Bryan Doherty is a Chicago-based composer, songwriter, bassist, and vocalist who contributes his efforts to a multitude of varied projects.

His music has been featured in an array of spheres from American Songwriter to the video game Watch Dogs . Bryan has played bass on albums by Marquis Hill, Stu Mindeman, and Matt Gold, to name a few. 

He is the founder of Hood Smoke whom the Chicago Sun-Times called a "must-see act!”