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McClennan, Tommy

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Personal name headingMcClennan, Tommy
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedChicago (Ill.)
Birth date1905-01-04
Death date1961-05-09
Place of birthDurant (Miss.)
Place of deathChicago (Ill.)
Field of activityBlues (Music)
Profession or occupationBlues musicians Guitarists Singers
Found inHis Classy Mae blues [SR] 1941: labels (Tommy McClennan)
Harris, S. Blues WW, c1979 (McClennan, Tommy; b. 4/8/08, Yazoo City (Yazoo Co.), MS; d. ca. 1958-1962, Chicago, IL (unconfirmed); guitar and vocal)
Wikipedia, July 31, 2017 (Tommy McClennan; born January 4, 1905, Durant, Mississippi; died May 9, 1961, Chicago, Illinois; American Delta blues singer and guitarist)
Mississippi blues trail WWW site, July 31, 2017 (Tommy McClennan; born, according to Big Bill Broonzy, in Yazoo City, April 1908; death certificate cites his birthplace as Durant (Holmes County) and the date as January 4, 1905; his name was variously spelled McClinton, McLindon, McCleland, and McClenan on census and other documents, although the McClennan spelling was used on all of his recordings; died May 9, 1961, Chicago)
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Eagle, Bob. Blues : a regional experience, c2013: page 218 (Tommy McClennan (Tom McClenan [in 1910 census]), (Virgil McCleland [in 1920 census], (Tom McLindon [in 1930 census]; born January 4, 1905, Durant, Holmes County, Mississippi; died May 9, 1961, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; moved to Chicago in 1949)