Doors: 5:00pm
Dinner: 6:00pm
Show: 7:30pm

Ages: 21+

Tickets: $10 – $25

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The Frederick Allen Lodge adds a spring time version to its long-running “BBQ” benefit tradition with a special BBQ Dinner + a live performance by Tas Cru at Putnam Place.  The evening will feature an optional BBQ dinner at 6:00pm, following by Tas Cru at 7:30pm.  There is also a takeout option for those who want to just grab food to go.

Tas Cru is truly a blues eclectic who refuses to let his music be bound to just one blues style. With a repertoire of over 80 original songs from multiple albums and dozens of crowd-pleasing classics, this seasoned road warrior gives folks what they want be it festival, concert, listening room or the dance hall.  Tas has been called one of the most unique of bluesmen plying his trade today.  His songs testify to his reputation as a bluesman who is accomplished in, and comfortable with most every style of blues.  As a writer Tas wants each song to determine what style is the better fit  And that’s why fans love his stuff and critics sing his praises. A versatile repertoire, great vocal and guitar work, and his trademark well-crafted lyrics make Tas’ music an interesting and enjoyable listen. Live performances are captivating – highly entertaining! 

Tas Cru is based out of Central New York and performs in multiple formats ranging from solo acoustic to a six-piece backing band.  He sings and plays a wide variety of guitars  – at home on either electric, acoustic, resonator or cigar box and is known to sprinkle in a bit of harmonica from time to time. Tas is a Delaney Guitars (Austin TX) endorsed artist and is signed to Subcat Records, Syracuse NY. 

With four hot albums in the last six years – You Keep the Money, Simmered & Stewed, Memphis Song, and Drive On – Cru  is now hard at work readying another for 2021 – a double “quasi – acoustic” album Broke Down – Busted Up. Cru was honored with his first Blues Music Award nomination in 2018 with Simmered & Stewed.  That album and the two that followed were all recipients of the Syracuse Area Music Awards (the SAMMY’s) for best blues recordings. 

Website: www.tascru.com