The January 2018 issue of Blues Music Magazine is out and available online, sporting a front cover, and five pages devoted Doug MacLeod and his Break The Chain recording:
“A knock and a quick response: the green door of the home in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. cracks open and bluesman Doug MacLeod pokes his head and shoulders out and into this sunny October afternoon, answering for his host, radio blues broadcaster Bill Wax. ‘C’mon in,’ he says, cheerfully greeting the visitor from Blues Music Magazine while keeping Koko, the Wax’s cat, at bay as we enter. We pick a couple of seats at a dining room table in the cozy home and sit down to discuss MacLeod’s latest release, Break The Chain [Reviewed in BMM #15], the reason for this current tour, as well as what makes MacLeod the bluesman – and man – he has become. …
“‘The first time I played it live, it was at a festival in Denmark. They all stand there. But this one young guy came up to the very front. I did ‘the talk’ introducing it, right? And he came all the way up and sat like a Buddhist, his legs crossed. Listened to the whole song. Waited ‘til I got done signing all the CDs, and he came up to me and he said, ‘Mr. MacLeod, I heard your song, ‘Break The Chain.’ That means I still got a chance, don’t I’?” MacLeod expels a slow, long breath, and told him, ‘Yeah, young man, you still got a chance.’…
“Bill Wax offers his perspective: ‘In addition to his impeccable guitar work, his expressive voice, and smart and clever songs, Doug MacLeod is a great story teller, and the blues are all about good stories. For me, that’s the magic.’”
Break the Chain
- Nominated for Independent Music Awards Blues Album of the Year
- Nominated for THREE Blues Music Awards
- Acoustic Album of the Year: Break the Chain
- Acoustic Artist of the Year: Doug MacLeod
- Instrumentalist-Drums: Jimi Bott
Vote NOW for Doug, Jimi, and Break the Chain in the Blues Music Awards
