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MAC WISEMAN - BLUEGRASS HITS AND HEARTSONGS (REB-7523), 2009

Musicians
Mac Wiseman: Guitar, Vocals
Billy Edwards: Banjo
Buddy Griffin: Fiddle, Autoharp on tracks 5, 8 & 12
John Palmer: Bass
Clarence "Tater" Tate: Fiddle
Jeff Terflinger: Mandolin
Tommy Boyd: Dobro on tracks 3, 8, 10, 12, 13 & 14

Production Credits
Produced by Lou Ukelson and Fred Bartenstein
Recorded at Jewel Recording Studios, Cincinnati, OH, ca. 1976
Engineered by Rusty York
Remastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO

Mac Wiseman was a real bluegrass pioneer, one of the ones who were already pros by the time Earl Scruggs joined Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys at the very end of 1945. This CD captures Mac at the peak of his vocal powers and he is backed by an augmented version of the Shenandoah Cut-Ups-Billy Edwards on banjo, John Palmer on bass and Tater Tate on fiddle. The bulk of the material comes from a remarkably fertile period between 1952 and late 1954 when Mac recorded scores of sides for Dot. Listen to songs like "Four Walls Around Me", "Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die and "You Can't Judge a Book By It's Cover." For old fans and new this is a fine and in every key respect an essential collection.