Doug MacLeod

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"Like all great blues men, MacLeod lives his music, and the songs are not just on the tips of his fingers and tongue, they are one with his being.” - Blues Music Magazine "One of the great blues artists......period!" - Jorma Kaukonen. "Doug MacLeod is one of the last and most iconic songwriters in blues that the contemporary scene can still offer.” - Macallé Blues Italy Doug is a multiple Blues Music Award winner, including the 2020 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Artist Of The Year and the 2018 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Album Of The Year ‘Break The Chain’. He won the 2023 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Artist Of The Year. His album A SOUL TO CLAIM named a Downbeat Magazine Album Of The Year for 2022. Doug has played with many legendary blues artists including George 'Harmonica' Smith, Big Joe Turner, Pee Wee Crayton, and Big Mama Thornton. His songs have been covered by many artists including Albert King, Albert Collins, Joe Louis Walker and Eva Cassidy. MacLeod's songs have been featured in many TV movies and the hit show In the Heat of the Night. August Wilson requested his soulful slide guitar playing in the Los Angeles opening of "Gem of the Ocean”. From 1999 to 2004 Doug hosted Nothin' But The Blues on Los Angeles' KKJZ. For ten years he penned 'Doug's Back Porch' a regular column for Blues Revue Magazine. He is one of the four featured artists in the movie “Resonate-A Guitar Story” the feature documentary on the making of National Guitars.