Chris Arpad Solo Steel Drum Entertainment Solo Steel Drummer for all you Entertainment Needs!

Based in United States

Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States
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LOCATION
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States

TRAVEL
up to 12500 miles

PRICE
from $175 (USD)

RATED
10 / 10 from 28 reviews

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Description Price
One Full hour of Solo Steel Drumming with Vocals and custom Backing Tracks$250 (USD)
One and a Half - Two Full hours of Solo Steel Drumming with Vocals and custom Backing Tracks$350 (USD)
Two and a Half - Three Full hours of Solo Steel Drumming with Vocals and custom Backing Tracks$525 (USD)
Three and a Half - Four Full hours of Solo Steel Drumming with Vocals and custom Backing Tracks$700 (USD)
Private Virtual Live - Cast to Anywhere in the World via Internet by the hour $150 (USD)
$250 - $1,000, most events $175 per hr. I also offer Private Virtual Live - Cast to Anywhere in the World via the Internet by the hour. Live Cast performances are perfect for connecting with friends and colleagues long distance, or to share events with loved ones around the world. You can all log in to a private Live-Cast Video stream and listen together as well as chat in a forum and even be brought up on the virtual stage with me from wherever you are and speak and be seen by others in the party. I offer the Live-Cast shows at $100 per hour.

About / Biography

Chris Arpad Solo Steel Drum Entertainment brings a touch of the islands to everything he plays. He’s a one-man, laid-back beach party with Calypso, Reggae, Tiki, Hawaiian, Bob Marley, Jimmy Buffett, Santana, Yacht Rock, Motown and so much more…it’s good for what ails ya!

Reviews (28)

There are currently 28 user ratings for Chris Arpad Solo Steel Drum Entertainment

AVERAGE RATING

10 / 101

Location

Based in United States

Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States
Travels worldwide

Over the many years, I’ve gathered an eclectic mix of over a thousand tunes largely from fans' requests. Here is a sample list of music that I have at one time or another, performed as a steel drum soloist. If you find something you like let me know & I’ll be happy to try to play it for you, or if you have a suggestion - I’m always up for new things! That’s how this list grows. As always, Thanks for your tips, I greatly appreciate it!!!

I’ll have mine with a twist of island…

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Love Song

4 Non-Blondes

What’s Up

Aerosmith

I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing

Andrea Bocelli

Besame Mucho

Antonio Carlos Jobim

Black Orpheus (A Day In the Life of a Fool)

Girl from Ipanema

America

Horse With No Name

Sister Golden Hair

Tin Man

Ventura Highway

Amy Winehouse

Girl from Ipanema

B-52’s

Love Shack

Beatles

All You Need Is Love

Back In the USSR

Here Comes the Sun

Hey Jude

Imagine - John Lennon

Twist & Shout

With A Little Help Of My Friends

Beach Boys

Barbara Anne

California Girls

Help Me, Rhonda

Kokomo

Ben Harper

Steal My Kisses

Big Mountain

Say Hey, I Love You

Bill Withers

Just the Two of Us

Blondie

The Tide Is High

Bob Dylan

North Country Girl

Bob Marley

3 Little Birds

Buffalo Soldier

Could You Be Loved

Get Up Stand Up

I Shot the Sheriff

Is This Love

Jamming

Legalize It

Lively Up Yourself

Natural Mystic

No Woman No Cry

One Love

Positive Vibration

Redemption Song

Stir It Up

Trench Town Rock

Waiting In Vain

Who The Cap Fit

Bobby Bloom

Montego Bay

Bobby Darin

Beyond The Sea

Bobby McFerrin

Don’t Worry Be Happy

Bob Seeger

Old Time Rock & Roll

Bobby Vinton

Sealed With a Kiss

Bread

Make It With You

Bruno Mars

Uptown Funk

Calypso - Traditional

Day O / Banana Boat Song - Harry Belafonte

Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter

Island In the Sun

Jamaican Farewell - Harry Belafonte

Jump In the Line - Harry Belafonte

The Hammer -

Yellow Bird - Harry Belefonte

Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens

Mary Anne

Matilda - Harry Belafonte

Shame & Scandal In The Family

Sugar Bum Bum

Under The Sea

Who Let The Dogs Out

Chrissie Hynde

I Got You, Babe

Christopher Cross

Ride Like the Wind

Christmas

Angles We Have Heard On High

Blue Christmas - Kelly Clarkson

Christmas in the Sand

Christmas Island - Jimmy Buffett

Christmas Time is Here - Ray Parker Jr.

Coventry Carol

Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea

Feliz Navidad

Frosty the Snowman

Happy Christmas, War Is Over

Hark The Herald Angeles Sing

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Holiday

Holly Jolly Christmas

I’ll Be Home For Christmas

Jingle Bells

Jingle Bell Rock

Joy To the World

Last Christmas - Wham

Mele Kalikimaka - Jimmy Buffett

Mistletoe - Justin Beiber

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Santa’s Boogie Woogie Choochoo Train

Shake Up Christmas

Silent Night

Sing With Me - Forest Blaak

Walking In a Winter Wonderland

White Christmas

Coldplay

Clocks

Commodores

Brick House

Easy

Connie Francis

Never On A Sunday

Country

Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus

All My Exes Live in Texas - George Strait

Almost Jamaica - The Bellamy Brothers

Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain - Willie Nelson

Boot Scootin Boogie - Brooks & Dunn

Friends In Low Places - Garth Brooks

If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body - Bellamy Brothers

One Margarita - Luke Bryant

She Wants To Rock - Warren Brothers

Silver Wings - Merle Haggard

Stardust - Willie Nelson

Take Me Back To Tulsa - Bob Wills

Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton

When The Sun Goes Down - Kenny Chesney

Two Pina Coladas - Garth Brooks

Wrong - Waylen Jennings

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Bad Moon Rising

Down On the Corner

Have You Ever Seen The Rain

Proud Mary

Cyndy Lauper

Girl Just Wanna Have Fun

Dobie Gray

Drift Away

Don Henley

Boys Of Summer - slow acoustic version

Duran Duran

Hungry Like the Wolf

Ed Sheeran

Perfect

Eddie Grant

Electric Avenue

Elvis Presley

Blue Spanish Eyes

Teddy Bear

Eric Clapton

Knocking On Heaven’s Door

Tears In Heaven

Wonderful Tonight

Fleetwood Mac

Dreams

Foreigner

I Want To Know What Love Is

Frankie Ford

Sea Cruise

Glenn Campbell

I Love How You Love Me

Gregory Isaacs

Cool Down The Place

Night Nurse

Guns & Roses

Sweet Child of Mine

Hall & Oates

Maneater

Harry Nilson

Lime In the Coconut

Hawaiian

Aloha ‘Oe - Traditional

Baby Be Mine - Booost

Beyond The Reef - All-Star Hawaiian

Big Ship - One Groove

Blue Hawaii

I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You

Ku Uipo

Country Roads Take Me Home

Hawaii Five O’

Hawaiian Paradise

Hawaiian Rollercoaster Ride

Hawaiian War Chant

Honey Baby

I’ll Remember You

Lava - Disney

Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian - John Prine

Little Grass Shack

Lovely Hula Hands

Mekanani Kaupo

Menehune Beach Bum Boogie - Imua

The Hukilau - No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service

Pearly Shells

Sophisticated Hula

Tiny Bubbles

What a Wonderful World/ Somewhere Over Rainbow

Howard Livingston

Blame It On the Margaritas

How Bout Tomorrow

Magic In KeyWest

Mangrove Mama’s

Inner Circle

Bad Boys

Sweat

Jack Johnson

Girl, I Wanna Lay You Down

James Taylor

How Sweet It Is

Jan & Dean

Surf City

Surf Medley - Jr

Jason Mraz

I’m Yours

Jean Knight

Mr. Big Stuff

Jesse Rice

Go Away Cloud

Hammock In Havana

Jennifer Lopez - JLo

Let’s Get Loud

Jimmy Buffett

A Pirate Looks at 40

Another Saturday Night

Barometer Soup

Boat Drinks

Brown Eyed Girl

Changes In Latitudes

Cheese Burger in Paradise

Christmas Island

Come Monday

Fins

Grapefruit, Juicy fruit

I Will Play for Gumbo

It’s Five O Clock Somewhere

Jamaica Mistaica

Hey Good Lookin

Last Mango in Paris

Livingston Saturday Night

Lovely Cruise

Manana

Margaritaville

Mele Kalikimaka

One Particular Harbour

Son Of A Sailor

Southern Cross

Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw

Jimmy Cliff

You Can Get It

Johnny Nash

I Can See Clearly Now

KC & The Sunshine Band

Boogie Shoes

I’m Your Boogie Man

Keep It, Comin Love

Please Don’t Go

Shake Your Booty

That’s The Way I Like It

Kool & The Gang

Get Down On It

Let’s Go Dancing Reggae

Laid Back

Sunshine Reggae

Led Zeppelin

Please Don’t Go

Stairway to Heaven

Leo Sayer

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

Linda Ronstadt

Blue Bayou

Long Beach Dub All Stars

Saw Red

Looking Glass

Brandy

Lou Bega

Mambo #5

Luis Fonsi

Despacito

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Free Bird

Magic

Rude

Malo

Suavacito

Marc Broussard

Cry To Me

Marcia Griffiths

Electric Boogie

Marvin Gaye

Let’s Get It On

Men At Work

Down Under

Miami Sound Machine

Conga

Michael Buble

Sway

Music Explosion

Little Bit O Soul

Musical Youth

Pass The Dutchie

Misc

Baby Shark

Bailando Marimba - Sebastian

Cha Cha - Chelo

Danza Kuduro

Happy Birthday

Groove Is In the Heart - Deelite

If You’re Happy and You Know It

Iko Iko

It Is Well With My Soul

Monster Mash - Bobby Boris Pickett

Pachelbel's Cannon in D

Tequila

The Tiki tiki tiki Room - Disney

You Are My Sunshine

You’re So Cool - theme True Romance

Neil Diamond

Sweet Caroline Reggae

Neil Young

Harvest Moon

Ottis Redding

Stand By Me

Sitting On The Dock of the Bay

Ottmar Leibert

Barcelona Nights

Starry Night

Paris Hilton

Stars Are Blind

Paul Simon

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

Peter Frampton

Baby, I Love Your Way

Pink Floyd

Another Brick In the Wall

Rod Stewart

Maggie May

Mine For Me

Rolling Stones

As Tears Go By

Honky Tonk Woman

Roy Orbison

Pretty Woman

Rupert Holmes

Escape - Pina Colada

Sam Cook - Ben E King

Spanish Harlem

Santana Carlos

Black Magic Woman

Contigo

Evil Ways

Game of Love

Maria Maria

Oye Como Va

Put Your Lights On

Smooth

Turn Your Lights Down Low

Santo & Johnny, Betsy Brye

Sleepwalk

Shaggy

Angel

It Wasn’t Me

Sheryl Crow

All I Wanna Do

Sinatra

Fly Me To The Moon

My Way

Smokey Robinson

Cruisin

Solomon Burke

Cry To Me

Spyro Gyro

Morning Dance

Stealers Wheel

Stuck In the Middle With You

Steve Miller

The Joker

Stevie Wonder

Isn’t She Lovely

Superstitious

Sting

Love Is The Seventh Wave

Styx

Babe

Sublime

Badfish

Santeria

Smoke 2 Joints

Sugar Ray

Fly

The Alarm

Rain In The Summertime

The Contours

Do You Love Me

The Doors

Light My Fire

The Drifters

Under The Boardwalk

The Eagles

California Hotel

Desperado

I Can’t Tell You Why

Lyin Eyes

One Of These Nights

New Kid In Town

Peaceful Easy Feeling

Take It Easy

Tequila Sunrise

Witchy Woman

The Heptones

Sea Of Love

The Kingsmen

Louie Louie

The McCoys

Hand On Sloopy

The Monkees

I’m a Believer

The New Seekers

Never Ending Song of Love

The Starlite Orchestra

Put Your Head On My Shoulder

The Temptations

Just My Imagination

My Girl

The Young Rascals

Grooving

Three Dog Night

Joy To The World

Tom Petty

Free Falling

Mary Jane’s Last Dance

You Don’t Know How It Feels

Tony Bennett

In The Middle Of An Island

Toto

Africa

UB40

Bring Me Your Cup

Good Situation

Groovin

Here I am

Impossible Love

Rat In Mi Kitchen

Red Wine

The Way You Do The Things You Do

Watch Dogs

Van Morrison

Crazy Love

Domino

War

Cisco Kid

Low Rider

Wild Cherry

Play That Funky Music

Willie Nelson

Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain

On The Road Again

Stardust

Wilson Pickett

Mustang Sally

Zac Brown

Island Song

Toes In The Sand

Ziggy Marley

Drive

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

I provide all necessary sound equipment for most events. If performing on a large stage with P.A. provided I can provide a stereo line out to a direct box.
For most events, I arrive with my sound equipment set up and require one standard electrical outlet for power. I travel with a 5'x8' equipment trailer and a Jeep. So parking arrangements are always helpful.

I am a self-contained performer, usually rolling in with one cart of equipment. I have all the necessary sound equipment, I use a Bose speaker system, and will require just one standard electrical outlet, and a dry, flat-shaded area to perform - Indoors or Outside is fine.

Steel drums are susceptible to detuning in the direct sun, hence the request for a shaded area outdoors.

The staging area is best with a 10' x 10' area, however, as a solo act I am capable of working with a smaller staging area. So let me know what you are working with and I'll see what I can do.

Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

Generally, I only require 20-30 minutes, however, I tend to arrive an hour early to set up for my performances. I will begin promptly, if not earlier than scheduled, and perform continuously unless otherwise directed.

Recent Clients

Chris Arpad Solo Steel Drum Entertainment has performed for these clients:

Arizona Stitch Lab - Tucson, AZ

Catalina State Park - Tucson, AZ

Craft Republic, Tucson, AZ

Charron Vineyard, Vail, AZ

Fairwinds Desert Point Senior Luxury Living Resort

Fini’s Landing, Tucson, AZ

Fork & Fire Smokehouse + Tasting Room - Tucson, AZ

Kingan Gardens, Tucson, AZ

Kivel Kampus of Care, Phoenix, AZ

Lake Havasu Area Chamber of Commerce

La Sonora at Dove Mountain, AZ

London Bridge Resort Convention Center, Havasu City, AZ

Maricopa Multi-Cultural Festival - Maricopa, AZ

Oro Valley Social & Business Club, Oro Valley, AZ

Saguaro Buttes - Tucson, AZ

SKP Saguaro Co-op, Benson, AZ

The Buttes at Reflections Weddings and Events, Tucson, AZ

The Lakes at St. David, AZ

The Landing - Tucson, AZ

The Pit, Tucson, AZ

The Tucson Mall - Tucson, AZ

Thunder Canyon Brewery, Tucson, AZ

Tropical Smoothie Cafe locations Tucson, Phoenix

Tucson Racquet Club, Tucson, AZ

Ventana Canyon Club & Lodge, Tucson, AZ

John Steward’s Home, Sedona, AZ

Watermark at Oro Valley

Watermark, Fountains at LaCholla

Watermark, The Inn

Wildfire Wings Company - Tucson, AZ

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