Top Songs
- Fast Bluegrass · 1997
- Country Roots Power Picks, Vol. 3 · 2005
- Bluegrass Classic Jams Power Picks: 30 Instrumental Favorites · 2005
- 30 Smoky Mountain Bluegrass Classics - Power Picks: Vintage Collection · 1998
- 30 Traditional Bluegrass Power Picks: Vintage Collection · 2016
- Bluegrass Power Picks: Love Songs From The Smokies (True Love & Wandering Hearts) · 1968
- 33 Pickin' Bluegrass Power Picks (Instrumental) · 2005
- 30 Traditional Bluegrass Power Picks: Vintage Collection · 2016
- Appalachian Banjo Breakdown: 30 Bluegrass Banjo Classics · 2009
- 33 Pickin' Bluegrass Power Picks (Instrumental) · 2005
- 30 Smoky Mountain Bluegrass Classics - Power Picks: Vintage Collection · 2008
- Bluegrass Power Picks: Love Songs From The Smokies (True Love & Wandering Hearts) · 2019
- 30 Traditional Bluegrass Power Picks: Vintage Collection · 2016
About Mac Martin
Born William Colleran on April, 26, 1925 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, bluegrass artist Mac Martin has been a top-notch picker and crooner since the late 1940s. A traditionalist in the vein of Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe, and Ralph Stanley, Martin spent his formative years basking in the warm glow of the radio, soaking in as much music as he could from Wheeling, Virginia's WWVA and Nashville's WSM, the latter of which was responsible for airing The Grand Ole Opry. He formed the Pike County Boys at the end of the '40s, a high and lonesome bluegrass trio that also included fiddle player Bill Higgins and bass player Bill Wagner. He formed a new trio called the Dixie Travelers in 1957, this time with fiddler Mike Carson and banjo player Billy Bryant. The Travelers continued to perform and record well into the early 21st century, with the majority of the material being released and eventually reissued via Rural Rhythm Records. ~ James Christopher Monger
- HOMETOWN
- Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- BORN
- April 26, 1925
- GENRE
- Bluegrass