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Mike Dougherty
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Out of 17 votes - Similar Artists: Leo Kottke, John Fahey, Jorma Kaukonen
Out of 17 votes
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- Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States
- Genre: Folk » Finger-Picked Guitar
Editor's review
Though he pens his own tunes, this D.C.-area guitarist plays a warm, whimsical brand of acoustic folk that makes every track sound 50 years old. Mixing backwoods licks with 12-bar struts, Dougherty's country-blues fingerstylings recall the extracurricular fiddlings of Jorma Kaukonen.
Biography
Mike Dougherty is a guitarist/composer and music teacher in the Washington, D.C. area who specializes in acoustic steel-string fingerpicking music. His original guitar compositions incorporate many different strains of American music: blues, folk, country, ragtime, jazz, rock, etc.. Syncopated rhythms, melodic content, texture, and space are also present. Overall, simplicity, emotional expression, and sense of humor are the driving forces behind the songs.
The first disc, Better Slow Down (2005), is still available to purchase on CD Baby.Com. It is a collection of eight original compositions for solo acoustic guitar. It was recorded entirely live with no overdubs.
The new disc, Southern Comfort (2007), is a very personal effort in that it was performed and composed after his son was diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Again, the cd was recorded live, and it includes 14 instrumentals. The material is more upbeat, and mostly played in standard tuning, except for the slide guitar. This cd is also available through CD Baby and itunes.
