Solid Steel are a modern professional UK-based steel band or 'steel drum band' as our American cousins mistakenly call it! They are available for hire with musicians based mainly in London, but can perform throughout the country.
At the core of Solid Steel is a small family of musicians that spans three generations. They are all great musicians and most of have a second instrument they also play to a professional level.What also distinguishes them from other steel bands is that they can offer vocals and other instrumentation to play the diverse repertoire that you can see in their playlist.
Calypso, Soca & Island Songs
Bahia Girl - David Rudder
Ban Moin En Ti Bo - Traditional
Brown Girl In The Ring - Traditional/Boney M
Brown Skin Gal - Traditional
Dollar Whine - Colin Lucas
Don't Stop The Carnival - Alan Price
Hot, Hot, Hot - Arrow
Island In The Sun - Harry Belafonte/Traditional
Jamaica Farewell - Harry Belafonte/Traditional
Linstead Market - Traditional
Mango Walk - Traditional
Obeah Wedding - Mighty Sparrow
Old Lady Walk A Mile ... - Lord Kitchener
Sloop John B - Traditional/The Beach Boys
Sly Mongoose - Traditional
St. Thomas* - Sonny Rollins
Sugar Bum Bum - Lord Kitchener
Under The Sea - Disney
Who Let the Dogs Out? - Anslem Douglas
Yellow Bird - Harry Belafonte/Traditional
Reggae & Ska
Englishman In New York - Sting
Help Me Make It Through... - Gladys Knight/John Holt
I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
I Shot The Sheriff - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Israelites - Desmond Dekker
Jammin' - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Johnny Too Bad - Jimmy Cliff
Kingston Town - UB40
Monkey Man - Toots & The Maytals
Montego Bay - Freddie Notes & The Rudies
Mysterious Girl - Peter Andre
No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley & The Wailers
One Love - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Red Red Wine - UB40
Rivers of Babylon - Boney M
Stir It Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Sweat (A La La La La Long) - Inner Circle
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Tide Is High - Blondie
Waiting ln Vain - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Cuban & Brazilian Styles
Blue Bossa - Kenny Dorham
Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil) - Ary Barroso
Cachita - Rafael Hernández
Chan Chan - Buena Vista Social Club
Girl From Ipanema - Astrud Gilberto
Guantanamera - José Fernández
La Bamba - Ritchie Valens/Los Lobos
Lambada - Kaoma
Meditation - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Moliendo Café - Hugo Blanco
Never On Sunday - Melina Mercouri/Nana Mou...
Oye Como Va - Tito Puente/Santana
Peanut Vendor (El Manisero) - Moises Simons
Piel Canela - Bobby Capó
Quizás, Quizás, Quizás - Osvaldo Farrés
Samba De Orfeu - Luiz Bonfá
Sunny - Bobby Hebb
Sway - Dean Martin
Sweet And Gentle - Alan Dale
Tristeza - Astrud Gilberto
21st Century Pop Covers
Beautiful Girls - Sean Kingston
Break Your Heart - Taio Cruz
Don't Know Why - Norah Jones
Fix You - Coldplay
Get Lucky - Daft Punk
Hey Ya* - OutKast
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys
Like Glue* - Sean Paul
Make You Feel My Love - Adele/Bob Dylan
Our Day Will Come - AmyWinehouse/Standard
Price Tag - Jessie J
Rolling In The Deep* - Adele
Smile - Lily Allen
Somebody That I Used To ... - Gotye
Someone Like You - Adele
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
Turn Me On - Kevin Lyttle
Umbrella* - Rihanna
Valerie - Amy Winehouse