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Tommy McLain (born March 15, 1940) is an American swamp pop musician, best known as a singer but who also plays keyboards, drums, bass guitar, and fiddle.
Tommy McLain (born March 15, 1940 in Jonesville, Louisiana, USA) is an American swamp pop musician, best known as a singer but who also plays keyboards, drums, bass guitar, fiddle and bagpipe. In 1966, McLain recorded the song "Sweet Dreams", which hit #15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Tommy McLain – “Sweet Dreams” (MSL) 1966. Written by Don Gibson. Produced by Floyd Soileau and Huey P. Meaux. Hailing from Louisiana, Tommy began his recording career with country artist ...
Tommy McLain is an American swamp pop musician, best known as a singer but who also plays keyboards, drums, bass guitar, and fiddle.
24 sie 2022 · A longtime swamp-pop fan, he befriended the older singer in the Louisiana music scene and was thrilled to discover that McLain had been writing new songs in secret for years.
24 sie 2022 · Swamp pop’s Tommy McLain is unequivocally one of rock ‘n roll’s legendary artists with a career beginning in the ‘60s when he toured with the likes of the Yardbirds, Sam Cooke, and Otis Redding, and subsequently influencing artists such as Tony Joe White, John Fogerty, and Little Feat.
On October 27, 2007 at the LMHOF “Louisiana’s Greatest Hits – LIVE! – Volume 1” concert in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Tommy McLain was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame. Bio courtesy of Tom Aswell – Author of “Louisiana Rocks – The True Genesis Of Rock And Roll”
