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Old 25-02-2005, 10:54   #11 (permalink)
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Unless they play on empty upturned oil drums... what are those called again?


Steel drums.
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Old 25-02-2005, 12:10   #12 (permalink)

 
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Steel drums.
No we can afford to buy them.

I could swear I saw those guys with the oil drums on Blue Peter in 1980.
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No we can afford to buy them.

I could swear I saw those guys with the oil drums on Blue Peter in 1980.
Arf indeed!

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Was it Stomp! the band?
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No we can afford to buy them.

I could swear I saw those guys with the oil drums on Blue Peter in 1980.
They are a wedding/function type band in the states!
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They are a wedding/function type band in the states!
Who the dudes in the picutres or the dudes that are looking for a gig?

I'm gettin married in The Moorings,
Ding dong the bells are gonna chime
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The calypso band in the pic.
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They are called Steel Pans! I used to play them. we won Nottinghill carnival last year
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Default No, we really are 8 to 9 people, no steel drums
Three guitars, female vocalist, bass, drums, congas, other percussion, keyboard.

crazy, huh?
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Show-off Tell you what, I'll cut up a few empty Tennents kegs for Sunday night and you can give us a demo ...

(ps, there will be NO soundcheck!)
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I have some proper pans here
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