I'm probably the only person on this thread or on Mudcat that actually met Haywire Mac
when i visited him in San Pedro, California. He was extremely likeable and a great personality. He described himself as "old railroad boomer" which meant he partook of
the privilege of hopping freights and not getting thrown off by the bulls, most of them who
he knew personally.

He had a radio show in Chicago that I used to hear.

The day I visited him, he took us to the bandshell in the park in San Pedro to hear
a Mexican Tipeca band with guitars, mandolins and plucked psaltery.

He was happily married at the time.