Singer-songwriter Doug Levitt set out three years ago by Greyhound to tell the stories of people struggling to get by, a tour that never really ended. His project, Greyhound Diaries, is an ongoing collection of stories, songs and images inspired by people he’s met along the way -- a kind of everyday American epic.

Prior to becoming a singer-songwriter, Doug was a journalist overseas (“Your standard career path,” he writes in the forthcoming book and record release). Based in London, Doug filed dispatches from such places as Iran, Rwanda and Bosnia. “I thought I’d treat America as I would a foreign country in crisis -- only with a guitar and an iBook covered in duct tape.”

Doug has been profiled on on CNN, Reuters, Fox News, and NPR. He is an official surrogate for Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, performing and speaking on the senator’s behalf in early primary states.

A daily edition of Greyhound Diaries can be found at greyhounddiaries.com

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