Dennis Cruz, a Filipino-American artist, has performed in Europe and played briefly in clubs around Chicago. Citing The Beatles, Bread, James Taylor, and Jim Croce as being strong influences on his style of guitar playing, Dennis' sound comes across as mellow and easy-listening. He recently came out with his own CD bearing his own compositions (The album released March 2004). His compositions run the gamut of heart-wrenching ballads to upbeat melodies. Lately, his songs have been receiving a lot of airplay and excellent reviews on various internet radio stations around the world, from Australia to Canada to Taiwan (to name a few).


In his early 20s, Dennis and a friend formed a duet 'Best Friends' and played in pubs and clubs around Germany. Then 2 others friends joined them to form 'Salin-Lahi', where he was the rhythm guitarist/bass player. Their band played all around Europe during the late '80s. They performed cover versions of ...