Tommy McClennan - The Complete Recordings 1939-1942 (2 CD, 2002/FLAC)

 

Tommy McClennan (c. 1905-1961) was one of America's most successful down-home blues recording artists during the period when he recorded 20 singles for the Bluebird label (1939-1942). Among McClennan's most notable numbers were "Bottle It Up and Go," "Cross Cut Saw," "Travelin' Highway Man," and "New Highway No. 51 Blues." McClennan, famed for his raucous, uninhibited singing and guitar playing, frequented this section of Yazoo City when he lived on the nearby J. F. Sligh plantation. 





 


Vol. 1 Whiskey Head Woman - time: 00:59:08

1.  You Can Mistreat Me Here (2:41)
2.  New "Shake 'Em On Down" (3:07)
3.  Bottle It Up And Go (2:46)
4.  Whisky Head Woman (2:57)
5.  Brown Skin Girl (2:42)
6.  Cotton Patch Blues (2:44)
7.  Baby Don't You Want To Go? (2:55)
8.  Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me (2:41)
9.  I'm Going Don't You Know (2:41)
10.  New Highway 51 (2:48)
11.  She's Just Good Huggin' Size (2:56)
12.  My Little Girl (2:48)
13.  My Baby's Gone (2:42)
14.  It's Hard To Be Lonesome (2:35)
15.  My Baby's Doggin' Me (2:37)
16.  She's A Good Looking Mama (2:49)
17.  Whiskey Head Man (2:47)
18.  New Sugar Mama (2:55)
19.  Down To Skin And Bones Blues (2:39)
20.  Katy Mae Blues (2:43)
21.  Love With A Feeling (2:57)

Vol. 2 Cross Cut Saw - time: 01:01:18

1.  Drop Down Mama (2:49)
2.  Black Minnie (2:53)
3.  Elsie Blues (2:56)
4.  Des'e My Blues (3:13)
5.  Cross Cut Saw (alt. take) (2:40)
6.  Cross Cut Saw (2:44)
7.  Classy Mae Blues (2:45)
8.  You Can't Read My Mind (2:58)
9.  Travelin' Highway Man (2:58)
10.  Deep Sea Blues (2:58)
11.  I'm A Guitar King (2:47)
12.  It's A Crying pity (2:49)
13.  Mozelle Blues (2:54)
14.  Blues Trip Me This Morning (3:00)
15.  Mr. So And So Blues (2:43)
16.  Roll Me, Baby (3:00)
17.  I Love My Baby (3:04)
18.  Shake It Up And Go (2:54)
19.  Blue As I Can Be (2:42)
20.  Bluebird Blues (2:56)
21.  Bluebird Blues (2:57)