- Tommy McClennan Vol. 2 "Cross Cut Saw" · 1941
- The Very Best Of · 2003
- Cross Cut Saw Blues · 2000
- Essential Delta Blues · 2009
- The Sounds of Louisiana Blues · 2009
- Tommy Mc Clennan · 2008
- Tommy Mc Clennan · 2008
- Tommy Mc Clennan · 2008
- Tommy Mc Clennan · 2008
- Tommy Mc Clennan · 2008
- Broadcasting the Blues: Black Blues In the Segregation Era · 2006
- The Very Best Of · 2004
- The Very Best Of · 2004
Singles & EPs
Compilations
About Tommy McClennan
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 1941-1942 Bluebird sessions of Robert Petway, a McClennan associate who performed in a similar but somewhat more lyrical vein. McClennan never recorded again and reportedly died a destitute alcoholic in Chicago; blues researchers have been unable to confirm the date or circumstances of his death. ~ Jim O'Neal
- HOMETOWN
- Durant, MS, United States
- BORN
- 4 January 1905
- GENRE
- Blues