Big Dave McLean

Life and career McLean was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, They later lived in Moose Jaw, before relocating to Winnipeg, Manitoba when Dave was at the age of 10.

The follow-up was For The Blues... Always (1998), an attempt to spread his music to a wider audience. It was followed by Acoustic Blues (Got 'Em From The Bottom) in 2008.

In 2015, McLean starred in a low budget film documentary, Ain't About the Money, exploring the trials and tribulations in performing the blues.

Other ventures Patrick Friesen wrote Singer, a docu-drama on Richard Manuel for CBC Radio Manitoba (1989), which featured McLean; as well as Voice, a 1996 radio documentary (featuring McLean and Tracey Dahl), by CBC Radio Manitoba and produced by Andrea Ratuski.

In 1991, Saturday Night Blues, a compilation album of recordings by Canadian blues performers, was released by Stony Plain Records and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It contained the Big Dave McLean and the Muddy-Tones track, "T.V. Preacher Blues". In 2006, McLean contributed the track "Howlin' for My Baby" to Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years, a double compilation album also released by CBC.

In 2005, The Perpetrators contributed to a tribute album to McLean, entitled We Best Choose to Pick the Blues.

Awards Whisky Award, 2005 Runner-up for Singer of the Year Western Canadian Music Award, 2004 Outstanding Blues Recording – Blues from the Middle Prairie Music Award, 1999 Outstanding Blues Recording – For the Blues... Always Great Canadian Blues Award, 1998 Juno Award 1992 (winner – Saturday Night Blues) 2009 (nominated) 2016 (nominated) 2025 (winner - Juno Award for Blues Album of the Year) Maple Blues Award nominations: Acoustic Act Of The Year, 1998, 1999, 2000 & 2003 Blues With A Feeling Award, 2007 (winner) Toronto Blues Society Lifetime Achievement Award Order of Canada, 2019