Mac Wiseman
Malcolm B. Wiseman (* May 23, 1925 near Waynesboro, Virginia ) is an American country and bluegrass singer and guitarist.
Life
In Shenendoah Valley, where he grew up, he learned the traditional music. In 1944 he was the winner of a junior competition, radio presenter at WSVA in Harrisburg, Virginia. Besides, he joined along with others, Molly O'Day and various local country bands. Later he had his own band. In 1948 he became a founding member of the Foggy Mountain Boys. In 1949, he recorded the single Travelin ' Down This Lonesome Road with Bill Monroe. In the 1950s, Wiseman had his own band again.
In 1951 he was discovered at the Louisiana Hayride by Dot Records and got his first record deal. One of his major achievements there was Jimmy Brown the Newsboy, the number five on the Hot Country Songs achieved. During the 1950s he was a regular guest on Red Foley's Ozark Jubilee and received by other appearances in shows such as the WSB Barn Dance, the Old Dominion Barn Dance, the Tennessee Barn Dance and the Grand Ole Opry far-reaching awareness. Wiseman conducted a few years, the country music department at Dot until he moved to Capitol Records in 1962. There he took on Bluegrass Country and other pieces. He played on bluegrass festivals and appeared in 1965 in the WWVA Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia, on.
In 1969, Wiseman moved to Nashville and got a deal with RCA Victor. There he took on three albums with Lester Flatt. His only hit in that period, If I Had Johnny's Cash and Charley 's Pride. From the mid- 1970s, Wiseman played amplified bluegrass. In 1992, he brought a documentation of the Bluegrass out with the title High Lonesome. He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1993.