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.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Flatt & Scruggs	'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered [Album Version]	16 Biggest Hits
2	Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks	The Tramp On The Street	Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
3	Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks	Poor Ellen Smith	Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
4	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Travelin' This Lonesome Road	All The Classic Releases 1937-1949 [Disc 4]
5	Mac Wiseman & The Country Boys	Crazy Blues	Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3]
6	Mac Wiseman	'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered	'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered
7	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	1953-X6-XX Grand Old Opry
8	Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs	I'm Going to Make Heaven My Home	1948-1950 (Warped 4890)
9	Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs	Baby Blue Eyes	1948-1950 (Warped 4890)
10	Flatt & Scruggs	My Cabin In Caroline	Flatt & Scruggs 1948-1952 [Bear Fam. [Disc 1]]
11	Mac Wiseman	Jimmy Brown The Newsboy	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
12	Mac Wiseman	Fireball Mail	London American Label Year By Year 1956
13	Mac Wiseman	I Like This Kind Of Music	Teenage Hangout
14	Mac Wiseman	Teenage Hangout	Teenage Hangout
15	Mac Wiseman	One Mint Julep	Teenage Hangout
16	Shawn Camp	Going Back To Bristol	Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
17	Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman	New Moon Over My Shoulder	Mac Doc Del
18	Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman	I'll Sail My Ship Alone	Mac Doc Del
19	David Grisman w/Mac Wiseman	You're The Girl Of My Dreams	Life Of Sorrow
20	Mac Wiseman	I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes	Old Likker In A New Jug
21	John Prine with Peter Cooper	I Sang The Song	Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
22	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Blue Eyed Elaine	Standard Songs for Average People
23	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age	Standard Songs for Average People
24	The Osborne Brothers with Mac Wiseman	I've Always Wanted To Sing In Renfro Valley	The Essential Osborne Brothers Collection
25	Mac Wiseman	The Wreck of the Number Nine	Songs From My Mother's Hand
26	Mac Wiseman And The Osborne Brothers	I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home	Mountain Music Collection, Vol. 4: "Farm & Home Hour "
27	Mac Wiseman	I'm Using My Bible For A Road Map	Grassroots To Bluegrass
28	Sierra Hull with Justin Moses	The Guitar	Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
29	Mac Wiseman with Alison Krauss	Tis Sweet To Be Remembered	Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
30	Bill Monroe	Can't You Hear Me Callin'?	1947-1949 (Warped 4988)
31	Mac Wiseman	I'm Moving On	Teenage Hangout