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When Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs left Bill Monroe's band, Wiseman became the guitarist for their new band, the Foggy Mountain Boys. Later he played with Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys. After a performance at the Louisiana Hayride he became popular as solo artist.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the folk revival in the 1960s, Wiseman had successful concerts at the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe joined producers Randall Franks and Alan Autry for the In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) cast CD “Christmas Time’s A Comin’” performing \"Christmas Time's A Comin'\" with the cast on the CD released on Sonlite and MGM/UA for one of the most popular Christmas releases of 1991 and 1992 with Southern retailers.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1993 he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor. His substantial girth and light tenor voice gave rise to the quip that \"Mac Wiseman sings like Gene Vincent looks, and looks like Ernest Tubb sings.\"\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Mac+Wiseman","playStationPath":"/stations/113622110/play","stationId":113622110,"bioPath":"/music/Mac+Wiseman/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/New+Grass+Revival","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/eaa/eaa0463390098df7c341225091b45327_md.jpg","artistName":"New Grass Revival","artistId":114716,"station_id":282865263},{"musicPath":"/music/David+Grier","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9c7/9c797d8318736bdae3dd2b09faf3678b_md.jpg","artistName":"David Grier","artistId":98704,"station_id":277091639},{"musicPath":"/music/Kickin+Grass","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/394/3947a34fb851b553799c58f57314e9f5_md.jpg","artistName":"Kickin Grass","artistId":112917,"station_id":282285002},{"musicPath":"/music/Don+Reno+Bill+Harrell","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6ff/6ff6bf7e573f681a3a9faf1b6f754198_md.jpg","artistName":"Don Reno \u0026 Bill Harrell","artistId":98707,"station_id":277091643},{"musicPath":"/music/Sonny+Osborne","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/04c/04c16d21d057408d0f629e08585f7a2f_md.jpg","artistName":"Sonny Osborne","artistId":126182,"station_id":284347998},{"musicPath":"/music/King+Wilkie","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/068/068abf4ccb37f12f44537aa2cec3b197_md.jpg","artistName":"King Wilkie","artistId":98752,"station_id":277151058},{"musicPath":"/music/Blue+Sky+Boys","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/851/851ecd3fd9b2d1b108112a13535a984c_md.jpg","artistName":"Blue Sky Boys","artistId":132812,"station_id":285650778},{"musicPath":"/music/Psychograss","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/355/355aef02e1668b3ad80a774ae8186169_md.jpg","artistName":"Psychograss","artistId":111101,"station_id":282359811},{"musicPath":"/music/Rob+Ickes","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/590/590bf313340d7c25aa4fe31d98a2a285_md.jpg","artistName":"Rob Ickes","artistId":104819,"station_id":281290022},{"musicPath":"/music/Jimmy+Martin+The+Sunny+Mountain+Boys","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b21/b210df5ed712f831a4675c8fa6567c3b_md.jpg","artistName":"Jimmy Martin \u0026 The Sunny Mountain Boys","artistId":133416,"station_id":285651533},{"musicPath":"/music/Bobby+Osborne","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/55a/55aa93bae41f5334e54e2236b4cace69_md.jpg","artistName":"Bobby Osborne","artistId":98583,"station_id":277150577},{"musicPath":"/music/Hazel+Dickens+Alice+Gerrard","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/127/127670206a3bfa961dad2973fe9d8273_md.jpg","artistName":"Hazel Dickens \u0026 Alice Gerrard","artistId":107305,"station_id":281656624},{"musicPath":"/music/Ron+Block","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d78/d784beb51b1abd9502ba573fdaa04172_md.jpg","artistName":"Ron Block","artistId":115564,"station_id":282865599},{"musicPath":"/music/Doyle+Lawson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e4d/e4ddeb517f7e6871264d602f41835c03_md.jpg","artistName":"Doyle Lawson","artistId":110583,"station_id":282142106},{"musicPath":"/music/Alison+Brown","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9a7/9a79486fc789ee45df3b60f9f6de0591_md.jpg","artistName":"Alison Brown","artistId":13245,"station_id":113897062},{"musicPath":"/music/Strength+in+Numbers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/70c/70cb8ef6ce96ec78ff32397f999250ea_md.jpg","artistName":"Strength in Numbers","artistId":109629,"station_id":282140707},{"musicPath":"/music/Open+Road","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fb8/fb82d580a1f2055795f596ec15b8d811_md.jpg","artistName":"Open Road","artistId":98777,"station_id":277091748},{"musicPath":"/music/Uncle+Earl","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/dab/dab40a3f21bc41c8128aeb8b27fef893_md.jpg","artistName":"Uncle Earl","artistId":107210,"station_id":282139947}]}