And the mother can play the guitar, too

Simply believe in Santana as I do.

I love Santana. His music is just the best. But not only that - he is a great man!!

Thanks for sharing this

...that comes damn close!

And it comes from one of their own heroes.

as a Saint.

of love through his music via his heart.

He's very spiritual, pro-peace and is a huge fan of Obama's. His talks between songs were almost (not quite) as lyrical and sweet as his guitar playing. Smooth is one of my all time top 10 favorite songs, such sweet music.

soul. hope you get to see more of him. was he onstage with ozomatli? very high energy.

which is a great venue. Don't remember who was with him the first time? He definitely feeds my soul too.

I saw Traffic and Santana in the same show in Baltimore back in the 70s.

FRIGGIN AWESOME.

Stayed the whole weekend. I forget if they played 2 or 3 shows but it was at least 2. Have a recording of at least one of the shows. Carlos came out and jammed with the Dead on a few tunes, the one I remember was Carlos and Jerry trading off licks on All Along The Watchtower. Also I remember there was an airshow going on there during that weekend, all these propeller planes spiraling in the sky. Anyway glad you got to see that, both the scene and the music were amazing, mid 80's IIRC.

at Mile High Stadium. He was the opening act for the Beach Boys and Fleetwood Mac. One of the best concerts ever! Santana was fantastic as were the other groups.

July 5, 1975. He played, then Clapton's band on the first tour where Clapton was back in touch with being comfortable in his own skin again.

Then the two bands played together for 45 minutes or so. The first jam tune was "Eyesight to the Blind" with a full on latin rhythm and with 2 drummers.

BTW: I remember the date because, since it was the day after the 4th, some idiots were popping firecrackers. Clapton opened with Layla and then during the beginning of Further On Down the Road, he stopped the band and said "One more firecracker and we're going home. We're musicians, not targets!" No more firecrackers.

Santana really seems to have enjoyed mixing it up with other groups. That is very cool.

Really long too. Probably at least 3.5 hours.

Great show!

on a smaller stage next to the main stage.
He and his then conguero wandered back and sat in with us for a couple tunes, both in the back of the band. Most people in the audience didn't even know he was there. WE SURE DID !!!

priceless experience...

Carlos is a wise man.

Interesting, it was 'no big deal,' just a bunch of good musicians playing some Cuban and Brazilian stuff, groovin' on each other's playing, having a good time..

He is like a prophet for peace.

Imagine the effect it must have on President Obama.

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Thanks for this..

and he is a truly spiritual man (nothing I can lay claim to), and for him to speak up in such a political situation means more to me than anything Ben Carson is saying or anything.

Carlos exemplifies spirituality, familyhood, inclusionism, and so, so much more. He is serious unappreciated; perhaps because he rarely promotes himself; he'd rather let the music and his actions carry the message. I have so many albums of his across so many genre's, and he's always selfless and generous. Even in concert, with third-party bands, he's generous and gives them stage time with his band, and he's always encouraging.

I hope I die before him, because I'd hate it the other way around.

a little vignette..

"To one and all we sing
Let there be peace on earth"

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One of my favorites!

That concert LP when I was a kid shaped my future then. Santana was the epitome of that music, all of it which was great.

Here's another song that they did right after Soul Sacrifice where the title of it epitomizes what I think most of us feels about our f'd up corporatized government these days!!!

Money trumps peace from Vietnam to the present day.

when he was an unknown. He was the third band that saturday and was the best I saw. I have never forgot him and I have seen him many times. He captures my feelings in his beautiful message.

When it's on, i look forward to seeing that live version again.

Recommended.

Muchas gracias.

Love his imagery!

his music and energy occupies a very special and important presence in my life as a woman, chicana, india, a mother, and as an american. adelante, carlos!

He's still a class act. Power to the People!

The year was 2000 and I was operating a hand held camera at the Grammy Awards broadcast in Los Angeles. Carlos Santana was a nominee for his hit album, Supernatural, and he had a front row seat for the festivities.

During a commercial break, I had made up my mind to go over to him and remind him of an earlier time we had worked together. It meant that to me.

We were in Santo Domingo for the grand opening of an amphitheater in the jungle called Altos de Chavon, and it was such a big deal for the money people it took two nights.

The first night star was Frank Sinatra, who was a significant luminary for the Gulf Oil bigwigs, but the second night stars were for the people. The opening act were the sisters, Heart, and they put on a great performance, but the young audience was there to see their favorite, Santana, and they did not disappoint. Needless to say, the jungle was rockin'.

But in the middle of, I think it was the third song, the heavens opened and we had a major downpour. Of course the kids didn't care, and neither did the band. They all just kept playing as you would expect. We crew members were more respectful of the lightning, which was filling the night sky. With my camera on my my shoulder I headed straight for the portico from which the stars made their entrance. Safely undercover, I turned around to see if I had any opportunities for a shot in the deluge, and there it was, a shot of a lifetime. Carlos was still out there, playing one of those blistering guitar solos, backlit by the pouring rain. It was hypnotic. I just framed up the shot and enjoyed the show. Magical. Maybe even Supernatural.

Back at the Gammys, I knelt down in front of Carlos, quickly I introduced myself and said, "Do you remember Altos de Chavon, and the rain?"
He immediately new what I was referring to. "The rain! Oh the rain!!! You know, the music videos, they all copied that picture!"
Pointing to myself, and grinning wildly I said, "that was me, I was the cameraman who shot that"
Carlos was obviously surprised, he took my hand, the one that was pointing to my heart, and with both his hands, with those magical fingers, he pressed my hand to his heart and held it there for a long moment.

Yeah, a great memory. And of course, he won the Grammy.

I wish Carlos would stop by and say, "peace"...

Such a great album!

was there and talked Santana into the album Supernatural and all the duets/partnering on it.

Santana played for 3 hours, blissfully. I have seen him many times but this night was so full of joy. Between two songs he said one of his bits which he refers to as "chewing gum for the soul" :

peace,
kp

Using Carlos Santana's analogy - When Trump throws his 'feces' it's like his followers make sure they are standing in the path and that they rub it all over themselves too!

He praised President Obama AND smashed trump ... there are a lot of folks that see one or the other, grounds for exercise their "1st Amendment Rights" to be hateful.