Sean "Mack" McDonald

Sean "Mack" McDonald is a 24-year-old guitarist, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist from Augusta, Georgia, now based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, who blends traditional electric blues, jump blues and Texas swing. Introduced to music through church and family, he started drums at age 2, piano at 3 and taught himself guitar at 7 after hearing B.B. He went viral at 15 playing Robert Johnson's "Dust My Broom" in an Augusta music store, later earned an audio production degree at Middle Tennessee State University and was mentored by Jontavious Willis and Tim Sanders. His debut album Have Mercy! (Little Village Foundation, 2025), produced by Kid Andersen at Greaseland Studios, won the 2026 Blues Music Award for Best Emerging Artist Album and showcases his deep knowledge of Bobby "Blue" Bland, T-Bone Walker and early B.B.