"I don't play guitar when Dowling's in the band.  You don't take the game warden fishing." - Jethro Burns 1978

Mike Dowling is a swinging blues guitarist with a slight country edge.  Clearly an accomplished guitarist of high technical ability he sounds as if he is playing the music he loves for fun.  Enjoyable foot-tappin' stuff.

The 1991 album Beats Workin', produced by Mike and Jan Dowling, has been re-released several times:

1. Police Dog Blues
2. The Train That Carroed My Girl From Town
3. Beats Workin'
4. D. W. Washburn
5. Ace In The Hole
6. Jan's Song
7. Louis Collins
8. Lonely At The Bottom
9. Jitterbug Waltz
10. Bottleneck March
11. Nothin' Could Be Better
12. Jump, Children

Swing players -- this one Is for you. Now you can practice the classic lead lines and improvisations you've been learning from Mike Dowling s incredible swing guitar lessons, with back-up tracks played by Mike himself!

Mike becomes your personal accompanist as he swings behind you on his powerful rhythm guitar. He plays the melody first, to refresh your memory as to how the tune goes, then gives you room to solo on your own.

As you play along with both slowed-down and up-to-speed versions of ten hot swing tunes, you'll develop your melodic sense, improvisational skills and knowledge of the fingerboard. Before long, you will be ready to jump in and jam with a swing band.

The tunes include The Sheik of Araby, Dark Eyes, Honeysuckle Rose, Raggin'It, Jumpin the Blues, St. Louis Blues, It Don t Mean a Thing (If It Ain t Got That Swing), Rhythm Changes, Sweet Georgia Brown and Cool Blues.

"Rhythm's Where It's At" and "Improvising Hot Lead Solos" Master Guitarist Mike Dowling teaches you Ton's of great rhythm examples, working in the groove, Single note soloing, words of wisdom and other devices that make his playing unique

Live At The Cafe Carpe CD. 

Acoustic guitarist Mike Dowling and multi-instrumentalist Randy Sabien certainly know their way around a fretboard. This wonderful live recording [Live At the Cafe Carpe] showcases the duo's digital dexterity, their warped sense of musical humor, and a stubborn refusal to be typecast stylistically. 

Few acoustic duos would attempt to cover Fats Waller and the The Delmore Brothers on the same disc but Dowlng and Sabien not only do that, but throw in Ralph Stanley, Willie Dixon, and Chuck Berry for good measure. Highlights include Dowling's Hot Club of France-influenced instrumental 'Carpology', a slyly funky rendition of Dixon's 'Dead Presidents' and an athletic version of Berry's 'Jaguar and Thunderbird' that Mike turns into a singalong. 

Sabien proves himself to be the consummate accompanist, playing fiddle, mandolin and eight-string guitar which jells with Dowling's warm lead vocals and arsenal of guitar stylings to produce an unusually entertaining live recording." -- Dirty Linen.