Doc MacLean

Forty-five years ago Doc MacLean was playing Charlie Patton songs in Son House’s Rochester, New York living room. More recently he’s been self driving across Africa with a battered National guitar and a small PA, playing theatres, concert venues, and sometimes in places where things are burning by the sides of the road. In the north, it’s been steady touring of Ireland, the UK, Canada and the United States.

Doc started on the Flying Fish label out of Chicago. With his musical partner, Colin Linden (Dylan, The Band, T-Bone Burnett, Keb Mo’), he played, toured and recorded with Sam Chatmon’s Barbeque Boys, Blind John Davis, Little Brother Montgomery, Sunnyland Slim, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee…Opened shows for Muddy Waters, John Hammond, Jr., Johnny Winter…

Now a celebrated, solo storyteller-songwriter in the delta tradition, Doc performs as many as 200 shows annually across Canada, United States, Ireland, UK, and greater southern Africa. An excellent, real deal, festival, small theatre and small venue opportunity.

Drifting. Late nights. Neon. Put your bets on the Dark Horse: Be part of the tour. Songs and stories. Blues from the dark side of the road. Doc’s 4th Irish tour.

“The soundtrack to Sin City…” – Rolling Stone
“An emotional re-mapping of the delta blues…” – Blues Revue Magazine
“Real deal, dig this show…” – New Depression
“A consummate storyteller…” – People