Steelpan Duo - Bill and Stephanie live at the Arizona State Fair 2024

Bill Harris and Stephanie Gudeman perform as a Steelpan drum duo live at the Arizona State Fair. ‘Fernando’ was written by Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Anderson and Stikkan originally recorded by ABBA, ‘Tico Tico no Fuba’ a Brazilian Portuguese piece written by Zequinha de Abreu in 1917, and Solamente Una Vez ( You Belong in my Heart ) written by Mexican songwriter Agustin Lara originally performed in 1941. We put our on spin on it with backing tracks recorded by Mark Larson and Richard Sellers (drums), Adrian , Frank Gonzales and Cecil McBee Jr (Bass), English horn and oboe Stephanie Gudeman, last but not least Bill Harris of Salsa Steel on all other Keyboards and sound effects.
Thank you Arizona State Fair for the opportunity to perform these great songs! You guys are the best! Not even the 113 degree temperature could stop us or our audiences from having fun! We also want to give a big shout out to our sound man Simon and our band who recorded the tracks we played to. They were all conscientious, professional and did a stellar job of helping bring out our best!
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[@sandyk2613]

I love to see you and hear your music. Many greetings to Arizona to you

[@bobbytriviso1168]

You guys are great

[@StephanieAGudeman]

SO .. After posting this I realized two things. First, you can not edit what you already put up once it is posted without specific editing programs. Secondly, I gave information on two of the three songs .. although Tico Tico is right and actually part of this video. The first song is actually Jump in the Line by the incomparable Lord Kitchener from Trinidad (where the Steelpan was born as well) and first released in 1952. Second is Tico Tico as I have said above, the last is Sabor a Mi’ written in 1959 by Alvaro Carrillo. I blame the heat for my errors and am sticking to it.