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Strummin' Dog holds it down in New Zealand!

Poverty Bay Blues Club gets off to a great start

Great to hear news of another blues club being formed in New Zealand. Gisborne resident and club founder, Darryn Clyne, filed this report:

We had our first night on Nov 7th, down in the fantastic venue, The Dome Room at the Poverty Bay Club, and we were well supported by local talent. Alaskan, Dave Galanin (AKA Strummin’ Dog), now Wainui local, blew everyone away with low down Delta Blues, his deep vocals intertwined magically with his awesome slide guitar, setting a massive standard for the following musicians. Keep an eye for his new cd, we’ll keep you posted. Long time local blues muso, Sam Lyle, gathered a group around him and kept the place rocking, with big Stomping Rich Alexander and ‘the Acoustic Assasin’ Daniel Walker, added their own styles and keeping us all howlin’ to the blues!