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Mac McGehee

His name was Mack Magaha (August 1, 1929 - August 15, 2003) he was a bluegrass fiddler best known as a member of Porter Wagoner's band, and a long-time backup player in the pioneering bluegrass band, Reno and Smiley.

In 1955, Magaha joined Reno and Smiley as a member of the Tennessee Cutups.[1] Together with Don Reno he wrote the popular song "I know You're Married But I Love You Still" which was recorded by Reno & Smiley. It was later covered by artists such as Bill Anderson, Rodney Crowell, Jan Howard,Patty Loveless, Jimmy Martin, Red Sovine, and Travis Tritt.[2] In 1964, he joined Porter Wagoner's Wagonmasters.[3] During the 1960s, he worked as an old-time fiddler on The Porter Wagoner Show[4] and later he also worked with the aspiring female star on the show, Dolly Parton. [2] Among the later songs Magaha wrote, "We'll Get Ahead Someday" provided a top-ten country single for Wagoner in Parton in 1968, one of their first duet hits.

He became a regular performer at the theme park Opryland USA in the 1970s. He died at age 74 at Nashville's Veterans Hospital[5]

Magaha was known as Nashville's Dancing Fiddle Man.[2] Magaha, like Curly Ray Cline, had a fiery stage presence doing his dancelike movements while he was fiddling.[6]

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