951, his first solo single, "'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered1957 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracksA1'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered2:55A2I'll Still Write Your Name in the Sand2:40A3Shackles and Chains2:22A4Remembering2:25A5I Haven't Got the Right to Love You2:24A6I Saw Your Face in the Moon2:16B1Four Walls Around Me2:34B2Rainbow in the Valley2:17B3Love Letters in the Sand2:44B4I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home2:49B5Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die2:14B6Goin' Like Wildfire2:29", was released. According to Rolling Stone this song "catapulted him to solo stardom". In 1958, he helped co-found the Country Music Association (CMA) to save the popularity of country music from rock & roll, and served as the organization's first secretary, eventually becoming its last living co-founder. From 1966 to 1970, Wiseman served as director of the WWVA Jamboree.
In 1986, Wiseman co-founded the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) which was another influential bluegrass music body. He was referred to by a disc jockey as "The Voice with a Heart", a title which became popular among his fans. He was popular for his interpretations of songs on Dot Records such as "Shackles and Chains", "I'll Be All Smiles Tonight", "Jimmy Brown the Newsboy", and "Love Letters in the Sand".
In 2014, he released an album of songs inspired by his mother's handwritten notebooks of songs she heard on the radio when Wiseman was a child: Songs From My Mother's Hand.

Death

Wiseman died in Nashville, Tennessee on February 24, 2019, at the age of 93 from kidney failure.

Mac Wiseman recorded splendid and often groundbreaking music for more than seventy years, remaining relevant and productive even in his nineties. He was a titan of bluegrass music's first generation, though bluegrass never defined him. He helped found the CMA, he headed Dot Records' country division, and he recorded with everyone from big band legend Woody Herman to Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Duane Eddy to Americana poet laureate John Prine.

Awards and honors

In 1993 he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor. Wiseman was a recipient of a 2008 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States' highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. In 2014 he became part of the Veteran Era category of the Country Music Hall of Fame, as "an artist who achieved national prominence more than 45 years ago".

Discography & profile

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Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	10	58.3th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	43	93.3th
Studio albums	28	98th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	31	96.9th
Recording span (years)	57	96.1th
Genres	4	84.7th

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Discography (43 release groups · 28 studio albums)

Albums · 28

'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered
1957 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:09
A1'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered2:55
A2I'll Still Write Your Name in the Sand2:40
A3Shackles and Chains2:22
A4Remembering2:25
A5I Haven't Got the Right to Love You2:24
A6I Saw Your Face in the Moon2:16
B1Four Walls Around Me2:34
B2Rainbow in the Valley2:17
B3Love Letters in the Sand2:44
B4I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home2:49
B5Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die2:14
B6Goin' Like Wildfire2:29
Beside The Still Waters
1959 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 28:49
A1Beside the Still Waters1:55
A2How Great Thou Art2:17
A3Just a Closer Walk With Thee2:32
A4Standing Somewhere in the Shadows2:04
A5When God Dips His Love in My Heart2:26
A6Hold Fast to the Right2:51
B1Did You Stop to Pray This Morning2:17
B2Whispering Hope3:00
B3Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown2:10
B4Does Jesus Care2:25
B5It Is No Secret2:02
B6Each Ring of the Hammer2:50
Great Folk Ballads
1959 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:30
A1Lamplighting Time in the Valley2:32
A2Little Moses2:05
A3The Baggage Coach Ahead2:32
A4The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band2:54
A5I've Got No Use for the Women2:46
A6Jimmy Brown the Newsboy2:05
B1Barbara Allen4:50
B2The Preacher and the Bear2:07
B3Just Tell Them That You Saw Me2:45
B4Wild Wood Flower2:37
B5The Wreck of the Old 971:55
B6Driftwood on the River2:22
Keep on the Sunny Side
1960 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 24:58
A1One Mint Julep2:39
A2I'd Rather Die Young2:23
A3I Hear You Knocking2:24
A4I'm Waiting for Ships That Never Come In2:05
A5Little White Church2:35
A6Keep on the Sunny Side2:10
B1The Fire in My Heart2:15
B2Step It Up and Go1:45
B3The Kentuckian Song2:05
B4The Waltz You Saved for Me2:32
B5When the Work's All Done This Fall2:05
Mac Wiseman Sings 12 Great Hits
1960 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 33:54
A1Tom Dooley2:46
A2He's Got the Whole World in His Hands2:04
A3Old Shep3:39
A4Sixteen Tons2:27
A5I'm Moving On2:23
A6The Fool2:29
B1The Ballad of Davy Crockett2:25
B2Darling Nelly Gray3:29
B3The Old Lamplighter2:30
B4Running Bear2:38
B5El Paso4:18
B6The Three Bells2:46
Best-Loved Gospel Hymns
1961 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 33:15
A1Peace in the Valley2:41
A2Let the Lower Lights Be Burning3:12
A3I Heard My Mother Calling My Name in Prayer2:25
A4Bringing in the Sheaves2:42
A5Where Is My Boy Tonight3:08
A6The Beautiful Garden of Prayer2:37
B1Beautiful Isle of Somewhere2:37
B2In the Sweet Bye and Bye2:47
B3If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again2:30
B4Shall We Gather at the River2:06
B5Lord I'm Coming Home3:00
B6Tell Mother I'll Be There3:30
Bluegrass Favorites
1962 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 32:29
A1Are You Missing Me2:17
A2Sing Little Birdie2:46
A3Just a Strand From a Yellow Curl2:23
A4When the Snowflakes Fall3:11
A5Two More Years2:10
A6Have a Drink on Me2:53
B1Free From the Old Chain Gang2:47
B2Cotton Fields1:58
B3I'll Remember You, Love, in My Prayers3:17
B4Ballad of the Little Box of Pine3:25
B5Bluegrass Fiesta2:25
B6Freight Train2:57
Fire Ball Mail and Other Favorites
1962 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 28:04
A1Wabash Cannon Ball2:25
A2Sundown1:45
A3These Hands2:34
A4Waiting for the Boys2:48
A5You Can't Judge a Book2:20
A6Fire Ball Mail2:12
B1Crazy Blues2:25
B2Danger Heartbreak Ahead2:30
B3I'm Eatin' High on the Hog2:06
B4Let Me Borrow Your Heart Just for Tonight2:23
B5Dreams of Mother and Home2:18
B6My Little Home in Tennessee2:18
Bluegrass
1966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:02
A1We Live in Two Different Worlds2:00
A2Tragic Romance2:55
A3I’ll Be All Smiles Tonight2:46
A4This Is Where I Came In2:58
A5You’re the Best of All the Leading Brands2:26
A6Don't Make Me Go to Bed and I’ll Be Good3:18
B1The Bluebirds Are Singing for Me2:25
B2New Black Suit2:46
B3How Lonely Can You Get2:24
B4The Day You Went Away2:30
B5Darling Little Joe2:37
B6A Million, Million Girls1:57
This Is Mac Wiseman
1966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:02
A1Are You Coming Back to Me?2:30
A2I'm a Stranger2:35
A3It's Goodbye and So Long to You2:20
A4By the Side of the Road2:45
A5You're the Girl of My Dreams2:37
A6Reveille in Heaven2:02
B1Don't Blame It All on Me2:26
B2I Love You Best of All2:28
B3I Didn't Know2:26
B4Georgia Waltz2:38
B5Dreaming of a Little Cabin2:55
B6Going to See My Baby2:20
A Master at Work
1966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 29:14
A1White Silver Sands2:38
A2When It's Springtime in the Rockies2:43
A3Little Bird1:50
A4You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven2:23
A5A Maiden's Prayer2:44
A6Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight2:30
B1At the Rainbow's End2:30
B2Lonely City Park2:10
B3This Is Where I Came In2:45
B4Me and Your Memory2:00
B5The Isle of Capri2:23
B6Forever and Ever2:38
Songs of the Dear Old Days
1966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 35:28
A1The Letter That Never Came2:44
A2Wreck of the C & O #52:49
A3The Black Sheep4:04
A4The Legend of the Haunted Woods3:24
A5Put My Little Shoes Away2:40
A6Letter Edged in Black3:34
B1Ballad of the Lawson Family2:57
B2The East Bound Train3:12
B3My Mother’s Old Sunbonnet3:00
B4May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister3:03
B5Molly Bawn4:01
New Traditions Vol. 1
1976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:30
A1Crazy Blues2:30
A2Knoxville Girl3:32
A3I Haven’t Got the Right to Love You2:12
A4Going to See My Baby2:11
A5Little White Church2:15
A6Footprints in the Snow2:48
B1Georgia Waltz3:01
B2Don’t Let Your Sweet Love Die1:54
B3When the Roses Bloom2:18
B4Black Sheep3:55
B5Let Me Borrow Your Heart2:19
B6What a Waste of Good Corn Licker2:35
Country Music Memories
1976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 29:29
A1They’ll Never Take Her Love From Me2:30
A2I’ll Ship My Sail Alone2:50
A3Don’t Be Angry3:02
A4The Green Light1:57
A5All for the Love of a Girl2:20
A6At Last I’m Free2:00
B1I Wonder Where You Are Tonight2:15
B2I Love You a Thousand Ways2:18
B3Flesh and Blood3:27
B4Me & Bobby McGee3:08
B5Mother, Queen of My Heart3:42
New Traditions Vol. 2
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:42
A1Fireball Mail2:45
A2Letter Edged in Black2:34
A3Reville Time in Heaven2:47
A4Girl of My Dreams2:15
A5Fire in My Heart3:12
A6Shackles & Chains2:29
B1Roane County3:31
B2You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover2:38
B3Mary of the Wild Moor3:20
B4Little Home in Tennessee2:20
B5Each Ring of the Hammer2:03
B6Four Walls Around Me1:48
Mac Wiseman Sings Gordon Lightfoot
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 29:01
A1Did She Mention My Name2:38
A2Cotton Jenny2:45
A3Rainy Day People2:24
A4Summertime Dream2:13
A5For Lovin’ Me2:24
A6Steel Rail Blues2:57
B1Ribbon of Darkness2:20
B2The House You Live In3:26
B3Early Morning Rain2:58
B4Old Dan’s Records2:21
B5Sundown2:35
The Essential Bluegrass Album
1979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 59:26
Disc 111 tracks · 29:05
A1Midnight Flyer1:58
A2Shackles and Chains2:49
A3Four Walls Around Me2:29
A4I’m a Stranger Here2:40
A5You’re the Girl of My Dreams1:58
A6Family Bible2:22
B1Mother Maybelle2:55
B2Poison Love2:19
B3Take Me Back to Renfro Valley4:24
B4Mountain Fever2:25
B5’Tis Sweet to Be Remembered2:46
Disc 211 tracks · 30:21
C1It’s Goodbye and So Long to You2:03
C2Shenandoah Waltz2:14
C3I’ll Still Write Your Name in the Sand2:35
C4Pins and Needles (In My Heart)2:50
C5Are You Coming Back to Me2:26
C6The Bluebirds Are Singing for Me2:45
D1Don’t Let Your Sweet Love Die3:38
D2Travelin’ This Lonesome Road3:00
D3I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home2:48
D4I’ve Always Wanted to Sing in Renfro Valley3:17
D5Little White Church2:45
Golden Classics
1979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 29:57
A1Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy2:04
A2Goin' Like Wildfire2:44
A3I Saw You're Face in the Moon2:43
A4I Still Write Your Name in the Sand2:38
A5Barbara Allen4:56
B1The Prisoners Song2:55
B2Johnny's Cash and Charlie's Pride1:52
B3Sweeter Than the Flowers2:40
B418 Wheels a Humming3:35
B5Don't Make Me Go to Bed3:50
Songs That Made the Juke Box Play
1980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:05:27
Disc 111 tracks · 32:51
A1Bubbles in My Beer2:32
A2Slipping Around3:22
A3I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine2:53
A4Home in San Antone2:02
A5My Mary3:07
A6No Letter Today2:58
B1Yesterday’s Girl3:20
B2Love Letters in the Sand2:52
B3I Love You Because3:44
B4Time Changes Everything2:51
B5Worried Mind3:10
Disc 211 tracks · 32:36
C1Drivin’ Nails in My Coffin2:31
C2Waltz Across Texas2:26
C3It Makes No Difference Now2:45
C4Divorce Me C.O.D.2:25
C5Born to Lose3:27
C6I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home2:25
D1The Wild Side of Life3:05
D2Oklahoma Hills3:10
D3(Remember Me) I’m the One Who Loves You3:10
D4Live and Let Live3:22
D5One Has My Name, the Other Has My Heart3:50
If Teardrops Were Pennies
1982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
A1If Teardrops Were Pennies
A2Don't Make Me Go to Bed
A3You Are My Sunshine
A4Mansion on the Hill
A5Let's Say Goodbye
B1Maple on the Hill
B2Picture From Life's Other Side
B3Blues in My Mind
B4Tramp on the Street
B5Remembering
Mac Wiseman
1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 31:07
A1Once More With Feeling2:52
A2Old Country Songs2:40
A3Lean on Me3:47
A4How Lonely Can You Get3:04
A5Countin' Pennies3:17
B1You're the Best of All Leading Brands2:37
B2Ramblin' Round4:32
B3Rose With No Thorns2:43
B4Now That You Have Me You Don't Want Me2:43
B5I'd Do It All Again2:52
Grassroots to Bluegrass
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:02:58
1Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down2:57
2Train 452:21
3Little Rosewood Casket4:20
4Poor Ellen Smith2:53
5Kentucky3:33
6Salty Dog Blues2:22
7Dust on the Bible2:46
8It’s Mighty Dark to Travel2:45
9Old Camp Meeting Time2:37
10Streamlined Cannonball3:11
11Red Rocking Chair2:54
12Doin’ My Time2:50
13I’m Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail2:58
14Wait for the Light to Shine3:05
15(Beneath That) Lonely Mound of Clay2:36
16Short Life of Trouble3:26
17Crying Heart Blues2:30
18Don’t Give Your Heart to a Rambler2:55
19I’m Using My Bible for a Road Map2:32
20How Mountain Girls Can Love2:22
21Sailor on the Deep Blue Sea2:39
22Light at the River2:26
Mac Wiseman shares "Precious Memories" with Brother Oswald
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 36:05
1Mother's Mansion Is Higher Than Mine2:16
2Precious Memories4:04
3Remember Me3:40
4Things That Might Have Been2:16
5Precious Jewel3:32
6When You and I Were Young, Maggie2:31
7Little Pal2:40
8Great Judgement Morning3:34
9Sweet Bunch of Daisies3:07
10My Darling Nellie Gray3:11
11Carry Me Back to the Mountains5:14
Most Requested
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:04:02
1Did She Mention My Name2:38
2The Wild Side of Life3:05
3Take Me Back to Renfro Valley4:27
4In the Pines4:32
5The Bluebirds Are Singing for Me2:45
6I’m Using My Bible for a Roadmap2:26
7I’ll Sail My Ship Alone2:50
8Dreaming of a Little Cabin2:49
9May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister3:06
10Born to Lose3:27
11I’ll Be All Smiles Tonight3:20
12Don’t Be Angry3:02
13Little Rosewood Casket4:14
14These Hands2:42
15Oklahoma Hills3:10
16Shackles & Chains2:49
17House of the Rising Sun3:38
18I’m Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail2:53
19The Baggage Coach Ahead2:41
20Kentucky3:28
Letter Edged in Black
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 34:56
1Great Speckled Bird3:47
2Mom & Dad’s Waltz3:14
3Travelin’ Blues3:17
4Have I Told You Lately That I Love You3:44
5Wedding Bells3:36
6When God Dips His Love in My Heart2:17
7Letter Edged in Black4:07
8Silver Haired Daddy of Mine4:11
9Old Spinning Wheel2:51
10The Last Letter3:52
Precious Memories
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 35:15
1Catfish John2:50
2Brother Joe3:11
3Four Walls Around Me2:34
4How Great Thou Art2:58
5Hold Fast to the Right2:50
6I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home2:52
7By the Side of the Road3:06
8I'll Be All Smiles Tonight3:25
9Precious Memories4:01
10Shackles and Chains2:53
11Wabash Cannonball2:02
12Just a Closer Walk with Thee2:33
Bluegrass Hits and Heartsongs
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 38:10
1My Little Home in Tennessee2:20
2When the Roses Bloom Again2:18
3Fire in My Heart3:18
4Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die1:55
5Mary of the Wild Moor3:25
6I Haven't Got the Right to Love You2:15
7The Letter Edged in Black2:34
8Knoxville Girl3:32
9Four Walls Around Me1:51
10Georgia Waltz3:02
11You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover2:42
12The Black Sheep3:54
13Reveille Time in Heaven2:46
14Let Me Borrow Your Heart2:18
Songs From My Mother’s Hand
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 36:12
1Blue Ridge Mountain Blues2:28
2The Wreck of the Number Nine3:15
3You’re a Flower Blooming in the Wildwood3:29
4Old Rattler2:15
5When It’s Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley2:30
6Answer to Weeping Willow2:49
7The Eastbound Train3:05
8Put My Little Shoes Away3:33
9Answer to Great Speckled Bird3:05
10Little Rosewood Casket3:41
11I Heard My Mother Call My Name in Prayer3:00
12Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown3:02

Single · 1

Single release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	1959	Jimmy Brown The Newsboy / I've Got No Use For The WomenSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 4:50 AJimmy Brown The Newsboy2:05 BI've Got No Use For The Women2:45		1959

Album · 14

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1967	Mac Wiseman Sings Old Time Country FavoritesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks · 40:15 A1Wreck of the Old 971:52 A2Big Midnight Special1:50 A3Mary of the Wild Moor2:28 A4The Black Sheep2:55 A5Little Mohee2:50 A6Bringing in the Georgia Mail1:50 A7Grandfather's Clock2:02 A8When They Ring Those Golden Bells1:33 A9I Saw Your Face in the Moon1:40 A10Turkey in the Straw1:00 B1Little Blossom2:48 B2Corina Corina1:30 B3There's More Pretty Girls Than One2:17 B4Rovin' Gambler1:46 B5I'll Be All Smiles Tonight2:40 B6The Waltz You Saved for Me2:17 B7Sourwood Mountain1:10 B8Sittin' on Top of the World2:24 B9How Many Biscuits Can You Eat1:33 B10Just Over in the Glory Land1:50	Compilation	1967
1976	The Mac Wiseman StorySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks · 54:36 Disc 110 tracks · 28:31 A1Love Letters in the Sand2:15 A2Little Blossom3:08 A3I’ve Got No Use for the Women3:25 A4Dark Hollow2:28 A5The Wreck of the Old 972:10 B1The Ballad of the Lawson Family2:30 B2May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister3:06 B3Bringing Mary Home3:33 B4The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band2:36 B5I’ll Be All Smiles Tonight3:20 Disc 210 tracks · 26:05 C1I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home3:00 C2Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy2:00 C3Little Box of Pine3:20 C4Remembering1:50 C5These Hands2:42 D1The Baggage Coach Ahead2:41 D2I Still Write Your Name in the Sand2:55 D3Six More Miles2:11 D4’Tis Sweet to Be Remembered2:37 D5Dreaming of a Little Cabin2:49	Compilation	1976
1982	Give Me the Smokies and the Tennessee WaltzSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:02:45 Disc 112 tracks · 34:12 A1Give Me My Smokies and the Tennessee Waltz2:34 A2Maiden's Prayer3:24 A3The Waltz You Saved for Me2:31 A4The Wreck of the Old ’972:01 A5The Prisoner’s Song4:08 A6Carroll County Blues3:40 B1Mama, Put My Little Shoes Away3:12 B2Footprints in the Snow2:47 B3Shackles and Chains2:27 B4I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home2:40 B5Wabash Cannonball1:51 B6Driftwood on the River2:57 Disc 211 tracks · 28:33 C1Catfish John2:30 C2Lee Highway1:36 C3Westphalia Waltz3:24 C4Faded Love2:33 C5It Rains Just the Same in Missouri3:20 D1Pretty Little Widder1:34 D2The Kind of Love3:34 D3Mary Linda2:59 D4Liberty2:41 D5How Great Thou Art2:44 D6Cacklin’ Hen1:38	Live	1982
1985	Early Dot Recordings Vol. 1Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 29:12 A1Love Letters in the Sand2:44 A2I'm a Stranger2:36 A3Dreams of Mother and Home2:18 A4Going to See My Baby2:21 A5When the Roses Bloom Again2:21 A6Little White Church2:36 B1I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home2:47 B2Little Home in Tennessee2:13 B3Dreaming of a Little Cabin1:49 B4Let Me Borrow Your Heart2:25 B5Rainbow in the Valley2:17 B6(I'd Rather live) By the Side of the Road2:45	Compilation	1985
1988	Early Dot Recordings Vol. 2Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 29:58 A1'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered2:56 A2Are You Coming Back to Me2:30 A3Shackles and Chains2:22 A4Remembering2:25 A5Paradise Valley2:12 A6You're the Girl of My Dream2:36 B1Wabash Cannonball2:23 B2I Haven't Got the Right to Love You2:26 B3Georgia Waltz2:38 B4How Can You Forget So Soon2:50 B5Little Old Church in the Valley2:31 B6Keep on the Sunny Side2:09	Compilation	1988
1989	Classic BluegrassSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 22 tracks · 58:57 1Little Home in Tennessee2:24 2Letter Edged in Black2:38 3Girl of My Dreams2:19 4Fire in My Heart3:20 5Shackles and Chains2:34 6Hills of Roane County3:35 7You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover2:42 8Mary of the Wild Moor3:25 9Four Walls Around Me1:52 10Reveille Time in Heaven2:48 11Fireball Mall2:40 12Crazy Blues2:29 13Knoxville Girl3:33 14I Haven't Got the Right to Love You2:15 15Going to See My Baby2:10 16Little White Church2:16 17Footprints in the Snow2:29 18Georgia Waltz3:01 19Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die1:56 20When the Roses Bloom Again2:19 21Black Sheep3:54 22Let Me Borrow Your Heart2:18	Compilation	1989
1992	Early Dot Recordings Vol. 3Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 41:48 1Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die2:20 2Don't Blame It All on Me2:33 3I Saw Your Face in the Moon2:19 4I'll Still Write Your Name in the Sand2:42 5Four Walls Around Me2:37 6It's Goodbye and So Long to You2:21 7Six More Miles2:39 8Waiting for the Boys2:52 9When I Get the Money Made2:36 10You'd Better Wake Up2:32 11The Waltz You Saved for Me2:36 12Reveille in Heaven2:44 13You're Sweeter Than Honey2:43 14I'd Rather Die Young (Than Grow Old without You)2:26 15The Fire in My Heart3:17 16Goin' Like Wildfire2:31	Compilation	1992
2001	1st Recorded Live ConcertSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 19 tracks · 41:05 1Introduction0:22 2'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered1:30 3Jimmy Brown the Newsboy2:12 4Prisoner's Song2:46 5Wreck of Old '971:50 6I'll Be All Smiles Tonight2:48 7Letter Edged in Black2:22 8Silver Haired Daddy1:33 9Old Shep3:02 10'Beagle Hound' Story0:54 11Footprints in the Snow2:05 12Little White Church2:26 13I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home2:38 14Catfish John2:33 15Love Letters in the Sand1:45 16'Carnegie Hall' Story2:02 17I'd Rather Live by the Side of the Road3:02 18Keep on the Sunny Side1:46 19Will the Circle Be Unbroken3:29	Live	4 December 2001
2003	The SinglesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 27:36 1Footprints in the Snow2:31 2Just Outside2:23 3What's Gonna Happen to Me2:41 4Pistol Packin' Preacher2:34 5Wildfire2:13 6I Like Good Bluegrass Music2:14 7Your Best Friend and Me2:53 8When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain2:29 9'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered (feat. Maybelle Carter & Gordon Stoker)2:19 10The Scene of the Crime2:44 11What a Waste (of Good Corn Likker)2:35	Compilation	2003
2005	24 Greatest HitsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:10:12 1Jimmy Brown The Newsboy2:03 2The Prisoner's Song2:55 3Barbara Allen5:05 4Bringing Mary Home3:22 5Poison Love2:01 6Going Like Wildfire2:42 7Don't Make Me Go To Bed And I'll Be Good3:46 8'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered2:55 9I Still Write Your Name In The Sand2:36 10Wabash Cannonball2:45 11I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home2:52 12Love Letters In The Sand2:30 13I Saw Your Face In The Moon2:42 14The Waltz You Saved For Me2:41 15She's Got Leaving On Her Mind2:13 16Rocky Top3:02 17My Baby's Gone2:30 18I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer2:42 19Where Is My Boy Tonight3:32 20Mama Put My Little Shoes Away3:08 21Your Best Friend And Me2:49 22Sweeter Than The Flowers2:41 2318 Wheels A Humming Home Sweet Home3:34 24I Haven't Seen Mama In Years3:06	Compilation	2005
2007	On Susan's FloorSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music	Compilation	2007
2008	Mac Wiseman: Studio 102 EssentialsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 30 tracks · 1:37:50 1Blues in My Mind2:27 2Don't Make Me Go to Bed3:57 3Filipino Baby3:10 4Have I Told You Lately (That I Love You)3:46 5I'd Trade All My Tomorrows2:34 6If Teardrops Were Pennies2:27 7Just Because2:54 8Let's Live a Little Bit Before We Say Goodbye2:30 9Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello2:58 10Letter Edged in Black4:07 11Little Pine Log Cabin3:13 12Mansion on a Hill3:09 13Maple on the Hill2:50 14Mommy and Daddy's Waltz3:14 15No One Will Ever Know3:03 16Picture From Life's Other Side5:28 17Remembering2:22 18Silver Thread Among the Gold3:22 19That Old Rocking Chair3:36 20That Silver Haired Daddy4:11 21The Great Speckled Bird3:47 22The Last Letter3:53 23The Old Spinning Wheel2:50 24The Prisoner's Song3:04 25The Wreck of Gold No. Nine2:50 26Tramp on the Street4:18 27Traveling Blues3:16 28Wedding Bells3:35 29When God Dips His Love in My Heart2:18 30You Are My Sunshine2:41	Compilation	27 May 2008
2010	Bluegrass 1971Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks · 37:46 1Wabash Cannonball1:54 2I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home2:43 3Me and Bobby McGee3:16 4Liberty1:14 5Four Walls Around Me2:17 6I'll Still Write Your Name in the Sand2:13 7Blue Birds Are Singing for Me2:31 8Sweet Heart You Done Me Wrong3:33 9Will You Be Loving Another Man2:18 10I'll Be All Smiles Tonight3:22 11All I Have to Offer You Is Me2:47 12Are You Washed in the Blood2:06 13Jimmy Brown the News Boy2:10 14Mac Wiseman on the History of Bluegrass4:10 15Prisoner's Song1:12	Live	2010
2012	The Mac Wiseman StorySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music	Compilation	2012

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Mac Wiseman metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	10	58.3th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	43	93.3th
Studio albums	28	98th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	31	96.9th
Recording span (years)	57	96.1th
Genres	4	84.7th

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Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys(band)	—	present
Flatt and Scruggs(band)	—	present	guitar
Mac Wiseman and the Country Boys(band)	—	present	eponymous
The Cumberland Mountain Folks(band)	—	present
The GrooveGrass Boyz(band)	—	present

Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mac_Wiseman_2008.jpg
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f6cde1f4-220a-48cb-a398-30be58c69456
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f6cde1f4-220a-48cb-a398-30be58c69456
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1882498
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1882498
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Wiseman
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Wiseman

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Image: Tom Pich · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1882498 · MusicBrainz: f6cde1f4-220a-48cb-a398-30be58c69456

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