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Tas Cru at Wilbert's Food & Music

Courtesy of Bandsintown | Posted on August 13, 2018

Where

Wilbert's Food & Music
812 Huron Avenue
Cleveland, OH
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When

Tue, September 4, 2018
9:00 pm

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-Latest album, “Simmered & Stewed", debuted at # 1 on the Roots Music Report\nRaucous, rowdy, gentle, sweet, eccentric, quirky, and outright irreverent are all words that fittingly describe Tas Cru's songs and testify to his reputation as a one of the most unique of bluesmen plying his trade today.  It's not for nothing that Cru has received wide praise for his songwriting.  As Downbeat magazine notes, "His songs are blues poetry - crafted with rare verbal flair and his ability to cast a memorable hook is magical!" Bruce Iglauer, founder and president of Alligator Records calls Cru “a rare, real writer.”  Live, these songs are performed with power and passion as observed by Living Blues magazine, "The vivacity and sheer joy with which Cru plays is intoxicating!"\nCru's first foray into the blues came after leaving the US Navy when he was asked to join a band formed by a former shipmate named Delray Streeter, a bluesman of unlimited bravado and attitude but limited singing and harmonica skills...

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