Doug Young

Doug Young is a San Francisco Bay Area guitarist, composer, author and teacher known for his melodic, flowing style of solo fingerstyle acoustic guitar. Doug is a Contributing Editor for Acoustic Guitar Magazine, and his music has also been published in Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine. He is the author of the best-selling Mel Bay instructional book, Understanding DADGAD: For Fingerstyle Guitar, as well as Fiddle Tunes in DADGAD, Hymns For Fingerstyle Guitar, and a DADGAD Christmas.

​Doug has released two solo CDs of his compositions and arrangements, Laurel Mill (2003), and Closing Time (2011). His composition “Autumn Roads” won “Best Instrumental” from the International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA). He also appears on DUETS (2020) with Teja Gerken.