Interview with Mac Wiseman and Scott Rouse, July 13, 2006

Partial Transcript: Well we're joined in the mix today by a special friend of Mac Wiseman's.

Segment Synopsis: Mac Wiseman and Scott Rouse discuss how they met and became friends. They briefly discuss some of their work together.

Keywords: Advice; Doc Watson (Artist); Events; Festivals; Friends; GrooveGrass Boyz (Artist); Innovation; Mac Wiseman (Artist); Macarena (Song); Meeting; MerleFest, North Carolina; Musical styles; Rouse, Scott; Scott Rouse; Watson, Doc (Artist); Wiseman, Mac (Artist)

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

Partial Transcript: But the GrooveGrass Boyz, now again for the uninitiated, I mean this was a very popular thing...

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman and Rouse discuss the formation of the band The GrooveGrass Boyz and their unique musical style. They discuss the trend of remixes in the country and bluegrass genres.

Keywords: Audio recording; Band members; Charts; Decca Records; GrooveGrass Boyz (Artist); Hits; Line dancing; Masters; McCoury, Ronnie (Artist); Music recording; Musical styles; Osborne Brothers (Artist); Reactions; Remixes; Rocky Top (Song); Ronnie McCoury (Artist); Salty Dog (Song); Songs; Young people

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

Partial Transcript: Well, that's an interesting chapter.

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman and Rouse discuss Wiseman's popularity in the age of digital music and podcasts.

Keywords: Changes; Digital downloads; Digital music; Downloading; Generations; Podcasts; Products; Royalties; Technology; iPods

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

Partial Transcript: Didn't mean, didn't mean to interrupt you earlier there but something that was going through my mind...

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman, Rouse, and Stubbs discuss the general trend of Bluegrass fans being slow to adopt new technology, although this trend seems to be changing and the Bluegrass audience is adapting to current technology.

Keywords: Adapting; Adopting; Festivals; Growth; Hesitant; Music industry; Retirees; Sales; Technology; Young people

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

Partial Transcript: A lot of times what, what happens in those--the youth or the younger people in this--

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman and Rouse talk about why Wiseman is popular among people of various ages.

Keywords: Ability; Cash, Johnny (Artist); Charisma; Charlie Daniels (Artist); Children; Daniels, Charlie (Artist); Demographics; Doc Watson (Artist); Don Owens; Editing; Families; Generations; Interest; Jam bands; Johnny Cash (Artist); Mac Wiseman (Artist); Musical styles; Owens, Don; Radio shows; Sound; Voice; Watson, Doc (Artist); Wiseman, Mac (Artist); Young people; Youth

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

Partial Transcript: Talk about that, uh, Christmas album you did.

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman and Rouse talk about some of the albums they have worked on together or separately, including a Christmas album, an album with John Prine, and an album of Johnny Cash covers, among others.

Keywords: 'The Frank Sinatra of Country Music'; Audio recording; Buddy Spicher (Artist); Cash, Johnny (Artist); Christmas on the Mountain (Album); Cindy Wheeler (Artist); Clement, Jack (Artist); Compliments; Cover songs; Del McCoury (Artist); Doc Watson (Artist); Herman, Woody (Artist); Jack Clement (Artist); John Prine (Artist); Johnny Cash (Artist); Johnny's Cash and Charlie's Pride (Album); Johnny's Cash and Charlie's Pride (Song); Mac, Doc, and Del (Album); McCoury, Del (Artist); Music recording; Musical styles; Prine, John (Artist); Production; RCA Records; Recording sessions; Song covers; Songs; Spicher, Buddy (Artist); Watson, Doc (Artist); Wheeler, Cindy (Artist); Woody Herman (Artist)

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

Partial Transcript: Was there anything else that we wanted to put in here--

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman and Rouse discuss the table shown in the video which was Wiseman's parents' dining table, bought shortly after their marriage in 1924. He talks about learning to play guitar around the table. He also shows the diaries his mother kept.

Keywords: Bookkeeping; Coordination; Diaries; Dining tables; Family; Fathers; Fellowship; Grace; Guitars; Learning; Mothers; Musical education; Songbooks; Writing

Subjects: Bluegrass musicians; Families.; Music--Instruction and study.

Partial Transcript: Was there anything else?

Segment Synopsis: Wiseman talks about Rouse as a friend and his influence on Wiseman's current career. The interview is concluded.

Keywords: Audio recording; Careers; Friendships; Mac Wiseman (Artist); Music recording; Rouse, Scott; Scott Rouse; Traits; Wiseman, Mac (Artist)

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