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Harry Kirby McClintock (October 8, 1882 – April 24, 1957), also known as "Haywire Mac", was an American railroad man, radio personality, actor, singer, songwriter, and poet, best known for his song "Big Rock Candy Mountain".

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Harry Kirby McClintock
Born	Harry Kirby McClintock (1882-10-08)October 8, 1882 Uhrichsville, Ohio
Died	April 24, 1957(1957-04-24) (aged 74) San Francisco, California
Other names	Haywire Mac, Radio Mac, Strawlegs Martin
Occupation	boomer, author, poet, busker, cowboy, union organizer
Known for	"Big Rock Candy Mountain", "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum"

Life

Harry McClintock was born on October 8, 1882, in Uhrichsville, Ohio.^{[citation needed]} Both his parents were from nearby Tippecanoe, Ohio; however, his family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee soon after his birth. In his youth, McClintock ran away from home to join the circus and drifted from place to place throughout his life. He railroaded in Africa, worked as a seaman, supplied food and ammunition to American soldiers while working as a civilian mule-train packer in the Philippines, and in 1899 worked as an aid to newsmen in China covering the Boxer Rebellion. In America, he worked for the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway in the Pittsburgh area, then from there traveled as a railroader and a minstrel.[1][2] On October 8, 1917, McClintock married Bessie K. Johnson in Farmington City, Utah.^{[citation needed]} They had one daughter.[1]

Radio and music

In 1925, McClintock participated in a KFRC Radio talent contest.[3] His performance of his song "Big Rock Candy Mountain" won him spots on two new KFRC radio shows: a children's program called "Mac and His Gang" where he sang popular cowboy songs with his "Haywire Orchestry",[4][5][note 1] and a variety program called the "Blue Monday Jamboree", which he hosted alongside Meredith Willson, Bea Benaderet, Edna Fischer,[7] and future I Love Lucy producer Jess Oppenheimer.[8][9] McClintock was also a member of Al Pearce's "The Happy Go Lucky Hour",[10] a KFRC spin-off of "Blue Monday Jamboree", alongside Edna Fischer and Tommy Harris.[11]

"The Big Rock Candy Mountain" reached No. 1 on Billboard's "Hillbilly Hits" chart in 1939. The song was featured in the 2000 Coen brothers film O Brother, Where Art Thou?.[12] McClintock's song "The Old Chisholm Trail" was featured in the end credits of The Grandest Enterprise Under God episode (Episode 5) of the TV documentary miniseries The West. He was included in Robert Crumb's series of "Heroes of Blues, Jazz and Country" trading cards.^{[citation needed]}

Politics

McClintock was an active spellbinder for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and participated in the Tucker Utah strike on June 14, 1913, with Joe Hill.[13][14] McClintock wrote the marching song of the IWW, "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum", and is credited with being the first person to sing Hill's song "The Preacher and the Slave" in public.[15] In the early 1920s, McClintock worked and organized union men in the oil fields of West Texas, where he met and recruited author Jim Thompson, who later incorporated him into several short stories using the name "Strawlegs Martin".[16]

Memberships

• Initiated into IWW Union No. 66 on March 4, 1911.
• Deputy Sheriff, San Francisco, California, deputized on February 7, 1930.
• Screen Actors Guild, inducted as a member on May 5, 1939.
• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), inducted as a member on September 30, 1940.

Selected discography

78s

• Ain't We Crazy? (1928-09-06, Victor V-40101)[17]
• The Big Rock Candy Mountains (1928-09-06, Victor Talking Machine Co. Camden, NJ No. 21704-B)[18]
• Hallelujah! I'm a Bum (1928-03-31, Victor label No. 21343-B (42137)). Reverse side is "The Bum Song".[19]
• Get Along, Little Dogies (1928-03-01, Victor V-40016)
• Fireman, Save My Child (1929-12-15, Victor V-40234)
• The Texas Ranger (1928-03-01, Victor 21487)
• Jerry, Go Oil That Car (1928-03-16, Victor 21521)
• The Bum Song (1928-03-16, Victor 21343)
• The Trail To Mexico (1928-03-09, Victor V-40016)
• The Old Chisholm Trail (1928-03-22, Victor 21421)
• Circus Days (1928-03-31, Victor 21567)
• Goodbye, Old Paint (1928-03-01, Victor 21761)
• The Bum Song #2 (1928-09-06, Victor 21704)
• The Trusty Lariat (1929-12-15, Victor V-40234)
• My Last Dollar (1928-03-22, Victor 23690)
• Billy Venero (1928-03-31, Victor 21487)
• Red River Valley (1928-03-27, Vi 21421-B)
• Roamin (1929-12-15, Vi V-40264)
• Sam Bass (1928-03-01, Vi 22420)
• Hobo's Spring Song (1929-04-30, Vi 22003-A V-40112)
• Jesse James (1928-03-09, Vi 21420 LPV548)
• If I Had My Druthers (1929-04-30, Vi 22003-B V-40112)
• Dad's Dinner Pail (1928-03-09, Vi 21521)

LPs

• Haywire Mac (1950, Cook Records 01124)
• Harry K. McClintock "Haywire Mac" (1972, Folkways Records, FD 5272)
• Hallelujah! I'm A Bum (1981, Rounder Records, 1009)

Compilations

• Songs to Grow On, Vol. 3: American Work Songs (1951, Folkways Records 07027). Track 4: "Jerry, Go and Oil That Car"
• Cowboy Songs on Folkways (1991, Smithsonian Folkways 40043). Track 7: "Utah Carl"
• Folk Song America, Vol. 1 (1991, Smithsonian Collection 461). Track 5: "Big Rock Candy Mountain"
• Train d Songs of the Early 1900s (1998, Rounder Select 1143). Track 20: "Jerry, Go Oil That Car"
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000, Lost Highway Records 170069). Track 2: "Big Rock Candy Mountain"
• Back in the Saddle Again: American Cowboy Songs (2004, New World Records). Track 1: "Old Chisholm Trail"

Bibliography

• "Haywire Mac and the Big Rock Candy Mountain" (Stillhouse Hollow Publishers Inc., Copyright 1981) By Henry Young. Santa Fe Railway locomotive engineer Retired Oct. 31, 1974.

Stories

• "Railroaders are Tough" (Railroad Magazine, April, 1943)
• "Boomer and Their Women" (Railroad Magazine, December, 1957)

Articles

• "New Publications – Railroad Songs of Yesteryear" (Railroad Magazine, August 1943) Short biography is part of review.

Notes

References

External links

• Harry McClintock biography
• Harry McClintock at AllMusic.
• Harry McClintock discography at Discogs
• Harry McClintock at IMDb

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Harry McClintock (* 8. Oktober 1882 in Knoxville, Tennessee; † 24. April 1957 in San Francisco, Kalifornien), auch bekannt als Haywire Mac, war ein US-amerikanischer Komponist.

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