Matt McGinn

Matthew McGinn (17 January 1928 – 5 January 1977) was a Scottish folk singer-songwriter, actor, author and poet. Born in Glasgow in 1928, McGinn was a prolific songwriter and is recognised as an influential figure in the British folk music revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
McGinn was born in Ross Street at the corner of the Gallowgate in Calton, in the East End of Glasgow, on 17 January 1928. Born the eighth child of a family of... more