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Chanteur et
poète Country US né le 8 Octobre 1882 à Knoxville (Tennessee). Harry McClintock
est surtout connu pour sa chanson "Big Rock Candy Mountain". Il a
aussi utilisé les noms de Haywire Mac ,Radio Mac et Mac. Il est décédé le 24
Avril 1957 à San Francisco (Californie).
Some of the
career experience this artist had -- such as actor, poet, painter, newspaper
reporter, or set designer -- is similar to what many other performing artists
might list on their resumés. But as for some of the other things Harry
McClintock did, he would find himself in an elite group of recording artists who
have also been seamen, sheep herders, railroaders, union organizers, cowboys,
hobos, and muleskinners. Ironically, he is most remembered for songs about
people who choose to do nothing at all, such as "Hallelujah I'm a Bum" and "The
Big Rock Candy Mountain." McClintock successfully established himself as the
copyrighted composer of these numbers, despite the fact that folk music experts
and copyright lawyers continue to argue amongst themselves. Known in his
recording and broadcast career as Haywire Mac, Radio Mac, or just plain Mac, he
made more than 50 excellent records of original songs and folk classics. Much of
this material has been reissued by Rounder and Smithsonian Folkways. He was the
first artist to record what have become classic American folk songs, such as
"Red River Valley," "Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie," and "Jesse James."
McClintock was the son of a cabinet maker. He began singing in church as a child
and was still a child of 14 when he first took off on the road. He toured with a
dog and pony show as a horse groomer, but was never paid. Heading to New Orleans
and the prospect of warmer weather, he found himself in the company of bums from
all over the land, all of whom had the same idea. It was here that he first
developed his strong sympathy for these individuals, later to be expressed in
the classic rhyming couplets of tunes such as "Hallelujah I'm a Bum" and "The
Bum Song," the latter recorded twice as there were always new verses pouring out
of each sidecar. At 16, he began playing music on the streets for the promise of
"spare change." He had discovered what he recalled later was one of the great
secrets of life: "Anyone who can sing never has to go hungry." This was when he
wrote his first song, the story of "Big Rock Candy Mountain." It was based on
fairy tales he had heard growing up, conjuring up images of houses built out of
sweet cakes and candy. Except in McClintock's song, there is no evil witch and
it is the hobos, not Hansel and Gretel, who live happily ever after. By 1905,
the song had become so popular that he had a printer run off packs of cards with
the lyrics printed on them. He wrote "Hallelujah I'm a Bum" in 1902, following
his involvement with labor organizations such as the Wobblies. The popularity of
these songs would multiply many times over once McClintock got on the radio in
San Francisco in 1925. His big radio break was a program aimed at children, a
crowd he immediately wowed with his authentic cowboy material. Native American
"performers" -- they were mostly just various interesting and rowdy friends of
McClintock's -- were also regulars on this show, including Tall Pine, Joe
Longfeather, Silver Cloud, and Evening Thunder. A few years later, he made his
first recordings for Victor. He would continue recording for the label over the
next three and a half years, completing a total of 41 titles. The performances
were solo, in duo with fiddler Virgil Ward or vocalist Dorothy Ellen Cole, or
with the full orchestral backup of the Haywire Orchestra. Following the end of
his Victor contract, McClintock cut sides for Decca and a small local label,
called Flex-o-Disc. Eventually he had to mount several lawsuits to establish the
publishing rights for the original songs he had recorded. Mixed in among the
folk songs and cowboy numbers, some of McClintock's work was passed off as
traditional by other artists looking to cash in without shelling out publishing
royalties. In a letter to the League of Composers, McClintock made fun of the
idea that so-called "hillbilly" songs were not written by anybody. "The theory
seems to be they are created by some sort of spontaneous generation," he wrote.
McClintock moved to Hollywood in 1938 to see what he could get going in the
movie business. He wound up appearing in several Gene Autry films, a Durango Kid
oater, and a variety of serials done at the Universal and Republic studios. He
tended to be a villain, when he was lucky. Unlucky, he just got to stand there
and say "He went thataway." McClintock also did radio work as well as writing
articles, plays, and fiction for pulp magazines under pseudonyms. In 1953, he
went back to San Francisco to appear on the radio and television program
entitled The Breakfast Hour. He continued with this program off and on until
1955, and died several years later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_McClintock
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Author, Poet, Cowboy
Style musical : Hillbilly, Folk
HALLELUJAH I'M A BUM
(1928)
JESSE JAMES (1928)
THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN (1928)
GOODBYE OLD PAINT
(1928)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
78 t.
| 1928 | 78 t. VICTOR 21343 (US) |
Hallelujah I'm A Bum
(Harry McCLINTOCK) / The
Bum Song (Mac Harry McCLINTOCK) |
| 1928 | 78 t. VICTOR 21420 (US) |
Mac Harry McCLINTOCK - Sam Bass /
Jesse James
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| 1928 | 78 t. VICTOR 21420 (US) | Radio MAC - Old Chisholm Trail / Red River Valley |
| 1928 | 78 t. VICTOR 21487 (US) | Billy Venero (Mac Harry McCLINTOCK) / Texas Ranger (Harry Mac McCLINTOCK) |
| 1928 | 78 t. VICTOR 21521 (US) | Mac Harry McCLINTOCK - My Dads Dinner Pail / Jerry Go Ile That Car |
| 1928 | 78 t. VICTOR 21567 (US) | Circus Days (Radio MAC) / Man On The Flying Trapeze (Mac Harry McCLINTOCK) |
| 1928 | 78 t. VICTOR 21704 (US) |
Mac Harry McCLINTOCK - The Bum Song #2 /
The Big Rock Candy
Mountain
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| 1928 | 78 t. VICTOR 21761 (US) |
Goodbye Old Paint
(Mac Harry McCLINTOCK) / Cowboy's Lament (Harry
McCLINTOCK "Mac") |
| 1928 | 78 t. VICTOR VI-40016 (US) | Get Along Little Doggies (Mac HAYWIRE ORCH;) / Trail To Mexico (Mac Harry McCLINTOCK) |
| 1929 | 78 t. VICTOR VI-40101 (US) | Ain't We Crazy (Mac Harry McCLINTOCK) / He Never Came Back (Peg MORELAND) |
| 1929 | 78 t. VICTOR VI-40112 (US) | Harry McCLINTOCK - Hobo's Spring Song / If I Had My Druthers |
| 1929 | 78 t. VICTOR 22003 (US) | Harry McCLINTOCK - Hobo's Spring Song / If I Had My Druthers |
| 1930 | 78 t. VICTOR VI-40234 (US) | Radio MAC - Fireman Save My Child / The Trusty Lariat |
| 1931 | 78 t. VICTOR 22845 (US) | Radio MAC - Fifty Years From Now / When It's Time To Shear The Sheep |
| 1931 | 78 t. VICTOR 23586 (US) | Radio MAC - He Sure Can Play Harmonica / His Parent Haven't See Him Since |
| 1931 | 78 t. VICTOR 23614 (US) | When It's Time To Shear The Sheep (Harry McCLINTOCK) / Fifty Years From Now (Radio MAC) |
| 1932 | 78 t. VICTOR 23690 (US) | My Last Old Dollar (Radio MAC) / Bobby Boy - Part 2 (GRAHAM BROS.) |
| 1932 | 78 t. VICTOR 23704 (US) | Sweet Betsy From Pike (Radio MAC) / Song Of The Brown Family (Bob FERGUSON) |
| 1933 | 78 t. VICTOR 23829 (US) | Gambler's Advice (FLEMING & TOWNSEND) / Bald Top Mountain (Radio MAC) |
| 1933 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD 4298 (US) | Radio MAC - The Trusty Lariat / Fireman Save My Child |
| 1933 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD 4324 (US) | She's More To Be Pitied Than Censured (Jimmie RODGERS) / Sweet Betsy From Pike (Radio MAC) |
| 1934 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD 4465 (US) | Billy Venero (Harry McClintock) / The Cowboy Song (Carl SPRAGUE) |
| 1934 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD 4469 (US) | Harry McCLINTOCK - Trail To Mexico / Get Along Little Doggies |
| 1936 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD 4784 (US) | Radio MAC - The Trusty Lariat / Texas Ranger |
| 1938 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD 8121 (US) | Blue Yodel No.2 (Jimmie RODGERS) / That Big Rock Candy Mountain (Harry McCLINTOCK) |
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Albums
| 1990 | LP 12" ROUNDER 1009 (US) |
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HALLELUJAH I'M A BUM - Hallelujah, I'm A Bum / Git Along, Little Doggies / Fireman, Save My Child / The Texas Ranger / Jerry, Go Ile That Car / The Bum Song / The Trail To Mexico / The Old Chisholm Trail / Circus Days / Goodbye Old Paint / Ain't We Crazy / Bum Song No. 2 / The Trusty Lariat / My Last Dollar / Billy Venero / The Big Rock Candy Mountain | ||
| 01/2005 | CD BACM 082 (UK) |
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THE GREAT AMERICAN BUM - RECORDED 1928-1931 - Harry McCLINTOCK "HAYWIRE MAC" - Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister / Fireman Save My Child / Get Along Little Dogies / If I Had My Druthers / The Man On The Flying Trapeze / My Dads Dinner Pail / Trail To Mexico / In The Big Rock Candy Mountains / The Trusty Lariat / Fifty Years From Now / Roamin / Hobo Spring Song / My Last Old Dollar / Old Chisholm Trail / Hallelujah Im A Bum / The Bum Song / Homespun Gal / Bald Top Mountain / Billy Venero / Jerry Go Ile That Car / Circus Days / The Bum Song #2 | ||
| 10/2010 | 2 CD SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS 5272 (US) |
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HARRY K. McCLINTOCK - "HAYWIRE MAC" :
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