The Devil's Music: Bad Bob Bates & Struggle Buggy at Jazz.Coop

Authentic foot-stompin' blues

The sounds of Chicago, New York, St Louis, Memphis and Missisippi come to Newcastle as we welcome two of the north east's finest exponents of The Devil's Music...

full on dirty foot stompin’ blues, Americana ballads that’ll have you crying in your beer and reworkings of songs you already know well. Imagine Steve Earle and Sea Sick Steve meeting up with Tom Petty, Neil Young, John Lee Hooker and Howling Wolf for a full on party – then Lemmy, Billy Gibbons and Wilko Johnson crash it and drag in John Bonham!

Struggle Buggy are unique in being an acoustic Blues band playing Delta, Ragtime, Hokum, Jug Band and a little Chicago Blues...

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Authentic foot-stompin' blues

The sounds of Chicago, New York, St Louis, Memphis and Missisippi come to Newcastle as we welcome two of the north east's finest exponents of The Devil's Music...

full on dirty foot stompin’ blues, Americana ballads that’ll have you crying in your beer and reworkings of songs you already know well. Imagine Steve Earle and Sea Sick Steve meeting up with Tom Petty, Neil Young, John Lee Hooker and Howling Wolf for a full on party – then Lemmy, Billy Gibbons and Wilko Johnson crash it and drag in John Bonham!

Struggle Buggy are unique in being an acoustic Blues band playing Delta, Ragtime, Hokum, Jug Band and a little Chicago Blues. Lee and Billy have spent the last 11 years playing together and have built a reputation as being one of the best and most entertaining acts on the British Blues scene. They're gonna have you partying like it's 1929!

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