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Harry Kirby McClintock (8 October 1882 - 24 April 1957), also known as "Haywire Mac," was an American singer and poet. Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, the son of a railroad cabinetmaker and nephew of four boomer trainmen. His drifting began when he ran away from home as a boy to join a circus. He railroaded in Africa, worked as a seaman, saw action in the Philippines as a civilian mule-train packer, supplying American troops with food and ammuniton.
rick3379
In 1899 found himself in China as an aide to newsmen covering the Boxer Rebellion. Back in the States, he hired out to the Pennsy in the Pittsburgh area, and from there he took the boomer trail as railroader and a minstrel. Mac lived an adventurous life and never lost his sense of humor.
How about a about a bio? Certainaly this man is an institution of classic americana. Give him his due.
pepsidennis
I love this song as a child i saw the hobos on the trains and in their jungles what a hard life they must have had.My mother showed me where some were buryed in on marked graves near the cemetery
i just heard Big Rock Candy Mountain by Haywire Mac, and i fell in love. wheere can i Purchase his CD? Thanks for putting such a great radio station together. It's GREAT.
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