A Great American Folk Singer: Mac Wiseman sings "I wonder how the old folks are at home."

Many people styled themselves "folk singers" during the 60's and 70's who had no attachment at all to the land or to genuine folk traditions. Mac Wiseman is the real item. No one ever sang Bluegrass better. His unique voice really stays with the listener. Many, including myself, see him as the best of them all.

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[46r11]

Abetter voice you will never find, a close second may be Carter Stanley

[EdmundStAustell]

@46r11 Thank you. Yep, I totally agree.

[meltzerboy]

This is country folk music as distinct from city folk. Then there is also world folk music from different countries as well as traditional ballads, folk-rock, etc. In other words, there are different types of folk music. One thing is certain: it ain't Lauri-Volpi! Thanks, Edmund.

[EdmundStAustell]

There is almost no music I don't like. I consume music the say way some people consume air and water. Always have. I heard Mac Wiseman sing for the first time some 55 years ago, and I was an instant fan. The first time I heard Kurt Baum, or Jan Peerce, or Roberta Peters, I was a fan. First Caruso record, I was a fan. Ditto Bob Dylan. It goes on and on. Can you imagine the world without music. I can't. There is something as essential as food about music.

[lilythepink123]

@EdmundStAustell Wiseman reminds us what true American folk-music is, as opposed to the "urban" synthetic folk-music we mostly get to hear nowadays. I wholeheartedly agree about what you said. My parents told me I could sing long before I could talk, if that's not instinct I don't know what is. Any music is good, as long as it's... well, good I guess. Haha, not the most scintillating thing I ever said. Thanks for posting, hope to hear more of this awesome singer.

[EdmundStAustell]

@lilythepink123 Thanks, Lily. Sounds like you and I are on the same wavelength:) Don't encourage me, I could go wild. Looking over my collection of music, which runs to thousands of recordings, I cannot help but notice how well represented country music is. Like you, I feel the dividing barrier is simply good vs. bad, which is the same as to say authentic vs. non-authentic. Calculated attempts to create something like" elevator music" always fail. The real immediately identifies itself.

[EdmundStAustell]

Yep, no phony city kid with his hair down to his shoulders singing an anti-war song. All that is fine, and it has its place, but it's not folk music. Nowhere near.

[Bivolari]

The real deal.