Tommy McClennan
Tommy McClennan
Top Songs
| 1 | It's Hard To Be Lonesome | ||
| 2 | Cross Cut Saw Blues | ||
| 3 | Baby, Don't You Want to Go | ||
| 4 | Highway 51 | ||
| 5 | Whiskey Headed Woman |
Albums
Apr 2024 • 10 songs
Dec 2022 • 10 songs
Oct 2017 • 14 songs
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Popular On
- Blues Classics, Commercial-Free
About
Biography
A gravel-throated back-country blues growler from the Mississippi Delta, Tommy McClennan was part of the last wave of down-home blues guitarists to record for the major labels in Chicago. His rawboned 1939-1942 Bluebird recordings were no-frills excursions into the blues bottoms. He left a powerful legacy that included "Bottle It Up and Go," "Cross Cut Saw Blues," "Deep Blue Sea Blues" (aka "Catfish Blues"), and others whose lasting power has been evidenced through the repertoires and re-recordings of other artists. Admirers of McClennan's blues would do well to check out the ...