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22/01/2019

Our sister club in Newcastle, starting later in 2019!

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27/11/2018

Expect a bit of this on Friday!

Listen to Neil Dalton with Struggle Buggy at the Strugglin' Blues Club by StruggleBuggy on

02/08/2018

In a slight change to the norm Struggle Buggy will be performing on Friday 31st August ahead of their appearance at Lindisfarne Festival.

30/01/2018

09/08/2017

Thanks for all the messages of support and thanks we have received. We're going to try a monthly Friday evening session (7-9pm or thereabouts) at the Ship Isis with our various bands. This will be downstairs in the "lounge" bar - again, free entry with welcome tips for the players! If we can develop a following we'll look to get some guest artists and special guests to make an appearance. First date is: Friday 29th September.

31/07/2017

Thanks to those of you who have supported us in trying to get some kind of dedicated Blues gig going in Sunderland; however, despite our best efforts, and the hopes we had for the Strugglin' Blues Club, we can't continue with the audience numbers we've had recently so we have decided to call it a day. We'll still be promoting some events at the Ship Isis over the coming months and we'll keep you informed.

04/07/2017

03/07/2017

Ok folks! We're now running the Strugglin' Blues Club once a month and changing the format. First Sunday of the month only.We'll now have guest artists every month and we'll aim to bring you the best acoustic blues performers around. We're currently talking to people to get booked up to December and we'll announce artists once they're booked.
In August we have Smith and Moon from York - Dave Smith and Karl Moon of the great band Half Hand Hoodoo bringing you a great mix of Delta, Texas, Mississippi, Ragtime and Chicago Blues. Both are exceptional guitarists and Dave is a great singer too. It's the first time they've played in Sunderland and are worth a catching!
September we have The Hokum Hotshots celebrating almost 50(!) years on the Blues scene. These are just about the best purveyors of pre-war Hokum, Blues and Hawaiian music you will ever see.
On a futher note - if you want to keep the Strugglin' Blues Club going then please get out and support what we're trying to do. If we don't get an audience we're going to pull the plug and another avenue to see proper live music will be gone.

Or we might just start running it as another buskers event.*

*Not a hope in hell.

08/05/2017

Ok folks - our next show is Sunday 21st May with the fabulous Dave Speight. Depending on audience numbers it might also be our last gig - so get your arses along if you want to keep the place going!

04/05/2017

JIm Murray has been called away on "business" and so can't be our featured guest this week. Instead we have the return of Struggle Buggy - the full band for the first time in 5 months. It's going to be good fun!

02/04/2017

Nice to see the room packed out for the two Georges. Great stuff!

15/03/2017

Coming in April!

28/02/2017

Due to circumstances beyond our control (band member illness) we've had to cancel the appearance of Ray Stubbs on Sunday. However we will be posting a new event any moment now!

14/02/2017

The Strugglin' Blues Club is back this Sunday. In a change to the scheduled bill we now have top UK Blues Duo Lee Bates and Billy Newton appearing plus special guest Fruit-Lips Watson. 4.30 pm. Don't miss it!

26/01/2017

Guests confirmed so far. Ray Stubbs and Jim Murray will be performing with Struggle Buggy. The George's will be performing a set as an acoustic duo. None of these should be missed!

26/01/2017

We have legends of the North East Blues scene booked to appear in the coming months - confirmed so far are Ray Stubbs on March 5th and the return of George Shovlin with George Lamb on April 2nd (a day too late!) and Hokum Hotshot Jim Murray on May 7th. In the meantime this...

15/01/2017

We're back today! 4.30pm. Good-time blues for a rainy Sunday!

08/01/2017

31/12/2016

Happy New Year to all that have supported the club since we started in October. We're getting there in terms of audience numbers so please tell your friends! We're back on Sunday 15th with Struggle Buggy. We're working on guest appearances for February, March and beyond and we'll let you know as soon as the details are finalised!
See you all in 2017!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jKUfI5q7Lc

19/12/2016

A taster of our gig on Sunday.

Listen to Neil Dalton with Struggle Buggy at the Strugglin' Blues Club by StruggleBuggy on

04/12/2016

Scott and Michael played an absolute blinder this afternoon. Nice to see new faces in the audience too. The next show is December 18 with very special guest Neil Dalton.

26/10/2016

Our next show. Sunday 6th November.

04/10/2016

Our next show. A tribute to the sometimes overlooked stars of Chicago Blues featuring Struggle Buggy and members of much loved northeast Blues band The Scandalous Bachelors!

02/10/2016

It's arrived the first show kicks off at 4.30pm! free but donations to the band gratefully received!

15/09/2016

Our first show will be a full show from Struggle Buggy playing our usual mix of early Chicago Blues, Hokum and Ragtime. Our second show on the 16th October will be tribute to the unsung stars of Chicago Blues - Robert Nighthawk, Big John Wrencher, Houston Stackhouse, Eddie Taylor, Snooky Prior etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMI5KHPFDns

Robert Nighthawk speelt in een juke joint.

14/09/2016

Please share this around!

01/09/2016

Events already in the pipeline include a tribute to the Chicago Blues of Maxwell Street Market - Robert Nighthawk, Big John Wrencher, Houston Stackhouse etc and guest performances by Jim Murray (Hokum Hotshots), Ray Stubbs and members of the King Bees. We'll keep you posted.

01/09/2016

Starting on October the 2nd...
Hosted by Struggle Buggy the Strugglin' Blues Club takes place twice a month on the first and third Sunday at 4.30pm. Every week Struggle Buggy will perform and each week will feature either a special guest- who will perform their own set with the band, or Struggle Buggy performing a tribute set to a particular artist or artists or a location synonymous with the Blues.
As time goes on we hope to be able to bring you artists from the USA and across the UK.
For the time being each event will be free but the audience is asked to throw some money in the tip jar to help to pay the artists.
Some events at a later date my require tickets or an entrance fee but we'll let you know in good time!