This was originally from their second vinyl LP called Abraxas (1970), but Carlos Santana carried it forward through the years, reincarnating the song, as the word Abraxas might have hinted at the time.
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Sunday, February 17, 2013
Samba Per Voi
Deborah linked an older Santana instrumental song called Samba pa' ti (Samba for you):
This was originally from their second vinyl LP called Abraxas (1970), but Carlos Santana carried it forward through the years, reincarnating the song, as the word Abraxas might have hinted at the time.
This was originally from their second vinyl LP called Abraxas (1970), but Carlos Santana carried it forward through the years, reincarnating the song, as the word Abraxas might have hinted at the time.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Sole Sacrifice
Carlos Santana practically invented "Latin Rock" in the 1960's. He had started out as a blues and jazz influenced musician, but in San Francisco he met Latino and African drummers who beat different rhythms. Hanging around the developing hippie scene in San Francisco, he and his band noticed that girls would spontaneously dance in new and interesting ways to the exotic sounding rhythms--usually with much more hip gyration. He and the band liked this from a stage's eye view, and so the fusion stuck.
The band Santana made its national stage debut at Woodstock in 1969. Three successful albums later, the band had begun to fray, with Carlos wanting to move more towards jazz. Caravanserai (1972) was the last Santana album that I liked. Half the band left him afterwards and later formed the core of the band Journey.
A favorite track from Caravanserai, called Waves Within:
The band Santana made its national stage debut at Woodstock in 1969. Three successful albums later, the band had begun to fray, with Carlos wanting to move more towards jazz. Caravanserai (1972) was the last Santana album that I liked. Half the band left him afterwards and later formed the core of the band Journey.
A favorite track from Caravanserai, called Waves Within:
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