A summary of the life ofRodney McGlynn is presented in an obituary in The Scotsman in June of 2023.
McGlynn was born into a Scottish Romani community. As an adult he lived in a “secluded stone-walled ‘bender’ with an impermanent thatched and canvas roof, a fireplace and seven small stained-glass windows.” Initially he had women partners and fostered a family but soon came to live alone. He was often surrounded by people seeking to help him in household tasks, and he frequently joined them in similar labor. As a musician, bard, singer, poet, and performer, McGlynn often traveled to festivals to perform.