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The Mad Dog Blues String Band

Innovative. Organic. Colorado‑born.

Mad Dog Friedman is an internationally known harmonica player, songwriter and Native American flute composer. He's a straight-ahead musical innovator who lets his heart do the talking.

The Mad Dog Blues String Band is his full on, acoustic roots outfit. The sound is Colorado to the bone: Delta blues grit, bluegrass bounce, honky‑tonk swagger, hokum jive and conversational acoustic jams are all woven into their root-centric, original sound. These are real people playing real music: songs with memorable hooks, honest lyrics, and a live energy that lands somewhere between a porch jam and a full‑blown revival. Labels fall short; if you need one, call it Colorado acoustic roots. If you want the truth, call it Mad Dog Blues.

The Mad Dog Blues String Band Lineup:

Mad Dog Friedman — harmonica & Native American flute
Jeff Becker — mandolin
Clark Chanslor — stand‑up bass
Sean Bennight — acoustic guitar
Mark Kaczorowski — slide & acoustic guitar

More about Mad Dog Blues:

Our website is www.coloradocountryblues.com and our Facebook page is www.facebook.com/coloradocountryblues.
To check out Mad Dog Blues Solo, Mad Dog's attempt to keep alive the century old tradition of solo ( acompanied) harmonica blues, please see https://coloradocountryblues.com/mdb_solo.htm.
To learn more about the Mad Dog Blues Duo please see https://coloradocountryblues.com/mdb_duo.htm.
To watch some live video from the Mad Dog Blues Trio please see coloradocountryblues.com/mdb_trio.htm.
To read what the reviewers and bloggers have to say about Mad Dog Blues please see our Press Page.
To download our current Electronic Press Kit and contact us, please click EPK.
To view or download promo photos of the band, please see our Photo Page.

Awards & Accolades:

Mad Dog Friedman performing his solo harmonica blues as Mad Dog Blues Solo is the Solo/Duo Winner of the 2025 Colorado Blues Challenge and will represented the Colorado Blues Society in Memphis at the International Blues Challenge in January of 2026.
The Mad Dog Blues Duo is the Solo/Duo Winner of the 2023 Mile High Blues Society Blues Challenge and represented the Mile High Blues Society in Memphis at the International Blues Challenge in January of 2024.
River City Roots (2023), performed by the guitar-harmonica-duo version of Mad Dog Blues charted #3 in the global ACOUSTIC BLUES CHART (Roots Music Reports - Week of April 8, 2023).
Gratitude (2022), our full band studio CD, was the Winner of the Pikes Peak Blues Community's Best Self-Produced CD Contest 2023.
Mad Dog Blues' All the Way was the #1 album in Colorado (2/22/25) and #4 on the global Acoustic Blues charts (10/19 & 11/16 in 2024) on Roots Music Reports.Mad Dog Blues charted at both #2 (The Mad Dog Blues Duo Live at the End) and #7 (River City Roots) on Roots Music Reports Colorado All Genre Reports in September of 2023. This means that we had 2 of the top 10 albums in Colorado for the Week of 9-16-23!

Getting to Know Us:

Here is a super-fun interview of the full string band Live on Satruday Night in Longmont, on the CiT NETWORK recorded on from April 12, 2025. Many thanks to T. G.Lewis for making this happen.

Here are some short excerpts from the interview with Mad Dog Friedman on K4CO Radio on 1/22/25 discussing Mad Dog's unique harmonica style and how Mad Dog Blues was formed:

How Mad Dog Learned to Play Harmonica over a Half Century Ago

"That was the sound I wanted to chase..." ~ Mad Dog Friedman

What we mean by "Colorado Country Blues"...

The Seed for Mad Dog Blues Took Hold in 2018 after a trip to Memphis

Call & response, the heart and soul of the 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 (released 3/21/25):

Thank you K4CO Radio for making this interview available to the world.