Carlos Santana
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Seeing Carlos and his Santana band tonight at the Memorial Coliseum. Haven't seen him since the Taste of Chicago in '94 and it was the one of the best shows I saw that whole summer long. I assume his set lists are more Supernatural heavy these days.
I still love the story about how young Carlos got his first big break when Bill Graham personally caught him sneaking into a third story window at the Fillmore during an early Grateful Dead show (having shimmied up a downspout) and was so impressed by the kid's efforts to see live music, that he gave him a broom and a job and the rest is history.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bluelight
Have a blast. 94 is a while,
Have a blast. 94 is a while, I think '97 for me.
He's on my wish list.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lord Kalvert
sneaking in for a CREAM show
sneaking in for a CREAM show - not the Dead . I woulda snuck in too
Should be a great show--- Toussaint L'Overture . . . . .
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It's no coincidence his last
It's no coincidence his last name starts with Santa. The gift that keeps on giving.
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wish his last tour was the
wish he would tour with the Santana IV band
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
Well, Santana still brings it
Well, Santana still brings it. Show smoked. Carlos and his eight piece band of young players started off doing all the Woodstock and Classic Rock stuff with the second half of the show heavy on the Supernatural material. Most of the songs had a good amount of sick jams. Some of the best songs I didn't recognize at all. About a quarter of the show was sung in Spanish with hard driving polyrhythmic Latin grooves all night. Carlos is still an amazing guitar player. He has toned down the whole mystical stage banter somewhat since the last time I saw him, but the guy does give off some genuine heady vibes and gets away with a fair amount talk of universal love and joy without sounding hokey.
They played two hours straight through plus a 24 minute encore, which kind of dragged on and ended up being the weakest part of the whole night. Seemed like the were phoning it in by that point and they could have called it good with just one quick, strong number to cap off what was otherwise one of the very best shows I have seen in a while.
Too busy dancing to take many pictures, but did snap a couple:
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: TommyGutt
I Love Santana.luckily he
I Love Santana.luckily he tours every couple of years in Europe, And I go whenever I can.I'll be seeing them at least 3 times this summer,here in France,ticket prices are reasonable too +/- 50 euros.I first saw them in 1980 east coast seen them bout a hundred times, Not once disappointed, Soul Healing Music to mine Ears
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Sorry I missed the show this
Sorry I missed the show this weekend. Looks Smokey in memorial coliseum.
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>>>>Looks Smokey in memorial
>>>>Looks Smokey in memorial coliseum.
It sure was. Lately, it seems that people at most shows are generally sticking to vape pens and edibles, but lots of good ole flower was being burned at the Santana show the other night. Carlos even mentioned how good it smelled.
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I had to blow off Eugene and
I had to blow off Eugene and Memorial- I'm sure it was a great show- always is.
Caught him last summer in Utah
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Thanks for posting that set
Thanks for posting that set list. I was wondering about many of the songs that were played.