ENTERTAINERS

Solid Steel

Solid Steel is a fully professional Caribbean steel band founded by Paul Cherrie, and comprises 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 and unplugged acoustic act or as an amplified one with vocals, they 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. They are as comfortable performing on sophisticated ballads as the liveliest of up-tempo tunes. The band boasts 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, they are now perhaps the best-known steel band on the corporate event circuit, having endeared themselves to the leading party organisers with their exceptional professionalism. Those clients put great faith in reliability, on the strength of the track record the band has over the broad variety of work that they have 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 the band has successfully played for private parties, weddings, college balls, corporate events, festivals and countless Caribbean theme nights. Over the years they have also played to international audiences in France, Monte Carlo, Spain, Germany, Norway, Turkey, Ireland, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Doha, Syria, Israel, Hong Kong and Djibouti. Almost inevitably, they have never been to any of these places just the once!