Happy Birthday to Carlos Santana

I almost missed his birthday but luckily several other bloggers wrote about i. I just got done watching this video over at Rock and Roll Blog (a great blog to visit).

This is Santana performing at Woodstock and its INSANE how great it is. Carols shreds and Michael Shrieve (who is a baby in this - only 19!) gives one of the best drum solos I've ever seen. No kidding. Plus you gotta love the audience :) for once they show naked guys instead of naked women. I like that for a change.

Santana Fans:

MULTI DIMENSIONAL WARRIOR EXPLORES SPIRITUAL ESSENCE OF SANTANA

ALL TRACKS PERSONALLY SELECTED BY CARLOS SANTANA

Title arrives in stores October 14th of Columbia/Legacy

"In an unprecedented concept, disc one comprises 14 vocal performances chosen from albums spanning the 1970s, ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s, while disc two comprises 14 instrumental performances from albums covering the same years. MULTI DIMENSIONAL WARRIOR is the first anthology to include tracks from the band’s three major label associations: Columbia , Polydor/ PolyGram, and Arista/BMG"

There is an interview with Carlos about the project and much more info here.

Update:  I will be receiving one to review!  Honestly, I already KNOW it will be excellent.  I love the idea of having the instrumental only songs separate.  Santana can be great background music for a hot date....

Some Music News:

Image by jimdavidson via FlickrVH1 Classic will give up the network for 24 hours on Oct. 19th to celebrate the release the following day of AC/DC's new album, BlackIce. The channel will show archival footage, concerts, videos and
much more during what they call Total AC/DC.

Boz Scaggs will release, Speak Low, his second volume of standards and ballads on Oct. 28th. His first volume of standards, But Beautiful, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Jazz chart.

Come Together: A Night For John Lennon's Words & Music will be released on DVD via Eagle Rock Entertainment on Nov. 4th. The
90-minute star-studded event was filmed at Radio City Music Hall in
2001 just 3 weeks after Sept. 11th. The event features performances
by Cyndi Lauper, Shelby Lynne, Lou Reed, Natalie Merchant, Dave
Stewart and many others.

Carlos Santana, 61, recently told Rolling Stone magazine that when he
retires from music he would eventually like to start a church in Maui,
Hawaii. "I'm not sick of what I do, but I find that God gave me the
gift of communication even without my guitar and with the ability to
get people unstuck with certain sections of the Bible having to do
with guilt, shame, judgment and fear."

(these tidbits of info come from "80's Music News" by Martin Hennessy)

Carlos Santana

I orgininally posted this in April 2005 with no idea that I would be seeing Carlos and the band on Oct. 14. Can't wait!

S A N T A N A . C O M

As I add this I am wondering how anyone can NOT love Santana???

Put on a song, familiar like "She's Not There" and listen to the percussion then listen to Carlos playing his solos, feel the passion. Can you actually sit still during "Smooth"? And the list of "guest" soloist is incredible. Can't wait for their new release in summer 2005!

!Dance, Sister, Dance!