Steel Drum Players

Cocobean is proud to feature the top steel drum (steel pan) players in Florida. These solo acts play the steel drum (steel pan) accompanied by pre-recorded music, making them the true definition of a “one man show”. Please click here to see a sample video of one of our steel drum players.

Songs include a variety of original and cover music, from traditional reggae and calypso, to modern day soca and dancehall. They also perform some Top 40 hits, folk songs, Jimmy Buffet selections, traditional and other popular wedding music and wedding songs. Our steel pan players have performed at many of the top resorts, hotels and wedding venues throughout Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. For a sample list of these locations, please click here.

Our steel drum players can provide Steel Drum Music, Calypso Music and Reggae Music for Weddings, Beach Weddings, Island Weddings, Destination Weddings and Wedding Ceremonies. Please check out the wedding ceremony videos, showcasing traditional ceremony music performed on the steel drum. They also provide Caribbean Music and Island Music for rehearsal dinners, conventions, corporate events, house parties, pool parties, birthday parties, anniversaries, retirement parties, graduation parties, fundraisers, christenings, reunions, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, bachelor parties, bachelorette parties, grand openings, fraternity functions, sorority functions, cruise ships or any other special occasion. During the holidays, our steel drum players can perform traditional Christmas Carols and other Christmas Music and Holiday Music on the steel drums. Please check out the "Tropical Christmas" videos, showcasing some of your favorite Christmas Carols performed on the steel drum.

Some of the cities in Florida (FL), Georgia (GA) and South Carolina (SC) that our steel drum players service on a regular basis include:

Brief history of the steel drum - The steel drum (steel pan) is the only acoustic instrument invented in the 20th century. It is made out of a 55 gallon oil barrel (oil drum) and originated in the Caribbean island of Trinidad in the late 1930’s. Around that time, someone discovered that a dented section of the oil barrel head produced a musical tone. Soon after, it was realized that musical notes could be created by using different sized hammers and physically pounding dents into the bottom of the barrel.

Once the notes have all been pounded into the drum, it is carefully tuned, blended and then dipped in chrome to make it shine like silver. The steel pan carries the full chromatic range of notes and it is the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago.

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Steel Drum Player Video