WISEMAN, MAC
(*1925)
WISEMAN, MAC (b. Malcolm B. W., Cremora, Va., May 23, 1925) Unique among country artists, Wiseman has managed to straddle the division between BLUEGRASS and commercial country throughout his career, maintaining a traditional sound in his arrangements and choice of material. His fuzzy-voiced tenor is immediately recognizable in whatever genre of music he records. Wiseman was born in rural Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley, where he was surrounded by old-time country music. He studied classical…