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16 January 2006
For Immediate Release

MacLeod Fans Organize Grass Roots Effort to Win Blues Award

Fans of acoustic blues legend Doug MacLeod have launched a "grass
roots" effort to support his nomination for two Blues Music Awards in
2006. The Blues Music Award (formerly known as the WC Handy Award),
presented by The Blues Foundation (www.blues.org), is the most
prestigious award in Blues music. Mr. MacLeod has been nominated in two
categories: "Acoustic Artist of the Year" and "Song of the Year" for
"Dubb's Talkin' Politician Blues".

A new web site - dubbheads.com - has been created to promote The
Blues Foundation and organize the voting drive for Mr. MacLeod. "He's
the real thing. Doug has been bringing us passionate blues storytelling
and incredible acoustic guitar work for years now. We figured it was
high time more people knew about him" said Phil Matuzic, one of the
movement's organizers and self-confessed "DubbHead".

Membership in DubbHeads is free to all blues fans. A free DubbHeads
t-shirt will be given to the first 50 people to join The Blues
Foundation and cast their vote.

FFI: info@dubbheads.com or http://www.dubbheads.com