Tavern Tan

Named for the sort of complexion you get from the neon nightly beer lights, Tavern Tan play what we like to call "Live American Music".

It's a sound that used to be standard in taverns, pubs, bars, juke joints, dancehalls, and the local dive in every town and city in America…before the Karaoke machine was created and theme restaurants took their ugly hold. Call it Americana, blues, or good ol' rock n' roll. Tavern Tan formed when some pals from the Lehigh Valley of The Keystone State, who played in various bands both locally and nationally, finally got together around 2004. With members that have played (individually or collectively) at Gun Clubs, Honky Tonks, Festivals in Europe, NY Studios, down in Memphis TN at Sun Records, and opened for various big game like Neville Bros, Van Morrison, John Lee Hooker (R.I.P.), and R.L. Burnside (R.I.P.), this is the sound of eclectic, original roots music and rock n' roll....anything with a little grit n' soul to it. With each band member contributing to their huge collection of original material as well as a slew of eclectic covers, and after 5 CDs released on Fez Monkey Records— the latest being the aptly named "Tandemic" as it was finalized during our strange quarantined period of 2020/21—and over 15 years plugging in and carrying on, through thick and thin, their sound is still going strong. The sound of a small portable drum kit with the guitar amps along the back wall. The sound of Tavern Tan. https://taverntan.com/