Solid Steel
Solid Steel is a fully professional Caribbean steel band founded by me, Paul Cherrie, and comprised of some of the finest steel pan players in the UK today.
The individual musicians' roots lead directly to the tropical islands of
Barbados, Jamaica, Dominica, and principally, Trinidad, the home of the steel
drum or 'steel pan', arguably the most dynamic new instrument in world music.
Available either as a fully instrumental mobile and unplugged acoustic act or as an
amplified one with vocals, we will always try to play the right material for
you at the right volume whether there are two or twenty members in the band
at your event. As comfortable performing on sophisticated ballads as the
liveliest of uptempo tunes we boast a broad repertoire that encompasses
calypso, soca, reggae, samba, salsa, merengue, cha cha cha, bossa nova, bolero
and pop.
Together for the last sixteen years, we believe we are now perhaps the
best-known steel band on the corporate event circuit having endeared ourselves
to the leading party organisers with what we are authoritively told is our
exceptional professionalism. Those clients who use us put great faith in our
reliability on the strength of the track record we have over the broad variety
of work that we've undertaken in the past. As they see it, 'solid' undoubtedly
means reliable where Solid Steel is concerned. Aside from top five-star hotels
like the Dorchester and Park Lane Hilton we have successfully played for
private parties, weddings, college balls, company launches, festivals and
countless Caribbean theme nights in our time.
Nor are we strangers to international audiences. Over the years we have played in France, Monte Carlo, Spain, Germany, Norway, Turkey, Ireland, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Doha, Syria, Israel, Hong Kong and Djibouti! Almost inevitably we have never been to any of these places just the once.
