Ashton Craig
Steel Drum
Ashton Craig was
born in Trinidad and started playing the steel drum at age
seven.
He has perfomed
at various music festivals in Trinidad and in the Panorama
with the Nu-Tones Stell Orchestra over the years.
Ashton also placed
first at the Pan Music Festival in 1980 where he competed
as a solo artist, judged by Havhelock Nelson from England.
Ashton moved to
the United States in 1984 and toured with the 21st Centrury
Band. In 1986 he started his own 5 piece band, Pan Extasy
and performed at private parties for such celebrities as
Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover and others.
Ashton currently
performs in clubs as a one-man show. Ashton is available
as a soloist on the steel drums, and synth. machine. He
sounds like a complete band with his pre-recorded tracks
backing him up.
Experience the
magic and upbeat energy of the Caribbean at your next event!
When the sounds of socca, reggae, calypso and Caribbean
Jazz collide, it can only be described as pure fun.