Doug MacLeod
Doug Macleod
Background information
Born	(1946-04-21) April 21, 1946 (age 78) New York, United States
Genres	Blues
Labels	Reference Recordings
Website	http://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.

Recognition

MacLeod has won seven Blues Music Awards, including:

• Acoustic Artist of the Year 2014, 2016,^[1] 2017, 2020, and 2023.^[2][3]
• Acoustic Album of the Year 2014, 2018

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,^[4] 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,^[5] 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).^[6]

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^[7] (Sledgehammer Blues (formerly AudioQuest Music)) 2000
• Live As It Gets (with John "Juke" Logan) (Mocombo Records) 1999
• Unmarked Road^[8] (Sledgehammer Blues (formerly AudioQuest Music)) 1997
• Blues Masters (Sledgehammer Blues (formerly AudioQuest Music) 1996
• You Can't Take My Blues^[9] (Sledgehammer Blues (formerly AudioQuest Music)) 1996
• Works Of Art (Sledgehammer Blues (formerly AudioQuest Music) 1994
• Come to Find^[10] (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

• 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
• Pick Your Choice / George Harmonica Smith / (Shoe Label Records) 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

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.