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.
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