Doug MacLeod Credit: Photo by Jeff Fasano

Doug MacLeod, The 77-year-old blues storyteller with 25 albums and two guitar instructional DVDs under his belt, has played sideman for the likes of Big Mama Thornton and George “Harmonica” Smith, while also having been covered by Albert King.

MacLeod, a Navy veteran, plays a trio of gigs in the area this weekend, starting in Fogartyville, then Bradenton, and capping it off at St. Pete’s most historic former Christian Science building for a Sunday matinee.

Tickets to see Doug MacLeod play the Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater in St. Petersburg are still available and start at $20.

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This article appears in Jul 20-26, 2023.

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's calendar editor. He started as a freelance music writer in 2020 at the age of 18, and after spending years covering, announcing, and previewing concerts in...