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Mad Dog writes from the moment and sings from his heart. Although mostly known for his blues harmonica, he is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter. He influences include sources as divergent as William Butler Yeats and the delta blues. He has been featured on numerous recordings on harmonica, vocals, spoken word, Native American flute, and Theremin . His songwriting is sincere, simple and often humorous. His spontaneous musical compositions often involve experimental electronic sound sculpting using the Theremin. His music and poetry have been enjoyed on TV & radio stations around the world. He has recorded numerous solo projects as well as with Mad Dog Blues, Jenn Cleary, Pojams, the Peddlers of Joy (formerly know as The Astral Project), Blue Lightning, Lionel Young, Nic Clark, Joe Waters, Josh Elioseff, Jeff Gagliardi, Cara Elizabeth, Dan Harris, Papa Juke, Mojo Medicine Show, King Comfort, Dan Hertel (Verses The Inevitable), Alex Bernat, Spotted Elk, Naomi Horii, Kristin McLean, Rex Peoples, Michael Trigleth, Johnny Johnston, Felonius Smith, Chris Hammong, Shawn Wright, Spotted Elk, Phidippus, Yo Yo Ma and Derek Trucks.

You also may want, to check out this great article and interview from the Boulder Daily Camera about Mad Dog Friedman from May 6, 2022.

(Photo by T.G. Lewis)

Mad Dog Friedman is reviving the century old tradition of solo harmonica blues with Mad Dog Blues SOLO. He won the Colorado Blues Challenge as the Solo/Duo champ for 2025-2026 and will be bringing his solo blues harmonica to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in January of 2026.

Check out Mad Dog Blues, the award-winning harmonica-driven string band specializing in original, acoustic roots and jam at ColoradoCountryBlues.com.

Mad Dog Friedman's Native American flute music have won awards from the international new age radio station, One World Music and has over 1,000,000 streams on Spotify.)

You can listen to the individual albums featuring Mad Dog Friedman

on indigenous flute music at cranialsacred.com/flute.htm.

Blue Lightning's (a country blues duo featuring Mad Dog Friedman and Sam Gillis) first and only album, 1st Strike, won the Colorado Blues Society's Best Self-Produced CD of 2018.

Mad Dog's classic solo harmonica blues album is available wherever you stream you music:

Listen to a performance and interview with Mad Dog Friedman (featuring Sean Bennight on guitar) on SoundOn Podcast (2019):

SoundON: February 13 through February 19 Music News & Interview with Mad Dog Friedman

Please visit our sister* web sites:

• Check out the other side of the Dog at Friedman's Freeway (www.mdfriedman.com) for some great photos & digital art.


• To find out why Mad Dog' spontaneous Theremin and Native American flute compositions may induce altered states of mind allowing access to your full mental and creative potential, or to find out if a personalized sound therapy session may be helpful to you, please see www.cranialsacred.com.


• The Internet Poets' Cooperative at www.poetscoop.org for some great free poetry e-books, www.mp3poetry.com for over 500 free spoken word audio files & www.videopoetry.org to view or download full episodes or excerpts from the Poets' Co-op TV Show. 


• The Digital Dada site (a collaborative online gallery for the creations of digital dissenters) at digitalization.  Do Do the Da Da!