Folk/Country troubdour Prine and Bluegrass/Country icon Mac Wiseman perform duet versions of classic American songs - the likes of 'Pistol Packin' Mama', 'Saginaw Michigan', 'I Forget To Remember To Forget' and 'Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine'.

‘Listening to Mac Wiseman and John Prine’s new album “Standard Songs for Average People,” it’s nearly impossible to believe that these two giants of American music had never met before these historic recording sessions... Prine is a songwriting legend from the suburbs of Chicago and a star of counter-culture country and Americana. Mac Wiseman, raised on a farm in the Shenandoah Valley, is one of the framers of the bluegrass constitution and one of the most artful song interpreters in country music history. They are separated by 21 years, a full generation. And yet to hear their voices twine together on this set of deftly-chosen songs, one is struck by a deep and moving kinship, an empathy that goes beyond mere collaboration… It’s no stretch to call the final product a masterpiece. Standard songs, yes, but extraordinary choices and performances. Average people these aren’t, but the title carries the message that music like this, timeless and gentle and humane, is not for music snobs or insiders. It’s not only for the old or the young or for a demographic or psychographic. It is, across generation and persuasion, for all of us.' - Craig Havighurst, Nashville

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Blue Eyed Elaine
2. Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age
3. I Forgot To Remember To Forget
4. I Love You Because
5. Pistol Packin' Mama
6. Saginaw Michigan
7. Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine
8. Old Cape Cod
9. Death Of Floyd Collins
10. The Blue Side Of Lonesome
11. In The Garden
12. Just The Other Side Of Nowhere
13. Old Rugged Cross
14. Where The Blue Of The Night