Between Somewhere And Goodbye Doug MacLeod

• 1 Memphis In Your Soul 04:52
• 2 Between Somewhere And Goodbye 05:13
• 3 Keep On Walking On 04:05
• 4 Hard Times 03:40
• 5 Roll Like A River (2025) 05:04
• 6 I Ain’t No Stranger 04:02
• 7 One Rib Short 04:02
• 8 The Seen And The Unseen 05:30
• 9 Even Angels Get Too Sad To Fly 03:29
• 10 I Don’t Like Your Chances 03:08
• 11 Watching The Sun Go Down 03:50
• Total Runtime 46:55

Info for Between Somewhere And Goodbye

Reference Recordings proudly presents our 6th release with the outstanding, multi-­Blues Music Award winner Doug MacLeod. Internationally acclaimed for his original songwriting, warm, soulful vocals, guitar wizardry and witty storytelling, Doug teamed with producer Andreas Werner, engineer Joe Funderburk in Nashville’s Creative Workshop studio, and mastering engineer Sean Royce Martin of Reference Recordings for “Between Somewhere and Goodbye”.

Supported by Nashville notables: drummer Lynn Williams, Mark T . Jordan on piano, Wurlitzer electric piano and B3 organ, and bassist Paul Ossola plus the vocal harmonies of The Shoals Sisters, Cindy Richardson Walker, Marie Tomlinson Lewey and Carla Russell, Doug offers up a collection of eleven of his compositions presented in both solo and ensemble settings. Collectively known as the Funky Chester Rhythm Section, these musicians have worked with many of the very best; Bonnie Raitt, John Hiatt, Levon Helm, Delbert McClinton, Lyle Lovett, Van Morrison, Buddy Guy and the Saturday Night Live Band.

Doug used two guitars on this record: his Waterloo WL S Deluxe called ‘P ­Nut,’ and ‘Little Bit,’ his vintage Gibson C­-100 FE. The cover features a painting of the iconic Hernando de Soto Bridge, created for this album by artist Matthew Hasty. Since moving to Memphis, Tennessee in 2019, the mighty Mississippi River has influenced and informed much of Doug’s life and songwriting. The album booklet also includes Doug’s own personal and informative liner notes explaining, “This album is a little different from my other albums. Oh, there’s blues here, humor here, and even a touch of soul here. And…… there’s a theme running through many of the songs here.”

Doug Macleod, guitar, vocals

Engineered by Joe Funderburk
Mastered by Sean Royce Martin
Produced by Andreas Werner

Doug MacLeod
winner of The 2013 Blues Blast Music Award for Male Artist Of The Year and perennial Blues Music Award nominee, is a singer-songwriter in the American tradition. He is a traveling artist that writes and sings original songs that are based on his own life and experiences. He learned from the old masters, lived the music, survived the life and carries forward a valuable tradition. MacLeod is known for his superb songwriting, guitar wizardry, warm soulful vocals, wit and unforgettable live performances. At the heart of this is his knack for storytelling, bringing characters-from the faceless to the legendary-to strikingly real life.

As a youth he overcame abuse and a crippling stutter by turning to music. After he picked up a guitar, and tried to sing - he found his voice.

While he developed his rich, soulful singing style MacLeod also worked out a unique, unorthodox and powerfully rhythmic acoustic guitar style. The rage of his turbulent youth was eventually channeled through his guitar, using his relentless right hand to pound out an insistent, churning beat to complement his intricate bottleneck and finger-style technique. MacLeod's playing landed him sideman gigs with George 'Harmonica' Smith, Big Joe Turner, Pee Wee Crayton, Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson, Lowell Fulson and Big Mama Thornton. Under their tutelage, he learned how to thrill and enrapture a crowd.

Over 29 years, 19 studio albums, several live records, compilations, a blues guitar instructional DVD and a live performance DVD, MacLeod has consistently earned raves. His songs have been covered by many artists including Albert King, Albert Collins, Joe Louis Walker and Eva Cassidy. He has co-written songs with Dave Alvin and Coco Montoya. MacLeod's songs have been featured in many TV movies and the hit show In the Heat of the Night. Two of his songs are on Grammy nominated albums by Albert King and Albert Collins.

From 1999 to 2004 he 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 and contributed his soulful slide guitar playing to the Los Angeles opening of the August Wilson play "Gem of the Ocean". For ten years he penned "Doug's Back Porch," a regular feature column in Blues Revue Magazine in which he shared his humorous and insightful stories with thousands of readers. He won the Golden Note Award in 1997 for his AudioQuest album "You Can't Take My Blues". In 2006 Solid Air/Warner Bros. released Doug's guitar instructional DVD "101* Blues Guitar Essentials".

MacLeod signed with Reference Recordings in 2012. His new album "There’s A Time" was released in March of 2013. In every note he performs and records, MacLeod subscribes to the rule-of-thumb learned from country bluesman Ernest Banks from Toano VA. who instilled in him to "Never play a note you don't believe", and "Never write or sing about what you don't know about."

Like the old masters who taught him, MacLeod's music expresses life and times via an intangible, elusive quality that may simply be a keen sense of what matters most. There is a philosophic and healing side to MacLeod's music and his stories that has helped others overcome the hardships of their lives. As Pee Wee Crayton's widow Esther once told Doug, "You have a message and you'll send that message mainly to the people who don't go to church."

Booklet for Between Somewhere And Goodbye