About Mad Dog Blues:International recording artist, Mad Dog Friedman, harmonica player, musical innovator and founder of many popular Colorado blues acts over the years including King Comfort, Harmonica Loowinski, Papa Juke, the Mojo Medicine Show & Blue Lightning, has put together an acoustic blues jam band with a unique blues style indigenous to Colorado in the 21st Century while still honoring his blues roots. We call this music Colorado Country Blues because it combines the “Colorado Sound” (jam grass) with traditional rural blues. The result is Mad Dog Blues, a coalition of top-notch, veteran musicians dedicated to exploring this new sound in both their song writing and performances. Along with Mad Dog Friedman on harmonica, Mad Dog Blues (5 piece band) includes Jeff "Bone Head " Becker (Hippie Buckaroos) on mandolin, Clark "The Champ" Chanslor (White Water Ramble) on stand-up bass, Sean "Rocket" Bennight (from St. Louis) on acoustic guitar and Mark "Kaz" Kaczorowski (Blues on the Lamb) on slide and acoustic guitar. We hope you enjoy our original “Colorado Country Blues” sound, a unique fusion of delta blues, bluegrass, honky-tonk, hokum and acoustic jam music.
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How Mad Dog Learned to Play Harmonica over a Half Century Ago |
The Seed for Mad Dog Blues Took Hold in 2018 after at trip to Memphis |
"That was the sound I wanted to chase..." ~ Mad Dog Friedman |
Call & response, the heart and soul of the country blues |
What we mean by "Colorado Country Blues"... |
Here's the full interview of Mad Dog Friedman on K4CO Radio on 1/22/25 with the world premier plays of a couple of the tracks off of Going to Be Together (releases 3/21/25):
Thank you K4CO Radio for making this interview available to the world. What great way to learn the history of the band and hear a couple of world premiers of new tunes off of our soon to be released (3/21/25) new live album, Going to Be Together: https://youtu.be/cJFGA_r78pQ?si=IGEJCTdY3O3Jyw4J