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] Doug MacLeod was born in New York City on April 21, 1946, and his family relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina shortly after his birth.

[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.

[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.