Dwight McCall was born in Maryland, moving
to Cincinnati shortly before he began playing mandolin and singing in earnest as
a teenager. The son of bluegrass great Jim McCall, he first drew attention as a
member of Union Springs, releasing three well-received CDs and touring
regionally between 1992 and 1995. He stepped onto the national stage as a member
of Charlie Waller's Country Gentlemen before joining the New South in 1996. He
appeared on J.D. Crowe & The New South's "Come On Down To My World (1999),
taking the lead on the title track as well as several other songs, including his
own "I Don't Know." His powerful tenor has been paired with the Lost & Found's
Scottie Sparks on his self-titled debut of 1999, and with two time IBMA Male
Vocalist of the Year Dan Tyminski, both on the latter's solo album and the
award-winning Stanley Gospel Tradition.