Matt McGinn - Live 1975 part one

Matt McGinn (1928-1977) live at the Bonnie Prince Charlie bar, East Kilbride, Scotland in February 1975.
Tracks:
Granda
Cider Wi' Yer Maw,
Ma Darlin' Is a Charlie
My Dearest My Darling
My Wee Auntie Sarah
Crofter Story
Suzie

[@bbop3557]

Sat wi auldman listening tae matt aw through 2016 n 2017.....we baith hud many a good night tae the wee sma' oors laughing and singing.....my auldman passed away oct 2017.....how i wish i could go back😔

[@sapien82]

Absolute class oor Matt McGinn, wish he was still here Scotland could really dae wae a man like him the noo , yer legend lives oan though big man

[@frankmurphyburr3598]

I played in a band with his nephew, we played (he played) all these songs

[@killiekentman]

thanks for sharing, i met and drank with him in Irvine many years ago. he was a legend and sadly missed, but his music still goes on.

[@dambust56]

I was there that night and what a night

[@billytrack]

Matt McGinn, you'll live forever

[@altclut]

I've heard so much about him, but he speaks for himself here. Amazing!

[@Kirstybeth]

altclut check out the Dog's Party for Glesga humour, and Jeely Piece Song for Matt's genuine socialist concerns

[@scottferguson9978]

Matt at his absolute best! just love it!

[@garyfury3483]

matt your immortal now!.

[@kirstymcintee8162]

Rip Matt mcginn

[@normancameron6165]

Picture the wee boys reminded me growing up centre Dundee except i wore wellies

[@andythesoupdragon]

IMO Matt's best story was the silver screw. Told this many times myself. Nobody gets it until I tell what happened when the screw was removed. ROFL. Great comedian.

[@as3cs3]

funny I was talking to a guy in his late 70s from East Kilbride about Matt McGinn the other day (as I only discovered him this week) and he said Matt had a cousin in EK and used to visit him a lot and they'd go for a pint with him in the Monty etc

[@berryryan500]

Great!

[@COLEEN322]

rip pal

[@barnflatwyngarde5060]

Thanks for this. He is a legend. Great sound quality too.

[@fionawesrwater7828]

I’m going to teach my two year old granddaughter this,it will go down a storm at the next family get together.cheers.

[@ShaunBauidhNoBas]

Absoliute legend

[@lochlainnmacneill2870]

A Camlachie man.....same as myself.

[@odhrangallagher5738]

His former wife and the subject of 'My Dearest My Darling', Janette Gallacher died in late March of this year.

[@FuerteEnglish]

On the contrary, they always had great respect and love for each other and his songs for her show that, such as Janetta and Jeannie Gallacher.

[@odhrangallagher5738]

@@FuerteEnglish I don't think that's entirely accurate. He almost certainly wasn't an easy man to live with.

[@FuerteEnglish]

@@odhrangallagher5738 Janette said he was difficult to live with on the McGinn of the Calton STV programme. They were together 25 years, but they did have, as I said above, great respect and love for each other. They separated but I can assure you the song you mentioned above was most certainly not written about Janette, I witnessed him writing this song first hand, as well as the beautiful, sad song “Janetta” I mentioned above, and believe me, that was not about Janette. As you say, Janette has now passed.

[@odhrangallagher5738]

@@FuerteEnglish In his memoirs, Matt describes his relationship with Janette as “troubled”. Unfortunately, it’s likely that by the end they didn’t have much love for each other left - that’s certainly how she presents in the television special.

[@FuerteEnglish]

@@odhrangallagher5738 I understand and respect your point of view on it, I get the feeling you know Matt’s work. They were my parents, so I can tell you they loved each other and respected each other. They separated a few years before my dad’s death and although they didn’t happily live together in the mid 70’s they still met and supported each other. When he says in the song “Janetta” “ of all woman kind, never one above you” I can tell you that is exactly how my dad felt for my mum. Janette lived for 43 years after Matt’s death and we all spoke of him with love, pride and respect and still do.

[@karenmacfarlane3829]

My father has his lp

[@Sweepee-v2v]

My wee auntie Sarah 😂

[@norton750cc]

Champyne cider..... an electric soop, ooooh memories o that. Came in a plastic bottle... cyder./.. white vino was in unmarked bottles.. Got ye pished tho.... tak te student party in byres rd an hae a whale o a time..

[@wullymc1]

Well Matt you're getting a memorial. I'm sure you'd rather have just had the money lol.