Matt McGinn
The Return of the Two Heided Man
2001 - RECD 538 CD
Track List:
The Big Glasgow Polis [1]
The Two Heided Man [1]
Ra Dug Frae Ra Port [1]
The Prime Minister
I Was Born 10,000 Years Ago
The Silver Screw [1]
St.Columba and The Masons [1]
The Big Effen Bee [1]
The Foreman O' Rourke [1]
The Philosophy of Grun [1]
Farrer and Murrer
Snowfall [1]
Ra Murrer Of Five (Trad.) [1]
My Farrer
The Tay
There Are Two Teams In Glasgow
The One Legged Man
The Dogs Party [1]
Benny Lynch [2]
Billy Davidsons Twins [2]
The Big Shike [2]
The Sugary Cake and Candy Man [2]
The Royal Infirmary [2]
Janetta [2]
Five Million Scotsmen Will Call [2]
I Woke Up With the Dawning [2]
Magic Shadow Show [2]
Samson [2]
The Teuchter [2]
Wally Brodie [2]
We Aint Gonna Dig No More [2]
The Depth of My Ego [1]
Sleeve Notes
The Songs and Humour of Matt McGinn
From Matts two great albums — The Two Heided Man and The Two Heided Man Strikes Again,
now comes — The Return of the Two Heided Man.
The fun and humour of McGinn is unmistakable. A legend in his time, before he died at the age of 47 Matt had written hundreds of songs and many lovely, touching songs like Magic Shadow Show and Depth of My Ego. Both the albums were recorded live, one at the Edinburgh Police Club — no, he wasn't in custody at the time — and it is clear from the audience reaction that a great time was had by all and they didn't take exception to The Big Glasgow Polls'. The other album was made at the Tudor Hotel in Airdrie. Musical friends accompanying Matt at these venues were John, Mike, Brian and Roy of the Waverleys and later Jackie Jennett and Gavin Livingstone of the Skerries with Jimmy Brown. Also featured and the subject of a McGinn joke on the recording was Billy Davidson. Billy remained his accompanist and traveling companion until Matt's untimely death at the beginning of 1977. Throughout his life Matt was endowed with an intelligent wit and sparkling personality. He was essentially a Glasgow Man, but during the 12-15 years which he spent entertaining he became a legend not only in his native city, but throughout Britain and many parts of the USA and Canada. I know you will be well entertained by the many aspects of his unique personality, so well illustrated in this very enjoyable CD.
Do enjoy it!
Janette McGinn
Notes
The Return Of The Two Heided Man is a CD collection of all but 2 tracks from both The Two Heided Man and The Two Heided Man Strikes Again albums. According to Shonagh McGinn, her cousin, Alex Osborne was instrumental in both The Best of Matt McGinn and The Return of The Heided Man CD releases. (By the way, Alex played guitar on Screwtops Are Falling On My Head.) The reason for the omission of the 2 tracks was the CD length and it was decided to cut the tracks not written by Matt, and also due to the possibility of any future copyright problems.
