Mike Doughty – Haughty Melodic (CD) Retrospec and still is

and still is

Howlin' Wolf was a true bluesman who stuck to his own style

A Ceiling And A Lifeboat

and matching the increasingly profane lyrics Frank was finding more and more appealing (decades ahead of a cancel culture that most certainly would've challenged him)

Mike Doughty – Haughty Melodic (CD) Retrospec and still isThe bridge from Soul Coughing's fractured, sample heavy downtown New York sound to this cleaner, more melodic solo statement wasn't instant. Doughty spent years playing stripped down acoustic sets for devoted fans who followed him out of the wreckage of that band, and that grassroots connection shaped everything about how this record came together. Mike Doughty returns with his ATO Records debut and first full length album since his former group, Soul