MIKE DOUSSAN

Mike Doussan New Orleans-based songwriter, guitarist, and co-founder of the BTD Foundation, is a true embodiment of the phrase ‘Music for the Mind.’ Picking up the guitar at only 8 years old, Mike broke into the New Orleans music scene in 2004, first as sideman in such acts as Mike Hood and the Frenchmen St. Delegation, and Eric Lindell, and then as a bandleader of his own accord. With his first album recorded just before Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Mike’s hometown, Mike is no stranger to express authentic human emotion in a way that allows others to find emotional reprieve – with music. After losing his brother, Brett, to suicide in 2014, Mike, his family, and their friends wasted little time in building an entity for mental health advocacy through music and outreach, encouraging all to take comfort in the benefits of using music to manage and improve mental health issues. With his most recent album, “Yesterday’s Troubles” (2019) offering even more lyric and melodic expression of life’s ups, downs, and all the beauty along the way.