Chris Lee STEEL PAN SOLOIST

Chris Lee hammers out the stylish sounds of summer in Jimmy Buffett, Bob Marley, Santana and Calypso classics on his handcrafted 55-gallon oil drum. With his custom computerized MIDI backing tracks, Chris is literally an amazing one-man band, sure to please both the young and the young at heart with his versions of Calypso, Reggae, and island favorites. Dr. Lee received his Bachelors in Music degree from the University of Maryland and Masters in Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Percussion Performance from the University of South Carolina. He began playing steel drums in 1990 as a graduate student at USC and his love for the instrument has taken him to Trinidad and Tobago (the “birthplace” of steel drums). MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST Dr. Christopher D. Lee (BM University of Maryland, MM, and DMA University of South Carolina) is presently the music teacher at Logan Elementary School and founder of the Logan Leopard Steel Band and co-founder of the Logan Elementary West African Drum & Dance Ensemble. He is the principal percussionist with the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra, co-founder of the Island Close By Steel Band and co-founder of Borenya West African Drum and Dance. He has performed with the Savannah, Augusta, Charlotte, Charleston, Greenville and Atlanta Symphonies as well as Roger Williams, Roger Pemberton, Dick Goodwin, Bert Ligon, The Moody Blues, Ray Charles, Shirley Jones, the Garfield Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps and the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties. In 2000 he was the Lecturer in Percussion at the University of South Carolina and in 1997 created the USC West African Drumming & Dance Ensemble and USC Brazilian Escola De Samba. He performed his composition Sorsornet at the 2001 Percussive Arts Society’s International Convention and continues to explore the integration of music with dance and visual arts. An active clinician for the Pearl Corporation, Avedis Zildjian Co., Innovative Percussion, Evans Drumheads and the South Carolina Arts Commission, he conducts summer workshops, clinics/master classes and school residencies throughout the Southeastern United States. Song List   Calypso/Soca Bacchanal Lady Baja Barbara Come Back Liza Everybody Loves A Saturday Night Everywhere Calypso The Hammer Hot, Hot, Hot Iron Man Island in the Sun Jamaican Farewell J’Ouvert Music Jump In The Line Kiss The Girl Limbo Linstead Market Mary Anne Matilda Pan In A Minor Under The Sea Yellow Bird Weddings What A Wonderful World Here Comes The Bride The Wedding March from “Midsummer Nights Dream” Latin/Jazz Autumn Leaves Besame Mucho Black Orpheus Blue Bossa Evil Ways Girl From Ipanema Just The Two Of Us La Bamba La Samba Morning Dance On Broadway St. Thomas Song For My Father Summertime Bob Marley I Shot the Sheriff Jammin’ One Love No Woman No Cry Stir It Up Three Little Birds Beach Boys Kokomo Surfin’ Safari Wendy Jimmy Buffett A Pirate Looks At 40 Come Monday Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes Diamonds As Big As The Ritz Fins Margaritaville Son Of A Sailor Volcano Rock/R&B/Beach/Reggae Ain’t No Sunshine Brown Eyed Girl Don’t Know Why Don’t Worry Be Happy Gilligan’s Island I Can See Clearly Now La Isla Bonita Mexico Red, Red Wine Tequila Sunrise Tequila Unchain My Heart Under The Boardwalk

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Evil Ways

Jump In The Line

Margaritaville

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