Interview with Mac Wiseman, July 13, 2006

Partial Transcript: Mac, we were talking about the days in Richmond, Virginia.

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about coming to work on the Old Dominion Barn Dance. He talks about the coverage of the station, WRVA, and what it was like to work with or for "Sunshine Sue" Workman.

Keywords: 1953; Acts; Artists; Audiences; Birthdays; Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); Cooper, Dale T. "Stoney" (Artist); Cooper, Stoney (Artist); Coverage; Dale T. "Stoney" Cooper (Artist); Flatt and Scruggs (Artist); Lee, Wilma (Artist); Mary Higdon "Sunshine Sue" Workman (Artist); Morning shows; Old Dominion Barn Dance (Radio program); Parallels; Power; Radio shows; Radio signals; Radio studios; Recording; Stoney Cooper (Artist); Success; Sunshine Sue; Taping; WWVA (Radio station); Wilma Lee (Artist); Workman, Mary Higdon "Sunshine Sue" (Artist)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music--Performance.; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Radio programs.; Radio stations.; Richmond (Va.)

Partial Transcript: But god we played a lot of dates.

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about the types of shows and venues he played during the 1950s. He talks about his popularity in New England, Canada, and the Maritimes, and the differences between fans in various locations.

Keywords: Bass; Booking; Canada; Carnivals; Cars; Clubs; Concerts; Crowds; Distance; Drive-in theaters; Fiddle players; Fiddlers; Gigs; Maritimes; New England; Old Dominion Barn Dance (Radio program); Package shows; Percentage dates; Shows; Songbooks; Touring; Traditional music; Venues

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music audiences; Music fans.; Music--Performance.; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Travel.

Partial Transcript: I want you to tell the story about going to visit--

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman tells a story about how he convinced the owner of Watermelon Park, John Miller, to let him play shows there. He talks about some of the other parks he played and describes the atmosphere of those shows.

Keywords: Appreciation; Atmosphere; Concerts; Concessions; Crowds; Gigs; Great Depression; John Miller; Migration; Miller, John; Parks; Reluctant; Shows; Sunset Park; Traditional music; Venues; Watermelon Park (Berryville, Va.); World War II

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass festivals; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music audiences; Music fans.; Music festivals.; Music--Performance.; Musical groups.; Musical performance

Partial Transcript: In these days and times Dot is still releasing a new single on you every six weeks regardless of how the last one's doing.

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about some of his records that were number one hits. He discusses the trends in the music industry at the time that led to his decision not to have a full band and to perform as a solo artist.

Keywords: 5-string banjos; Albums; Band members; Carl Smith (Artist); Charts; Country music; Decisions; Distribution; Dot Records; Duets; Five-string banjos; Harmony; Hit records; Influences; Joe Medford (Artist); Medford, Joe (Artist); Music business; Number one hits; Recording; Rhythm; Sales; Smith, Carl (Artist); Solo artists; Solo performances; Soloists; Television; Trends; Twin fiddles

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music--Performance.; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Records.; Sound recordings.; Sound--Recording and reproducing

Partial Transcript: And I, I got the country airplay as much as Carl Smith and Snow and those guys.

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman briefly mentions the attitude disc jockeys and other radio personnel had regarding Bluegrass music at the time. He talks about his philosophy of 'taking care of the little guy' in regard to disc jockeys, where he would send records to small radio stations and individual disc jockeys in order to get more airplay, and how this often paid off when the disc jockeys were later promoted.

Keywords: Awareness; DJs; Deejays; Disc jockeys; Discrimination; Family; Hard work; Mindsets; Phone calls; Radio business; Richmond (Va.); Sleep; Taxing; Tiring

Subjects: Bluegrass music.; Music audiences; Music business; Music fans.; Radio stations.; Records.; Sound recordings.

Partial Transcript: And I want to talk about that, if I may.

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about the changes occurring in the music industry during the 1950s due to the popularity of rock 'n' roll and other factors. He talks about Dot Records' release schedule for his records, and talks about why he believes the popularity of artists like Elvis Presley also helped his record sales.

Keywords: Age; Audiences; Bing Crosby (Artist); Cash, Johnny (Artist); Changes; Country music; Crosby, Bing (Artist); Dot Records; Downsizing; Effects; Elvis Presley (Artist); Evolution; Hank Snow (Artist); Hit records; Hit standards; Impact; Johnny Cash (Artist); Lean times; Markets; Material; Musical styles; Philosophy; Pop records; Popularity; Presley, Elvis (Artist); Randy Wood; Record stores; Release schedules; Releases; Richmond (Va.); Rock 'n' roll; Snow, Hank (Artist); Solo acts; Solo artists; Soloists; Songs; Success; Traditional music; Walk-in business; Wood, Randy

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music business; Music--Economic aspects.; Musical groups.

Partial Transcript: In fact, uh, I disbanded I guess in late '56 there in Richmond because of the pressure...

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about being made the head of the country and western department of Dot Records in 1957. He was moved to California to learn the business. He talks about his experiences producing and signing artists and tells a story specifically about Buck Owens.

Keywords: 1957; A&R (artist and repertoire); Airplay; Artists; Buck Owens (Artist); Burned out; California; Capitol Records; Concerts; Country and Western Department; Country music; DJs; Deejays; Disbanded; Disc jockeys; Distribution; Dot Records; Exposure; Future; Gigs; Grand Ole Opry; King Records; Markets; Meeting people; Nashville (Tenn.); Owens, Buck (Artist); Plans; Producing; Randy Wood; Record deals; Recording; Reno & Smiley (Artist); Reno and Smiley (Artist); Rivalry; Sales; Shows; Signing; Success; Touring; WKDA (Radio station); West Coast; Wood, Randy

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music--Performance.; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Radio programs.; Radio stations.; Records.; Sound recordings.; Sound--Recording and reproducing; Travel.

Partial Transcript: So you stay out in California for a year.

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about moving back to Gallatin, Tennessee near Nashville to open a branch office of Dot Records. He talks more about the philosophy of 'taking care of the little guy' in regard to disc jockeys, where he would send records to small radio stations and individual disc jockeys in order to get more airplay, and how this often paid off when the disc jockeys were later promoted.

Keywords: 1958; ABC Paramount; Airplay; Albums; Audio recording; Branch offices; Credit; DJs; Deejays; Disc jockeys; Dot Records; Foresight; Free promotional copies; Gallatin (Tenn.); Independent labels; Locations; Music recording; Nashville (Tenn.); Offices; Personnel; Publishers; Randy Wood; Record business; Record labels; Record shops; Record stores; Releases; Selling; Small labels; Wood, Randy

Subjects: Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music business; Radio stations.; Records.; Sound recordings.; Sound--Recording and reproducing

Partial Transcript: That period of time also, uh, is when the Country Music Association is formed.

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about his involvement in the beginning of the Country Music Association. He talks about how his experience in the business side of the music industry led to him having a position on the board for many years. He talks about the parallels between the beginning of the CMA and IBMA. He talks about their efforts to promote country music.

Keywords: Advertising agencies; Artists; Boards; Business people; Businessmen; Country Music Association (CMA); Country radio stations; DJs; Deejays; Disc jockeys; Doubts; Hesitant; Interest; International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA); Management; Markets; Meetings; Members; Mindsets; Organizations; Parallels; Recognition; Ritter, Tex (Artist); Secretary; Tex Ritter (Artist); Treasurer

Subjects: Country music.; Music business; Radio stations.

Partial Transcript: You've moved back to Nashville and one of the things that we see in the late 1950s...

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about how the increase in popularity of folk music affected him, including leading to his playing at more colleges and folk festivals. He talks about college radio stations and more about his philosophy of sending free records to small stations.

Keywords: Airplay; Albums; College radio stations; College students; Exposure; Folk boom; Folk festivals; Free promotional copies; Generations; Great Folk Ballads (Album); Hootenanny phase; Nashville (Tenn.); Popularity; Repertoire; Small operations; Success

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Folk music.; Folk songs.; Music business; Musical groups.; Radio stations.; Records.; Sound recordings.

Partial Transcript: Any memories at all of what became known as--or what has been documented as the first all-day Bluegrass event that your friend Don Owens...

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman says he does not remember the first all-day Bluegrass festival. He talks about the conversations he had with Carlton Haney when Haney was first starting to form the idea for multi-day Bluegrass festivals.

Keywords: All-day Bluegrass events; Attitudes; Bill Monroe (Artist); Camperees; Carlton Haney; Country music; Crowds; Don Owens; Exposure; Haney, Carlton; Ideas; Monroe, Bill (Artist); Multi-day festivals; Owens, Don; Promoting; Sales; Success; Sundays; Watermelon Park (Berryville, Va.)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass festivals; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music business; Music festivals.; Music--Performance.; Musical groups.; Musical performance

Partial Transcript: Well as the early sixties are coming into being, uh, you're starting to wind down your career with Dot Records.

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about his decision to leave his job with Dot Records and discusses the changes that were occurring in the industry at the time. He talks about some of the records he made, first with Dot Records and then with Capitol Records. He talks a little about his activities in producing and distributor relations with Dot Records.

Keywords: 1960s; A&R (artist and repertoire); Artists; Capitol Records; Changes; Country music; Distribution; Distributors; Dot Records; Hits; Leaving; Leverage; Markets; Masters; Nashville sound; Producing; Randy Wood; Relationships; Sales; Signing; Status; Wood, Randy

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music business; Musical groups.; Records.; Sound recordings.; Sound--Recording and reproducing

Partial Transcript: You and Tommy Jackson were about the only people with significant albums there in the late fifties and early sixties.

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about the career and impact of Tommy Jackson, who played on many of Wiseman's records.

Keywords: Audio recording; Careers; Effects; Fiddle players; Fiddle records; Fiddle songs; Fiddle tunes; Fiddlers; Impact; Influence; Jackson, Tommy (Artist); Learning; Marketing; Music recording; Randy Wood; Square dancers; Tommy Jackson (Artist); Wood, Randy

Subjects: Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music--Instruction and study.; Records.; Sound recordings.; Sound--Recording and reproducing

Partial Transcript: So the times are changing and, and you get onto Capitol Records.

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about how he came to sign with Capitol Records. He talks about having to skip the press party due to having to be hospitalized for a staph infection and discusses how this affected his success with Capitol. He talks about Johnny Cash sending his agents to give Wiseman money for his hospital bills during his hospitalization.

Keywords: Atkins, Chet (Artist); Bills; Capitol Records; Cash, Johnny (Artist); Chet Atkins (Artist); Contagious; Deals; Holiff, Saul; Hospitals; Johnny Cash (Artist); Kingston Trio (Artist); Los Angeles (Calif.); Major labels; Money; Opening acts; Press parties; Quarantine; RCA Records; Randy Wood; Record labels; Saul Holiff; Shad Wooley; Signing; Sinus infections; Songs; Staph infections; Wood, Randy; Wooley, Shad

Subjects: Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Health.; Medical care; Music business; Music--Social aspects.; Well-being.

Partial Transcript: Now along in this period, uh, another, another wife enters into the picture.

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about how he was affected by Beatlemania as an artist on Capitol Records. He mentions creating his own record company, Wise Records. He talks about living through times when he was not making much money and how he was affected by being labeled a Bluegrass artist.

Keywords: 1960s; Artists; Backing bands; Backup bands; Beatlemania; Canada; Capitol Records; Carlton Haney; Changes; Children; Country music; EMI Records; Effects; Elvis Presley (Artist); Genres; Haney, Carlton; Identity; Impact; Lean times; Leaving; Music industry; Overseas; Package shows; Power; Presley, Elvis (Artist); Pressing plants; Promoters; Record sales; Surviving; The Beatles (Artist); Touring; Wife; Wise Records

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music business; Music festivals.; Music--Performance.; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Records.; Sound recordings.; Sound--Recording and reproducing

Partial Transcript: Backtracking--I'm sorry--

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about how he came to work for the Wheeling Jamboree as both a performer and on the business side as a marketer for the show. He talks about his idea of having an Artist of the Month, and also of selling greatest hits compilation records. He talks about leaving the Wheeling Jamboree and discusses his financial situation at that time.

Keywords: 1966; 24 hours; Acts; Albums; Alison, Joe; Anderson, Bill (Artist); Artist of the Month; Artists; Bill Anderson (Artist); Budgets; Bus tours; Compilation albums; Country Gentlemen, the (Artist); Country radio stations; DJs; Deals; Deejays; Disc jockeys; Don Reno (Artist); Dot Records; Exposure; Finances; Greatest hits; Guests; Joe Alison; LPs; Leaving; Mail order; Marketing; Nest egg; RCA Records; Radio programming; Radio shows; Records, kinds of: rpm microgroove LP; Red Smiley (Artist); Release schedules; Releases; Reno, Don (Artist); Sales; Singles; Smiley, Red (Artist); Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys, the (Artist); Talent; The Country Gentlemen (Artist); The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys (Artist); Touring; Traditional music; WWVA (Radio station); Wheeling (W. Va.); Wheeling Jamboree (Radio program); Wise-O-Man

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music business; Musical groups.; Radio programs.; Radio stations.; Records.; Sound recordings.; Sound--Recording and reproducing

Partial Transcript: In the bluegrass world, you instantly became a headliner on the festivals...

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about the attitude disc jockeys and other radio personnel had regarding Bluegrass music at the time. Interviewer Stubbs discusses the idea that Starday Records negatively influenced the Bluegrass industry by releasing some low quality records.

Keywords: Airplay; Attitudes; Audio recording; Bill Monroe (Artist); DJs; Deejays; Disc jockeys; Discrimination; Don Pierce; Don Reno (Artist); Headliners; Image; Monroe, Bill (Artist); Music recording; Nashville (Tenn.); Nashville sound; Pierce, Don; Poor quality; Popularity; Products; Program directors; Radio programming; Ralph Stanley (Artist); Reno, Don (Artist); Stanley, Ralph (Artist); Starday Records; Stigma

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music festivals.; Musical groups.; Radio stations.; Records.; Sound recordings.; Sound--Recording and reproducing

Partial Transcript: But as we progress into the seventies, uh, the festival movement is coming on and it's, uh, it's very good for Mac Wiseman...

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about his attitude toward fans, and discusses how he came to have fans of different generations through parents and grandparents introducing younger people to his music.

Keywords: Children; Coffee houses; College students; Concerts; Contact; Crowds; Generations; Genres; Gigs; Kids; Marketing; Rapport; Relationships; Shows; Songs; Venues

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass festivals; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music audiences; Music fans.; Music festivals.; Music--Performance.; Musical groups.; Musical performance

Partial Transcript: You know, when I think about those early seventies times too...

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about his appearances on various television shows, including Dean Martin's program, and how this affected his career. He talks about how he came to record several reunion albums with Lester Flatt. He mentions operating a festival for several years at Renfro Valley.

Keywords: Audio recording; Billboard Top 100; Colleges; Dean Martin (Artist); Exposure; Flatt, Lester (Artist); Leaving; Lester Flatt (Artist); Martin, Dean (Artist); Music recording; Opportunities; RCA Records; Renfro Valley (Ky.); Reunion albums; Television shows; Touring

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass festivals; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music audiences; Music fans.; Music festivals.; Music--Performance.; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Records.; Sound recordings.; Sound--Recording and reproducing

Partial Transcript: One of the things that you talked a little bit about, uh, just a moment ago when we were talking about going to work the Dick Clark Show...

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about undergoing gastric bypass surgery in 1973 and how it negatively affected his health.

Keywords: 1986; Gastric bypass surgeries; Health issues; Health problems; Intestines; Muscles; Surgeries; Touring; Weight

Subjects: Health.; Medical care; Well-being.

Partial Transcript: Well, you know, without trying to put too much of a personal spin on it...

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman and Stubbs talk about when Stubbs played with Wiseman as part of his backing band. Wiseman talks about how other musicians felt about him using a backing band, and talks about how he was, until recently, unaware that his backing bands were often not paid by his promoters.

Keywords: Attitudes; Backing bands; Backup bands; Contractual agreements; Del McCoury Band (Artist); Eddie Stubbs (Artist); Johnson Mountain Boys (Artist); Local bands; Madison Square Garden (N.Y.); Money; Older bands; Older musicians; Payment; Promoters; Salary; Stetson Hats; Stolen; Stubbs, Eddie (Artist); Wages; Younger bands; Younger musicians

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music business; Music--Economic aspects.; Music--Performance.; Musical groups.; Musical performance

Partial Transcript: One of the things--and, and again, this is personal observation.

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about the loneliness of touring, especially as a solo artist who also did not party much.

Keywords: 1982; Alone; Bluegrass festivals; Car accidents; Diners; Driving; Drug use; Flying; Hard; Loneliness; Lonely; Music festivals; Partying; Sleepy; Solo acts; Solo artists; Soloists; Stamina; Touring

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music--Performance.; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Travel.

Partial Transcript: You know, when I think about a lot of different things, you know, over the eighties and the nineties...

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about some of the albums he recorded that were influenced by different styles or genres. He talks about how his fans reacted to these changes.

Keywords: 1980s; Acceptance; Albums; Artists; Audio recording; Band members; Bean Blossom Festival, Indiana; Bob Wills (Artist); Bobby McGee (Song); CMH Records; Chubby Wise (Artist); Concepts; Cryer, Sherwood; Electric instruments; Genres; Live at Gilley's (Album); Music recording; Musical styles; Osborne Brothers (Artist); Promoters; Resistance; Responses; Sherwood Cryer; Talent agencies; Venues; Wills, Bob (Artist); Wise, Chubby (Artist)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music audiences; Music fans.; Musical groups.; Records.; Sound recordings.; Sound--Recording and reproducing

Partial Transcript: While I'm talking about business, I think that's a very good--uh, very important lead-in...

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about his mentality in regard to the business side of the music industry, as well as some of his non-musical business ventures. He talks about the importance of planning and examining one's mistakes in order to be successful.

Keywords: 1975; Artistic side; Booking; Business-oriented; Farm land; Focus; Future; Health; Independence; Loners; Mistakes; Mothers; Partnerships; Planning; Projections; Real estate; Success; Survival; Talent

Subjects: Bluegrass musicians; Music business; Music--Economic aspects.

Partial Transcript: You know Mac, when I think back over your career...

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about his memories of various members of the Stoneman family and talks about Pop Stoneman crediting him for their exposure. He talks about having pickin' parties with Grandpa Jones. He mentions meeting Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers.

Keywords: Backing bands; Backup bands; Careers; Carrie Rodgers; Connie B. Gay; Dean, Jimmy (Artist); Death; Entertainment business; Ernest Van "Pop" Stoneman (Artist); Exposure; Gay, Connie B.; Inspiration; Jimmie Rodgers (Artist); Jimmy Dean (Artist); Jones, Louis Marshall “Grandpa Jones” (Artist); Las Vegas (Nev.); Loss; Louis Marshall “Grandpa Jones” (Artist); Personality; Picking parties; Pioneers; Publicity; Rodgers, Carrie; Rodgers, Jimmie (Artist); Roni Stoneman (Artist); Scotty Stoneman (Artist); Songbooks; Songs; Songwriters; Stoneman Family (Artist); Stoneman, Ernest Van "Pop" (Artist); Stoneman, Roni (Artist); Stoneman, Scott (Artist); Stoneman, Scotty (Artist); Television shows; Town and Country Time (Radio program); Washington, D.C.

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music icons; Music--Performance.; Music--Social aspects.; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Washington (D.C.)

Partial Transcript: You can't help but think about Hank Snow when you think about Jimmie Rodgers--

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about his friendship with Hank Snow, and discusses Snow's opinions on the difference between musical acts and artists. He mentions his relationships with Fiddlin' John Carson, A.P. Carter, and Bradley Kincaid.

Keywords: "Fiddlin'" John Carson (Artist); A. P. Carter (Artist); Acts; Afternoon teas; Artists; Audiences; Bradley Kincaid (Artist); Bristol (Tenn.); Bristol (Va.); Carson, "Fiddlin'" John (Artist); Carter, A. P. (Artist); Compliments; Concerts; Farm & Fun Time (Radio program); Farm and Fun Time (Radio program); Friends; Gas shortages; Gigs; Grand Ole Opry; Hank Snow (Artist); Highlights; Impact; Influence; Interpretation; Kincaid, Bradley (Artist); Live shows; Musical styles; Radio shows; Rehearsal; Shows; Snow, Hank (Artist); Tea parties

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music icons; Music--Performance.; Music--Social aspects.; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Radio programs.; Radio stations.

Partial Transcript: You've got six children.

Segment Synopsis: Interviewer Eddie Stubbs discusses how Mac Wiseman influenced him and his career as a musician. He tells a story about listening to Wiseman's records as a child.

Keywords: Advice; Children; Eddie Stubbs (Artist); Effects; Grandchildren; Great-grandchildren; Impact; Influence; Keys; Lifestyles; Listening; Nice; Philosophy; Respect; Stubbs, Eddie (Artist); Supportive; Tis Sweet to be Remembered (Album); Treatment; Voice

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Childhood; Music icons; Music--Performance.; Music--Social aspects.; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Records.; Sound recordings.

Partial Transcript: What advice would you have to give to people who are just starting in this business...

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about what advice he would give to people interested in being musicians. He talks about how the industry has changed since he first began. He talks about whether he has any regrets.

Keywords: Advice; Artists; Changes; Commercialization; Commercialized; Creativity; Dreams; Dying; Evolution; Future; Generations; Jobs; Live radio; Longevity; Plans; Radio shows; Realistic; Regrets; Songs; Survival; Testing grounds; Today

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music business; Music icons; Music--Performance.; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Radio programs.; Radio stations.

Partial Transcript: You've cut back considerably in your dates.

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about how difficult it was to decide to cut back on his touring and shows, especially as someone who had lived through the Great Depression and other lean times. He talks about how he feels about the honors he has received, and his feelings about honoring the iconic artists of the past and 'remembering where you came from.'

Keywords: Awareness; Booking; Concerts; Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville, Tennessee; Cutting back; Decisions; Gigs; Grassroots acts; Grassroots artists; Great Depression; Honors; IBMA Hall of Honors; Inductees; Influence; International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA); International Bluegrass Music Awards; Lean times; Mentality; Mindsets; Music industry; New artists; Nominees; Past; Rationing; Remembering; Respect; Shows; Struggles; Voting; World War II

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Depressions--1929; Music icons; Music--Awards.; Music--Performance.; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Travel.; World War, 1939-1945

Partial Transcript: I want you to name off the countries that you can recall abroad that you toured in.

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about the places he has toured overseas and tells a story about touring in Sweden. He talks about his plans for the future, how he feels about his career, and what he would like his legacy to be. The interview is concluded.

Keywords: Accomplishments; Audio recording; Available; Books; Careers; Countries; Documenting; Fanbase; Future; History; Impact; International; Legacies; Music recording; Overseas; Plans; Recordings; Remembered; Respect; Rewarding; Songs; Sweden; Time; Touring; Tours

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Music audiences; Music fans.; Music--Performance.; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Records.; Sound recordings.; Sound--Recording and reproducing; Travel.