There are at least three artists with this name:
1) Matt McGinn (born 1… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least three artists with this name:
1) Matt McGinn (born 1928 - died 1977) was a Glasgow singer songwriter and poet who came to prominence in the 1960's with his prolific catalogue of folk songs.
2) Matt McGinn (b1978 - ) is an Irish singer-songwriter from Hilltown, Co. Down in the Mourne Mountains who has released his debut album Livin'.
3) Matt McGinn is the guitarist for Rosita.
1. Matt McGinn was one of the most important singer songwriters of the folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s. He was born on 17th January 1928, in Ross Street, Glasgow, next to the famous "Barras " market. Matt's life would have followed the typical steps of the other poor kids that lived in the Calton; petty theft and crime, if it hadn't been for the fact that, after spending two years in approved school for stealing, a friend introduced him to left-wing politics. He was later to win a trade union scholarship to study Economics and Political Science at Ruskin College, Oxford, which was quite something for a man that had ended his formal schooling at the age of 12. While at Oxford he won a newspaper prize for "Best Folk Song" and this encouraged him to write more; indeed he was known to write five or six songs a day. He had a natural talent for rhyme and writing and he wrote songs, poems, jokes, books, plays and even a pantomine. He was first and foremost a political man who identified most with communism. Throughout his life he fought injustice and inequality, through his songs and participation in demonstrations and protests. Matt also had a great sense of humour and was a compasionate man and the range of his songs is very wide and surprising; from hard hitting social comment like With Fire and With Sword, to love songs like Janetta, to kids' songs like the Red Yo-yo, which is a favourite with school children. Matt died in 1977 yet the man and his songs are remembered more every year. He was in many ways typical of his people and social class, yet his natural talent to tell the tales of his people through song made him unique.
2. Matt McGinn is a singer songwriter from Co. Down. Born on a snowy St. Stephen's day in 1978, he was raised in Hilltown, a picturesque village amongst the Mourne Mountains. At 11 years old, after being dragged to piano lessons by the ear for six years, Matt picked up his father's Eko guitar and never looked back. After finding a love for music throughout school at St. Colman's Newry and continuing to study music at Queen's University, he has been prominent on the Belfast music scene ever since. In 2007 he took over Duke Special's East Belfast studio for a month and released his first self produced and recorded E.P., a tongue in cheek titled 'Double Bed & other wee Tunes. In December 2010 he recorded and produced his debut album Livin' to much acclaim.
He has also collaborated with artists such as Joe Echo aka Ciaran Gribbin who is now fronting INXS, Gareth Dunlop and Michael Logen who is rising to fame for his work with Johnny Lang.
more http://mattmcginnmusic.com
3) Matt McGinn is the guitarist for Rosita.
1) Matt McGinn (born 1… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least three artists with this name:
1) Matt McGinn (born 1928 - died 1977) was a Glasgow singer songwriter and poet who came to prominence in the 1960's with his prolific catalogue of folk songs.
2) Matt McGinn (b1978 - ) is an Irish singer-songwriter from Hilltown, Co. Down in the Mourne Mountains who has released his debut album Livin'.
3) Matt McGinn is the guitarist for Rosita.
1. Matt McGinn was one of the most important singer songwriters of the folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s. He was born on 17th January 1928, in Ross Street, Glasgow, next to the famous "Barras " market. Matt's life would have followed the typical steps of the other poor kids that lived in the Calton; petty theft and crime, if it hadn't been for the fact that, after spending two years in approved school for stealing, a friend introduced him to left-wing politics. He was later to win a trade union scholarship to study Economics and Political Science at Ruskin College, Oxford, which was quite something for a man that had ended his formal schooling at the age of 12. While at Oxford he won a newspaper prize for "Best Folk Song" and this encouraged him to write more; indeed he was known to write five or six songs a day. He had a natural talent for rhyme and writing and he wrote songs, poems, jokes, books, plays and even a pantomine. He was first and foremost a political man who identified most with communism. Throughout his life he fought injustice and inequality, through his songs and participation in demonstrations and protests. Matt also had a great sense of humour and was a compasionate man and the range of his songs is very wide and surprising; from hard hitting social comment like With Fire and With Sword, to love songs like Janetta, to kids' songs like the Red Yo-yo, which is a favourite with school children. Matt died in 1977 yet the man and his songs are remembered more every year. He was in many ways typical of his people and social class, yet his natural talent to tell the tales of his people through song made him unique.
2. Matt McGinn is a singer songwriter from Co. Down. Born on a snowy St. Stephen's day in 1978, he was raised in Hilltown, a picturesque village amongst the Mourne Mountains. At 11 years old, after being dragged to piano lessons by the ear for six years, Matt picked up his father's Eko guitar and never looked back. After finding a love for music throughout school at St. Colman's Newry and continuing to study music at Queen's University, he has been prominent on the Belfast music scene ever since. In 2007 he took over Duke Special's East Belfast studio for a month and released his first self produced and recorded E.P., a tongue in cheek titled 'Double Bed & other wee Tunes. In December 2010 he recorded and produced his debut album Livin' to much acclaim.
He has also collaborated with artists such as Joe Echo aka Ciaran Gribbin who is now fronting INXS, Gareth Dunlop and Michael Logen who is rising to fame for his work with Johnny Lang.
more http://mattmcginnmusic.com
3) Matt McGinn is the guitarist for Rosita.
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Matt McGinn Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Matt McGinn:
Coorie Doon Coorie doon, coorie doon, coorie doon, my darling Coorie do…
Get Up Get Out With the grindstone to your nose I bought a clock, a…
Go Limp Oh daughter, dear daughter, Take warning from me And dont …
Loch Lomond By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes Where the…
The Big Glasgow Polis With my handcuffs and my truncheon, my whistle and my…
The Footba' Referee Why did I ever become a footba′ referee? I coulda been…
The Heilan' Man 10 thousand roman sodjers, Tae the heilans they came North, …
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WeeMe
OMG!!!! My late mum used to sing this bit when she boiled ham for soup.....Who ate the boiled ham raw? Brilliant! My parents seen Matt McGinn a few times. I bought my late dad a book of his about 4 years ago just before my dad passed away. He read wee bits out to me as he sniggered at some pages! Legend in our house growing up! Thanks for the memories xx
Lanig Huerre
Myriads of thanks to you Bigmanio for posting all these M. Mc Ginn's songs ! Was in Glesga in '89 - '90 and will never forget it ! The only city in the world where you can breathe as a standing up human being ! From Rennes in Britanny to all true Glaswegians, I love your city and I can feel the Clyde River flood in my veins when I listen to this. If ever I come back, I won't leave this time :)
WeeMe
@Lanig Heurre thanks for the kind words! I live at the Clyde estuary. I love the River. The beating heart of Glasgow. You would see massive changes. But not in the people. Hearts of gold and would always bring you in for a feed and a cuppa.
nathanstansson
'two loaves of breed an' a peg between' LOVE IT!!!!!
June McEwan
I was sung this song tonight-on Burns Night :)
Tartan Yeti
the man that ate the bile'd ham raw
Cameron McCaskell
Nigel Tranter wrote an excellent book about Rob Roy. He makes a compelling arguement that history has been unkind to the man - and suggests further that in all likelihood he was the victim of deliberate falsehood and fabrication. I for one hold him dearer that that wee ponce prince charlie...
eanraigros
@Caledonia62 He was dead by 1745... The '15's when he was out for James VIII yet didn't fight. And he did have a good communication with Argyll throughout the unhappy affair.
CELTIC CONFEDERATION NOW
Poor Macgregor were an outlawed surname under the state
undercoverbrother67
I used to know a guy fae the calton who used to call big guys 'eat the breed' or sometimes 'heid the baw'... now I know why lol