Steel Drum Band In St. Lucia

[steeltropics]

Great energy in this. Nice

[Jeison291]

this video is amazing, could you send me the full video? I want to see how the video without those cuts

[carricrl]

smoke a fat joint listening to this music.

[sweetdee1959]

Jammin!

[Starflower56]

kool remindes my ofthe ocean and freddie fish lol

[konvic21]

i love that sound, i miss it even though i never used to hear it often

[chappahx]

lovely!!

[IngloriusBastard11]

This brings back the days of being in the Navy, diving the wrecks and being around all those beautiful Island women. Too bad we all have to age but this music will keep you young. and drinking rum and eating the freshest fish in the world.

Not to mention the Island people being so damn nice. The world could take a few lessons from them.

[TheLgrumer]

remember me i am bearlysane the other hahahahaha

[TheRealColey]

Brilliant!!! 

[alpachio]

hey this is Al Xandr the pannist featured in this video.. thanx for the positive respondses and letting you guys know that there has been improvements over the years .. will upload a new one soon.. and to the critics well the ones who know better i do agree the instrument was outta tune and i was playin too hard but i am concious about it and have rectified dem both so thanx for noticing lol much love though

[d2pans]

@alpachio Hey...dat what a li'l bit a rum do ya...LOL. Glad it got tuned, tho.

[molinmusic]

Love this, great job capturing the live performance! Thanks so much for posting!

[FinalSmashBrother]

These instruments sound cool.

[DAKPLAT]

so nice music in the caribbean, i like em very much, greetings from Mexico

[chikechild]

this is horrible... good attempt, though.

[Empathisantin57]

.......jaaaaaaa......that`s it........

[mipuertoNET]

munnecke do you have more videos of this group??

[tacomuybueno]

love it!!!!! thank you for posting!

[voodoochild85858]

3:13 drum solo! lmfao

[bootznsian]

happy b day eddy po po g r.i.p da calypso king

[weBjammin625]

Steel Drums are the shit!

[russkath]

Nice and cheerful noise eh...

[001hini]

Nice you guys should be proud of your selves!

[downunder954]

WHERE CAN I BUY A CD??????

[downunder954]

Love the flavor and jammin song! You can tell they love what they play, good energy!

[artemus21]

Impressive abilities to work the chords.

[demonfister]

Is de steele drumz mon!!

[MakeHerSay]

love the steel drums <3!!!!

[munnecke]

Just thought I'd thank everyone for their comments and views... It's fun to see this video get the attention it has, even though I was just a spur of the moment decision to do it. I had trouble with the camera settings (it kept cutting out), the lighting was bad, and the sound was difficult... but it seems to capture the experience pretty well.

Although being there with them live is better :)

[mrstevenm]

Feel good music!

[robochibi]

what song are they playing? anyone knoW?

[alpachio]

its sort of a medlely but the main theme song is called "Sugar Bum Bum" by Lord Kitchner

[Echuta1]

any chance you saw a cd of their music for sale at that time or happen to remember the name of the band this dudes solo is so out of controll awsome ive gotta get it on disk any help would be great thanks

[alpachio]

you can check out my facebook account "AL XANDR" and we can talk from there

[billh891]

Steel Pans---an object lessons in how people make good things from bad times or lemonade out of lemons. They have a great history

[LECAPITAINEJACK]

Beautiful music, beautiful people. Just coming back from a trip in the Caribbean and I saw many of those bands. In St-Thomas, they have camp for children and teenagers who learn to play the instrument. I saw some of those young students playing in bands, they were great. I bought some CDs when I was there.

[LeBasser01]

steeldrums are such an awesome invention.I LUV THEM <3

[AlexanderT21]

@LeBasser01 Steel Drums and Bikes are the only human inventions that DONT kill the planet :D buy some today! lol

[dnycguy4]

beautifully spirited, lithe complexity -- not to mention, lots of fun, and S-E-X-Y !!

all the best to the group and thanks to you for sharing some marvelous moments.

[101xtraumax101]

ammaaazinng!

iHope one day me n my friends can sound like that

but were gud 4 15 yrolds

cus we do lil gigs n that (:

[hooters4breakfst]

does anyone have a website were you can buy steel drums

[jdillaUPS]

google is your friend

[CRYP77]

Yes, Ebay. i wanna have a steeldrum too. and until i have 900 euros, i still have to jam my guitar ^^

[hooters4breakfst]

how can you play steel drums and guitar at the same time?

[CRYP77]

oh you misunderstood. i only have a guitar. a steeldrum is to expensive for me. well, my neighbours would kill me anyway, because i cant connect a headphone on steeldrum XD

[doctercoco]

you dont

[zwilites]

@CRYP77 check out Trinidad&tobago,"the birth place of this wonderful instrument;you'll surely get it at an affordible price

[mexicanghettoblaster]

ea ea

aaa que buena vibra maestros

[sieffo]

cool man cool

[CRYP77]

AWESOME!!!!! perfect jammin! I love this :)

[B0n3kr4ck3r]

feel the sound and rythem!

[DefinitiveCaribbean]

Nice video, lots of fun things to do in Rodney Bay.

[Sonny2604]

This somehow reminds of the part of Monkey Island 3 where your at the beach and need to get over the hot sand! :)

[jmlw3]

LOL !

[halfasemitone]

song is good, the rolls need work.

[Echuta1]

i love this guy he is just jammin wish i was there

[mydrumsarebetter]

Your grasp of the English language is immaculate, so please keep trying. As far as making steel pans go, I don't care if you believe me or not, but I learned how to make them from Dr. Erwin Mueller at Ball State University. Look him up. People will apprentice in the creation of steel pans for 10-15 years before they are even considered ready to work alone, so even if you find directions, I guarantee yours will sound like shit. As for your 'self made drum...' well, anyone can do that. Keller!

[5olidsn4ke]

does anybody know hot to build that thing for real? all tries failed a bit :/

cmon i just wanna rock xD

[mydrumsarebetter]

Cut the top from an old oil drum and hammer it into the shape and find the proper pitches for the pan. It's really a master's work, though.

[5olidsn4ke]

and thats why asked if someone knows how to buidl it FOR REAL and not just what you just babbled.

i mean are there tools PROPER or tips on how to get the in the right shape

[MEEKROB254]

ACTUALLY they were discovered by accident in Trinidad and Tobago when a couple of realy angry villagers threw oil barrels into a huge fire (they were under british rule) and they started makin funny noises, so they pulled 'em out and played them. But 5olidsn4k3 is right. theres a certain method to make them sound certain ways.

[lerrysan]

sounds great, even thought the video quality isnt that good.... But I guess we care more about how it sounds than how it looks!!! ;-)

[dersqrc]

Yeah :)

[dedii21]

Al!!!! WAH GWAN!!!

[Grim19931803]

IM IN THE SCHOOL STEEL BAND, I apreciate how much work it takes to do this :)

[Meerabobeera]

me too! i like it a lot

[starncat]

<3  .

[riversrushing]

damn you talented men and your rythym!!

[TheDirectorofFoo]

Steel drums are so cool. Everytime I hear 'em I think of this fun educational game I played when I was a 4 year old and you were like, on some beach. Ahhh, memories.

[DancingStar59]

I played the steel drums at school.

[rjg2708]

does anyone know what this band is called..or know of any other steel drum bands?this music is wild!!!i remember when i was in bahamas they always played the steel drums

[EndlessEyesOfFate]

Hehehehe I remember THIS band all too well :P They were at the Orange Grove Hotel for my mother's wedding LOL! I even remember the youngest one was called Ivy HAHAHA! Oh good times good times! =D Thanks for uploading this! xoxo

[varuncool93]

amazing

[southpark350z]

i was at st lucia on cruise, last year

[topbluffa1]

so was my parents with p&o?

[rstoweone]

Great performance. Where can I buy a CD of the group?

[rcannata]

Hey Mr Alexander You've got some chops on that lead - nice job. what's the name of this song?  I'm not sure I could play naked stick style but your tuner must love you. Kida sounds like old time kaiso. Have you been down to St Vincent? You know Bryan Alexander or the Potential Steel players??

[Medouze1656]

king u must not kno bout pan music...most of the song was played with jus sticks..witout rubber tat is...n plus there was not a gud audio fed...n he wasnt playin...jus fooling around

[KingJJPanachea]

Ouch. The sound coming from that pan doesn't sound too good y'know. A long of 'waaaanggg' if you know what I mean? My steel drums sounds a lot purer than that. Maybe me and him just have varying style of playing *Shrugs*

[congoking88]

Just hitting the drum to hard man cool down

[derudest]

Great playmanship & Performance, but needs a better tuner.

[theosuperstar]

Thanks for sharing this. I caught these guys at the Sandals Halcyon last week just before we left. Loved them.

[lellowladyhypz]

i love the sounds of theseinstruments you close your eyes and they can take you any where beautiful guys weldone:D

[Jerryberlin]

Greetings from Berlin

[RythmTrail]

Good Work guys keep it up thats how we do it

[hosweetim89]

heh... PanSonic ! how cute.

[TheSlamma]

Love it. I was just in St Lucia too.

[B0n3kr4ck3r]

very good !!!!

Groovy man!!! XD

[CO2Junkie]

LOVE steel drums XD

[Chantelle564]

Look steel drums...Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeelll an come again!

[elias011]

love to be there with my beer' love the caribbean man'

[DonAlex69]

the don Alexander really knows how to play that steel pan!!! He plays with such an enthusiasm, that inspires anyone to dance!

[dinku12]

ah my home town steel !

[smangelchi]

Holy Kapowe!

[iceyqueen200]

steel drums r soo awsome

[RAMGADACE]

Come on, everybody do the, "Randy Quaid" with me! (King Pin)

Ahhhh Yehhh!

[jdg1950]

Pure caribbean ..

[capb54]

Excelente, recuerdo los Carnavales de Carúpano, en mis años mosos

[alpachio]

pozo usted debe venir a St.lucia experimentar nuestro carnaval

[TEABERRYEAGLE]

I took a few photos of you guys at the Rex St. Lucian while I visited there in Nov. '04....you even showed me how you played while you were on break..great music....loved it...hope I'm talking to the same guys, lol!!

[alpachio]

do u mean where can u get steelpan music? well if so come to st.lucia lol and see me perform in person

[CrispyGFX]

jammin

[roylinew]

keep doin your ting Lucians.Play from the heart!

[alpachio]

a a look at me.... madzo... munnecke whan are you comin to do another video of me...

[paintballerkid24]

these guys are good, i wish i could play steel drums and be able to be there to c them preform live

[glnlake]

where did they play???

[rberding]

Can you tell me where they played this music?

[munnecke]

they played at the rodney beach hotel

[alpachio]

munnecke when will you be coming to st.lucia to do another video of me lol

[doshille]

great player but the pan quality/tone is poor