Tracy Thornton

Infobox musical artist
Name = Tracy Thornton


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Instrument = Steel Drum, drums
Genre = Steel Pan, world
Occupation = Musician, Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 1989 — present
Label = LoveCat Music
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URL = [http://tracythornton.com/ Official site]

Tracy Thornton is one of the leading steel pan players in the U.S.A. He has been playing music since he was 15 years old, performing many different styles of music and playing many different instruments. He started on the drum kit and played with hard rock groups including ”Soul Society” and the critically acclaimed “Toxic Popsickle” with former members of the Ben Folds Five, toured all over the states with the nationally renowned hard core ska group “Otis Reem”, performed with “Trinidad North”, a reggae/calypso group, played djembe and djun djun in “Rhythms of Life” a West African Djembe drum core headed by World renowned drum master Khalid Saleem. He was the founder, leader, musical director, manager and lead tenor pannist of the critically acclaimed calypso/jazz group “Been Caught Steelin’”. He was also the founder of the nation’s most exciting steeldrum band “Sons of Steel” where he was the musical director, teacher, tenor pannist, percussionist, manager, mentor, and bus driver.

Discography

Albums

*Tracy Thornton's Steeling Christmas, 1994
*Been Caught Steelin, 1996
*Steel & Brass, 1998
*Carpe Diem, 2000
*Me and My Pan, 2002
*Steel Drum Fever, 2008

External links

* [http://www.tracythornton.com Official site]
* [http://lovecatmusic.com/releaseA.php?q=3741 Tracy Thornton on LoveCat Music]
* [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:abfyxqyhldje~T1 Tracy Thornton on All Music]
* [http://myspace.com/pananimal Tracy Thornton on MySpace]