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    • May 23, 1925
    Mac Wiseman is born in Crimora, Virginia. He works as a sideman for Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs, and releases his own solo bluegrass records for the Dot label. Wiseman also serves as a founding member of the Country Music Association and joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014
    Oct 22, 1949
    Bill Monroe records in Nashville for the first time, at the Castle Studio in the Tulane Hotel. The session includes "Can't You Hear Me Callin'," later the title for a Monroe biography. It also marks the first time Mac Wiseman records with Monroe
    May 23, 1951
    Happy birthday to you: Mac Wiseman has his first recording session as a solo artist, cutting sides for Dot Records
    May 21, 1955
    Mac Wiseman performs the "Ballad Of Davey Crockett" on ABC's "Ozark Jubilee." Host Red Foley also welcomes Jean Shepard and Harold Morrison
    Oct 29, 1955
    Mac Wiseman and Speedy West are featured in the Red Foley-hosted ABC music series "Ozark Jubilee"
    Aug 14, 1960
    Watermelon Park in Berryville, Maryland, hosts the first all-day, multiple-act bluegrass festival. The lineup features Bill Monroe, Mac Wiseman, Reno & Smiley, The Osborne Brothers and fiddler Scotty Stoneman
    Apr 30, 1964
    Dottie West is the marshal of the firefighters' parade at the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, Virginia. Also appearing at the festival: Ray Price, The Carter Family, Mac Wiseman and president Lyndon B. Johnson
    Sep 3, 1965
    The first weekend bluegrass festival, organized by Carlton Haney, opens in Fincastle, Virginia. The three-day event features Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, Clyde Moody, Jimmy Martin, Don Reno, Mac Wiseman, The Country Gentlemen and others
    Jul 4, 1971
    Carl Perkins and Mac Wiseman are special guests at The Statler Brothers' "Happy Birthday U.S.A." concert in Staunton, Virginia
    Dec 4, 1971
    A Congressional hearing on a bill for a folk foundation is held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The event includes performances by Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, The McGee Brothers, Jean Shepard and Mac Wiseman
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