Steel Daddy
Daytona Bandshell free concert Series
Daytona Beach Bandshell
70 Boardwalk
Daytona Beach, FL 32118
Aug 23, 2024
7:00 PM EDT
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Steel Daddy will open for the Bob Marley Tribute band playing a Steel Drum music set only, prior to the Concert. It's a quick 30 minute concert to open the night beachside at The Bandshell.
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Steel Daddy Biography
Skip Lilly is Steel Daddy. A North Carolina native living in Asheville, Greensboro,Greenville and now Daytona Beach Florida, Skip has spent the last 17 years entertaining thousands from Atlantic City NJ, to Key West Fl, from the British Virgin
Islands to the Bahamas.
Skip got inspired by the sounds of the Steel Drum on the Island of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands in 1983. A small little place (Dirt Bar) called Stanley's Welcome Bar in Cane Garden Bay, It's known that Jimmy Buffett wrote a song there called "Life is just a tire swing" and "Manana" where he mentions the Bay. One evening in 1983,a full steel drum band entertained the crowd and the sound just took hold. His father continued to visit these islands and exposed Skip to these sounds for some time.
After graduating from East Carolina University with a business and Marketing degree, Skip set sail to work as captain for The Moorings, a charter sailboat outfit on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. There he captained sail boats and worked hosting charter guests. It was then he fell in love with the idea of playing a drum himself.
After getting into the corporate world in 1996, in 2000 Skip sent money to a man in Trinidad who made Steel Drums. After a Year and a month wait, a Steel Drum showedup. He taught himself to play this instrument and before long was playing live at local restaurants and venues.
Skip has played in venues like Atlantic City & Jimmy Buffett's Cheese burger in Paradise and Margaritaville Café in Key West, The Homestead in WV and Snowshoe Resort WV. British Virgin islands, Sea Spray Marina, Elbow Cay, Grabbers on Guana Cay,Abacos Bahamas. He has also entertained some distinguished guests like the US Ambassador to Finland, Senator Kay Hagan and Mark O'Meara of the PGA Tour.
Read MoreIslands to the Bahamas.
Skip got inspired by the sounds of the Steel Drum on the Island of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands in 1983. A small little place (Dirt Bar) called Stanley's Welcome Bar in Cane Garden Bay, It's known that Jimmy Buffett wrote a song there called "Life is just a tire swing" and "Manana" where he mentions the Bay. One evening in 1983,a full steel drum band entertained the crowd and the sound just took hold. His father continued to visit these islands and exposed Skip to these sounds for some time.
After graduating from East Carolina University with a business and Marketing degree, Skip set sail to work as captain for The Moorings, a charter sailboat outfit on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. There he captained sail boats and worked hosting charter guests. It was then he fell in love with the idea of playing a drum himself.
After getting into the corporate world in 1996, in 2000 Skip sent money to a man in Trinidad who made Steel Drums. After a Year and a month wait, a Steel Drum showedup. He taught himself to play this instrument and before long was playing live at local restaurants and venues.
Skip has played in venues like Atlantic City & Jimmy Buffett's Cheese burger in Paradise and Margaritaville Café in Key West, The Homestead in WV and Snowshoe Resort WV. British Virgin islands, Sea Spray Marina, Elbow Cay, Grabbers on Guana Cay,Abacos Bahamas. He has also entertained some distinguished guests like the US Ambassador to Finland, Senator Kay Hagan and Mark O'Meara of the PGA Tour.
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