Doug MacLeod (musician)

Doug MacLeod
Doug Macleod
Doug Macleod
Background information
Born (1946-04-21) April 21, 1946 (age 78)
New York, United States
GenresBlues
LabelsReference Recordings
Websitehttp://www.doug-macleod.com

Doug MacLeod (born April 21, 1946) is an American storytelling blues musician and was the voice for the Blues Showcase of Continental Airlines.[1] Doug MacLeod is a multiple Blues Music Awards winner, including the 2024 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Album Of The Year for his album Raw Blues 1[2] and 2023 the Blues Music Award for Acoustic Artist Of The Year.[3] Doug MacLeod is an international touring artist who writes and sings original songs that are based on his own life and experiences.[4] Doug MacLeod most often performs on acoustic guitar, but he's also well-versed in electric styles and a respected songwriter and magazine columnist.[5]

Early life

Doug MacLeod was born in New York City on April 21, 1946, and his family relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina shortly after his birth. MacLeod had a difficult childhood marked by abuse, and he had a severe stutter.[6] As he struggled to overcome his speech impediment, he learned to play the guitar and started to sing, which helped him find his voice. The family moved back to New York before relocating to St. Louis when MacLeod was in his teens. He became a frequent visitor to St. Louis' blues clubs. As he honed his skills, he played around St. Louis in various bands as a bassist before enlisting in the Navy.[7] While he was stationed in Northern Virginia, he spent time playing in the local scene and eventually became mentored by a musician named Ernest Banks, who told him "Never write or sing about what you don't know about."[8] After he completed his time in the Navy, eventually settled in Los Angeles.[9]

Career

His entry into the L.A. blues scene saw him land sideman gigs with George "Harmonica" Smith, Big Joe Turner, Pee Wee Crayton, Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson, Lowell Fulson, and Big Mama Thornton.[10][11] After a more than 40-year career, Doug MacLeod has recorded 29 studio albums, several live records, compilations, two blues guitar instructional DVDs, and a live performance DVD.[12] Many artists have covered his songs 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.[13]

From 1999 to 2004 Doug hosted Nothin' But The Blues, a very popular weekend blues show on Los Angeles' KLON-KKJZ. He has also been the voice for The Blues Showcase on Continental Airlines.[14] For ten years he penned "Doug's Back Porch," a regular feature column in Blues Revue Magazine[15] in which he shared his humorous and insightful stories with thousands of readers. He is one of the four featured artists in the movie “Resonate: A Guitar Story”, the feature documentary on the making of National Guitars.[16]

Doug MacLeod is a Reference Recordings artist[17] and an active touring musician.[18]

Awards

MacLeod has won eight Blues Music Awards,[19] including:

  • Acoustic Artist of the Year 2014, 2016,[20] 2017, 2020, and 2023.[21][22]
  • Acoustic Album of the Year 2014, 2018 and 2024[23]

He has been nominated for several consecutive years for:

  • Best Song in 2006 ("Dubb's Talkin' Politician Blues"), in 2014 ("The Entitled Few") and in 2016 ("You Got It Good (and That Ain’t Bad)"),
  • Acoustic Artist of the Year: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,[24] 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,[25] 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023. and 2024.
  • Acoustic Album of the Year in 2012 (Brand New Eyes), 2014 (There's a Time), 2016 (Exactly Like This), 2018 (Break The Chain), and 2024 (Raw Blues 1).
  • Historical Album in 2017 (Live in Europe).[26]

Doug MacLeod is a 2024 Blues Blast Music Awards Nominee for Acoustic Blues Album for his release Raw Blues 2, and Acoustic Guitarist of The Year Nominee [27]

Doug MacLeod's 2022 release, A Soul To Claim on Reference Recordings was named a Downbeat Magazine Album of the Year.[28]

Doug MacLeod's Break the Chain release on Reference Recordings was nominated for three Blues Music Awards, the Independent Music Awards' Blues Album of the Year,[29] and a Living Blues Top Album of 2017.[30] The album was also a cover story feature for the January 2018 issue of Blues Music Magazine.[31]

Discography

  • Raw Blues 2 ( Sledgehammer Blues) 2024
  • Fine Lookin' Sugar (Single-Sledgehammer Blues) 2024
  • Raw Blues 1 (EP-Sledgehammer Blues) 2023
  • I'm Gone (Single-Sledgehammer Blues) 2023
  • Plaquemine (Single-Sledgehammer Blues) 2023
  • A Soul To Claim (Reference Recordings) 2022
  • Send The Soul On Home (Single-Under The Radar Music Group) 2019
  • Lobby Money (Single- Under The Radar Music Group) 2018
  • Break the Chain (Reference Recordings) 2017
  • Live in Europe (Under the Radar Music Group) 2016
  • Plowin' Mule Remix (Single -Black & Tan) 2016
  • Doug MacLeod Remixed EP (Black & Tan) 2016
  • Exactly Like This (Reference Recordings) 2015
  • A Double Dose Of Dubb EP (Black & Tan) 2015
  • The Roots Of It All Acoustic Blues The Definitive Collection Vol. 4 (Bear Family Productions) 2014
  • There's a Time (Reference Recordings) 2013
  • Night Walking Remix (Single- Black & Tan) 2013
  • Come to Find - Reissue (APO) 2013
  • Doug MacLeod Direct-To-Disc (APO) 2012
  • The Devil Is Beating His Wife Remix (Single-Black & Tan) 2011
  • Brand New Eyes (Fresh! from RR) 2011
  • The Utrecht Sessions (Black & Tan) 2008
  • Live at XM Radio vol. 2 (Black & Tan) 2007
  • Live at XM Satellite (Black & Tan) 2007
  • Where I Been (Black & Tan) 2006
  • Dubb (Black & Tan) 2005
  • A Little Sin (Black & Tan) 2002
  • 101 Blues Guitar Essentials (instructional DVD) (Solid Air Record / Alfred Publishing) 2006
  • Bluesquest (Sledgehammer Blues (formerly AudioQuest Music) 2006
  • Whose Truth, Whose Lies[32] (Sledgehammer Blues (formerly AudioQuest Music)) 2000
  • Live As It Gets (with John "Juke" Logan) (Mocombo Records) 1999
  • Unmarked Road[33] (Sledgehammer Blues (formerly AudioQuest Music)) 1997
  • Blues Masters (Sledgehammer Blues (formerly AudioQuest Music) 1996
  • You Can't Take My Blues[34] (Sledgehammer Blues (formerly AudioQuest Music)) 1996
  • Works Of Art (Sledgehammer Blues (formerly AudioQuest Music) 1994
  • Come to Find[35] (Sledgehammer Blues (formerly AudioQuest Music)) 1994
  • Live in 1991 vol. 1 (Black & Tan) 1991
  • Live in 1991 vol. 2 (Black & Tan) 1991
  • Ain't The Blues Evil (Volt/Fantasy) 1991
  • 54th and Vermont (Stomp) 1989
  • Woman In The Street (Stomp) 1987
  • No Road Back Home (Hightone) 1984

Recorded with

  • Walking Shoes and Thinking Hat / Budda Power Blues / (Bandcamp) 2024
  • All Kinds Of Blues / Mick Kolassa / (Endless Blues) 2024
  • Back Home / Wendy and DB / ( Planet Wendy Publishing) 2024
  • Wooden Music / Mick Kolassa / (Endless Blues) 2023
  • Rhythm Blues & Boogie / Dave Keyes / (Blue Heart Records) 2022
  • They Call Me Uncle Mick / Mick Kolassa / (Endless Blues) 2022
  • Two Sides / Kirsten Thien / (Screen Door Records) 2020
  • Acoustic Blues The Definitive Collection / (Bear Family Productions Ltd) 2015
  • Pick Your Choice / George Harmonica Smith / (Essential Media Group)) 2014
  • Get Your Nose Out Of My Business / Rich DelGrosso / (CD Baby) 2005
  • Slide Guitar for August Wilson's play The Gem Of The Ocean 2003
  • Early Hours / Pee Wee Crayton / (Blind Pig) 1999
  • Now You Can Talk About Me / George Harmonica Smith / (Blind Pig) 1998
  • Dark Night / James Armstrong / (Hightone) 1998
  • Naked Heart / Susan J Paul / (Sugar Bone) 1997
  • East Side Story / Kid Frost / (Virgin) 1992
  • The Ladies And The Babies / Frankie Lee (Hightone) 1984
  • Make Room For Pee Wee / Pee Wee Crayton (Murray Bros) 1983

Books

  • Who Is Blues Vol.1 - Doug MacLeod. 2018[36]

Film appearances

MacLeod appeared in Resonate: A Guitar Story along with Catfish Keith, Bob Brozman and Mike Dowling. Resonate is a story of contemporary players of National Reso-Phonic Guitars.[37]

References

  1. ^ "An interview with Doug MacLeod". Blues GR.
  2. ^ "2024 Blues Music Awards Winners". Blues Music Awards. May 12, 2023.
  3. ^ "Doug MacLeod Wins 2023 Blues Music Award". Reference Recordings.
  4. ^ "Doug MacLeod Biography". Doug MacLeod.
  5. ^ "All Music Biography". All Music.
  6. ^ "Break the Chain". Reference Recordings.
  7. ^ "Julian de Backer Interview". Doug MacLeod Blues News.
  8. ^ "Savannah News Interview". Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  9. ^ "Jim Newsom Portfolio Weekly "Call Him a Blues Man"". Portfolio Weekly.
  10. ^ "Blues in Britain Interview" (PDF). PDF of Magazine on Doug MacLeod website. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  11. ^ "Blues Music Magazine Interview - Page 6". PDF of Blues Blast Magazine with Doug MacLeod on Cover Story. Blues Music Magazine. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  12. ^ "BMI Doug MacLeod Registrations". BMI Repertoire. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  13. ^ "All Music Biography". All Music.
  14. ^ "An interview with Doug MacLeod". Blues GR.
  15. ^ "Blues Revue History". The Blues Foundation.
  16. ^ "Resonate: A Guitar Story". Facebook Page.
  17. ^ "Reference Recordings Artist". Reference Recordings.
  18. ^ "Doug MacLeod Concerts". Bandsintown.
  19. ^ "Blues Music Awards Winners and Nominees". Blues Music Awards.
  20. ^ "2016 Blues Music Awards Winner List". Blues411.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  21. ^ McKay, Robin. "BLUES MUSIC AWARDS". Blues.org. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  22. ^ Grein, Paul (May 12, 2023). "Tommy Castro Repeats as Entertainer of the Year at 2023 Blues Music Awards: Full Winners List". Billboard.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  23. ^ "Blues Music Awards Winners and Nominees". Blues Music Awards.
  24. ^ "Blues Music Awards Nominees - 2013 - 34th Blues Music Awards". Blues.org. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  25. ^ "Blues Music Awards Nominees 2017". Blues.org. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  26. ^ "Blues Music Awards Nominees 2017". Blues.org. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  27. ^ "2024 Blues Blast Music Awards Nominees". Blues Blast Magazine. July 9, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  28. ^ "Downbeat Magazine January 2023 e-Edition". Downbeat Magazine.
  29. ^ "2018 Independent Music Awards". Reference Recordings.
  30. ^ "Living Blues Top Albums of 2017". Living Blues.
  31. ^ "Blues Music Magazine January 2018". Blues Music Store.
  32. ^ "Whose Truth, Whose Lies". Valley Entertainment-Sledgehammer Blues. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
  33. ^ "Unmarked Road". Valley Entertainment-Sledgehammer Blues. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
  34. ^ "You Can't Take My Blues". Valley Entertainment-Sledgehammer Blues. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
  35. ^ "Come To Find". Valley Entertainment-Sledgehammer Blues. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
  36. ^ Abbate, Vincent (September 3, 2018). Doug MacLeod. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1721731671.
  37. ^ "Resonate: A Guitar Story". ChasingGuitars. June 15, 2014.

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