Mac Wiseman spoke with a roots music magazine in 2006, reflecting on his career in music. “Not to sound too critical, but the ‘bluegrass’ classification was the worst damned thing ever happened to me,” he observed. “Up until then I was getting as much airplay as Marty Robbins or Ray Price.” But it was his voice, those golden pipes, that will be remembered sweetly. In 1946 he moved to Knoxville and found a gig playing with country singer Molly O’Day on radio and in the studio recording that would catapult him into a career in bluegrass; first with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and then, Bill Monroe. We take some time to look at all sides of Mac’s music, from bluegrass to country and rock to pop. A truly American treasure.
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| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Flatt & Scruggs | 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered [Album Version] | 16 Biggest Hits |  |
| 3 | Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks | The Tramp On The Street | Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age | |
| 4 | Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks | Poor Ellen Smith | Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age | |
| 5 | Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys | Travelin' This Lonesome Road | All The Classic Releases 1937-1949 [Disc 4] | |
| 6 | Mac Wiseman & The Country Boys | Crazy Blues | Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3] | |
| 7 | Mac Wiseman | 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered | 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered | |
| 8 | Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs | Jimmy Brown the Newsboy | 1953-X6-XX Grand Old Opry | |
| 9 | Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs | I'm Going to Make Heaven My Home | 1948-1950 (Warped 4890) | |
| 10 | Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs | Baby Blue Eyes | 1948-1950 (Warped 4890) | |
| 11 | Flatt & Scruggs | My Cabin In Caroline | Flatt & Scruggs 1948-1952 [Bear Fam. [Disc 1]] | |
| 12 | Mac Wiseman | Jimmy Brown The Newsboy | Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1] | |
| 13 | Mac Wiseman | Fireball Mail | London American Label Year By Year 1956 | |
| 14 | Mac Wiseman | I Like This Kind Of Music | Teenage Hangout | |
| 15 | Mac Wiseman | Teenage Hangout | Teenage Hangout | |
| 16 | Mac Wiseman | One Mint Julep | Teenage Hangout | |
| 17 | Shawn Camp | Going Back To Bristol | Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song | |
| 18 | Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman | New Moon Over My Shoulder | Mac Doc Del | |
| 19 | Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman | I'll Sail My Ship Alone | Mac Doc Del | |
| 20 | David Grisman w/Mac Wiseman | You're The Girl Of My Dreams | Life Of Sorrow | |
| 21 | Mac Wiseman | I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes | Old Likker In A New Jug | |
| 22 | John Prine with Peter Cooper | I Sang The Song | Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song | |
| 23 | John Prine & Mac Wiseman | Blue Eyed Elaine | Standard Songs for Average People | |
| 24 | John Prine & Mac Wiseman | Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age | Standard Songs for Average People | |
| 25 | The Osborne Brothers with Mac Wiseman | I've Always Wanted To Sing In Renfro Valley | The Essential Osborne Brothers Collection | |
| 26 | Mac Wiseman | The Wreck of the Number Nine | Songs From My Mother's Hand | |
| 27 | Mac Wiseman And The Osborne Brothers | I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home | Mountain Music Collection, Vol. 4: "Farm & Home Hour " | |
| 28 | Mac Wiseman | I'm Using My Bible For A Road Map | Grassroots To Bluegrass | |
| 29 | Sierra Hull with Justin Moses | The Guitar | Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song | |
| 30 | Mac Wiseman with Alison Krauss | Tis Sweet To Be Remembered | Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song | |
| 31 | Bill Monroe | Can't You Hear Me Callin'? | 1947-1949 (Warped 4988) | |
| 32 | Mac Wiseman | I'm Moving On | Teenage Hangout | |