Dano's Island Sounds

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The steel drum or steel pan as it's called in the West Indies was invented in the late 1930's on the island of Trinidad. During a time when the locals, called Trinis, where deprived of all traditional rhythmic instruments from the government, the formation of the Iron Bands began. The Iron Bands would beat on anything including; irons, trashcans, tools, break drums from car parts, and anything that would make a tone. Then during a particularly heavy Iron Band session somebody discovered that an oil drum could produce a pure tone. Winston "Spree" Simon is generally credited as being the inventor of the pan and Ellie Manette, a pan maker still active today, was the first to give the pan it's mature form. The pan is skillfully hammered by hand out of a 55-gallon oil drum and tuned to create a full chromatic range of notes, and each pan has it's own order of tones that are unique to it's creator. Since it's invention the smooth and relaxing sound of the steel pan has gained popularity with music lovers around the world.

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