I have been a follower of Santana for nearly 50 years, since I was on school, circa 1973, some great musicians and fabulous music over this time, without a doubt a magical band, Carlos you are a true artist my friend, thank you.
Some Folks don't realize just how great Carlos is. His intense guitar playing through all these years, all the tunes, all kinds of music flows from the Holy Spirit through his heart and soul and comes through to us through his fingers. He could be playing a $20 guitar and we would still feel it. Peace You All.
u hit it on the bullseye!!! he will always b remembered as one of the most unique & guitar player in history of music, I'm 65 & started playing when I was 6, I learned so many Santana tunes, I thank him for his music
@@greatunz67 I don't think you are being fair to him. Who among us can do what we could do 30 years ago at the same level as we could do then? Even though he now makes his living based on his past glory days, he still tries to keep his music fresh and entertaining for his audiences.
In 1974, I saw Santana for the first time at the Aragon Ball room, when I was in high school. My friend and I sat on the back of a folding chair at a venue that held, at most, 2000 people. While I since become fluent in Spanish, we were the only 2 at the concert that didn't speak Spanish. I've seen a lot of concerts in my day, but this was the best. A truly great and gifted musician. I love Latin culture.
Fabulous line up of one of the greatest bands of all time ! Lear on drums!! & the legendary Tom Costa on keyboards as well as Raul Rekow on percussion R.I.P. Raul . Todays so called musicians can only stare in amazement & bow down at what we had in the 70's!
This incarnation of Santana, with Greg Walker, Tom Coster and the most fantastic, pulsating rhythm section, has got to be one of the best rock bands ever, IMHO...
first off, Carlos is on fire in this vid........ holy smokes! secondly, you're right but i have never seen CS without an ensemble of killer musicians around him depending on what musical phase he was in, and 3rd, even though I was too young too appreciate it then, his early lineup highlighted in the 1970 live at tanglewood is insane.
@@taboty nope, this was the start, the lineup had so many changes but the ultimate was once they had the trio of Raul Rekow/Armando Peraza, and Orestes Vilato on percussion, their combination with Graham Lear on drums was the best percussion section in history. All of their lineups from 76 to 85 were amazing, if only they would have kept Tom Coster on keys instead of Chester Thompson though, Coster was a much better player with far more vast of a sound than Thompsons chirpy casio sound.
I recorded this off the live FM simulcast when it was first broadcast, and it was one of my favorite tapes for years. Glad to see the performance is still as great as my memory.
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I attended this taping ( In the first row ) and was won of the best Santana concerts I have ever gone to! Gato Barberi and Tower of Power were also on this taping. Finally I got to meet the very humble Carlos during break, just awesome!!
At 5:26 the secret to Santana's sustain is revealed... and the best part starts at 6:00 when they all switch instruments... Raul takes the lead with the bongos, Chepito moves to the congas, Carlos leaves the guitar and takes the congas too, and Greg moves to the keyboards... This was so awesome!
When Carlos was a disciple of Sri Chinmoy and called himself Devadip, I like that style of playing more than the current one, he mixed Jazz, Blues and Latin rhythms, he used a Yamaha SG2000 that was based on a Les Paul Standard with a Mesa Boogie MKII, a MuTron wah and a Big Muff used as a booster.
I love Carlos, he is my co-favourite guitarist along with the almighty Jeff beck, I cannot choose between them, and have seen both more than twice live. But the particular piece, Carlos really let's it fly! He really Rocks out, and I love it !!
Il est le premier en tant que sud sud-américain à avoir métissé la musique afro-cubaine voire,afro-latine au rock ou à la pop-rock et ça a donné un bon résultat.
I loved Santana back in the 70's and still do. He played at Woodstock in 1969, along with Joe Cocker, and 42 years later he's still recording and going strong. Vaya Santana!
ECCELLENTISSIMII.,👍😮🇮🇪MAAA. ANDIAMO AVANTI CON INTERNET SE C'È 🇮🇪🤩. I STRA FAMOSISSIMIII.... SANTANA... BENISSIMO GRATISS CON GOOGLE GORRIS 👍😮💃✌️🤩🇮🇪🇮🇪. QUSTAAA È UNA VECCHIA CANZONEEE DA RIASCOLTAREEE X UN GRANDISSIMO FURORE OK OK BENISSIMO GRAZIE PER TUTTI IIII AL MONDO OK👍😮🤩🇮🇪. QUSTAAA È IL MEGLIO OK OK
What a great song. What a great performance! What a great band. Firing on all fronts. Thanks for posting. This is one of my favorites from the "new era" after the 60s releases.
At the time I was appalled by the Amigos album. Seemed to me too commercial. I later understood that even if Welcome and Borbolette did fair well in Italy and Europe, they didn't sell well in the States . So Carlos was kinda obliged to move from that spiritual sound to a more commercial one .
This was one of the most refreshing, soul satisfying, total Carlos encompassing tunes of the era, THEY ROCKED this everytime I saw them. They played the Chicago Amphitheater with Bobby Womack as the warm up. Carlos came on stage and I fought my way to the front, climbed on stage and let the Marshall blow my ear out!!!
Jose "Chepito" Areas! The reason Carlos looked him up in San Francisco was because he was looking for that latin rhythm and he was a leader of a Salsa band in SF. Puro Leon, Nicaragua!
Talk about INTENSITY on display! The Band did this at Soundstage Studios in Chicago. And no I wasn't there.. If My leg was long enough I would have kicked Myself in the A$$!!
As much as i love this, I love the Cal Jam II version even more - and it was re-released as part of the CD "Essential Santana" - couldn't believe it was still around - my brother found it!
JustAintThatWay Many, many guitarists have lost their distinctive sound joining the PRS army : Ted Nugent, Geoff Whitehorn, Al Di Meola, Tom Johnston, Joe Walsh, Rick Derringer, Neal Schon . . . Michael J. Fox ?
What are you talking about? Rory is not? Rick Derringer, Mark Farner, Joe Walsh, Toy Caldwell, John Cipollina among others that are nothing else is ...?
OK. It's just a question of personal taste. Nobody seems to miss Satriani, Van Halen, Blackmore, Iommy, Page, Zappa, Django R., W. Montgomery ... and so many others, really great myths. PS - By the way , I forgot to include Allan Holdsworth, Jan Akkerman, Dean Brown and . . .
Got it! I agree with most of you mentioned and also had estranged the lack of Holdsworth and Akkerman, for example. Even though I am a fan of Mark Farner (in my adolescence in the early 70s, I was a big fan of Grand Funk), Joe Walsh and Rick Derringer, my admiration for them is mainly as composers and not just as guitar players. John Cipollina I really did not like and Toy Caldwell, (I was also a fan of the Marshall Tucker Band for a while) .. well, I never considered a great guitar player! I did not understand about Rory Gallagher because I know of his importance as an innovative, among other things. But it is normal, there are some that are considered gods and don't tell me virtually nothing, but most of you also mentioned are my idols too!
+Carolyn Darrier no... I finally saved my life when I sold my prs to a moron then dusted off my Yamaha and my Mark III... Unfortunately, my cat did die for my ARP string so I'm dead!
My favorite guitar of Carlos....the Yamaha SG. I wish he would bust it out at his concerts....not such a fan of his PRS sound....oh well...I still love the man!!
These Yamaha guitars were WAAAAY better than the Les Pauls Gibson was putting out in the Norlin era. I read that this guitar was designed just for Carlos and he rejected the first 10 they made for him. I wish he'd pick one back up again.
Does anybody know the date of the Superstar Concert Series recorded show in 76-77, hosted by JJ Jackson.. it was billed as New York 1977.. hottest Santana show I ever heard. This is great stuff
i went to many of his concerts with all the different front men lead singers... A 30 yr span. Ending on Austin,texas WITH Joe Cocker and bad company.with special guest Jimi Page.
Santana fan since 13 -64 still A FAN
Yessir
I have been a follower of Santana for nearly 50 years, since I was on school, circa 1973, some great musicians and fabulous music over this time, without a doubt a magical band, Carlos you are a true artist my friend, thank you.
l met my wife listening to this tune, the soundtrack of my life.
Some Folks don't realize just how great Carlos is. His intense guitar playing through all these years, all the tunes, all kinds of music flows from the Holy Spirit through his heart and soul and comes through to us through his fingers. He could be playing a $20 guitar and we would still feel it. Peace You All.
How great Carlos 'was' would be a better statement, post 1990 it's all been downhill, he's a parody of his 70's and 80's self these days.
u hit it on the bullseye!!! he will always b remembered as one of the most unique & guitar player in history of music, I'm 65 & started playing when I was 6, I learned so many Santana tunes, I thank him for his music
@@greatunz67 I don't think you are being fair to him. Who among us can do what we could do 30 years ago at the same level as we could do then? Even though he now makes his living based on his past glory days, he still tries to keep his music fresh and entertaining for his audiences.
@@greatunz67be kind
Carlos Santana and BB King are the two greatest guitarists EVER.
A loaded album. Amigos. Saw this tour in NYC. PALADIUM. Midnight show, best concert ever.
One of my favorite songs!
In 1974, I saw Santana for the first time at the Aragon Ball room, when I was in high school. My friend and I sat on the back of a folding chair at a venue that held, at most, 2000 people. While I since become fluent in Spanish, we were the only 2 at the concert that didn't speak Spanish. I've seen a lot of concerts in my day, but this was the best. A truly great and gifted musician. I love Latin culture.
Fabulous line up of one of the greatest bands of all time ! Lear on drums!! & the legendary Tom Costa on keyboards as well as Raul Rekow on percussion R.I.P. Raul . Todays so called musicians can only stare in amazement & bow down at what we had in the 70's!
that was a bad ass band...
Don’t forget Greg walker on vocals. We used to be in band in high school.
@@markward3730 OK Mark I played with Chepito I think in '76 in San Francisco in his band Cobra..what a great player...I am a bass player
@@markward3730Ooh that's beautiful ❤️
@@markward3730I think he's the best singer .❤
This incarnation of Santana, with Greg Walker, Tom Coster and the most fantastic, pulsating rhythm section, has got to be one of the best rock bands ever, IMHO...
Brasil Rio de Janeiro
Verdades
One of the best Santana line ups. Great performance
Actually the best of all times.
first off, Carlos is on fire in this vid........ holy smokes! secondly, you're right but i have never seen CS without an ensemble of killer musicians around him depending on what musical phase he was in, and 3rd, even though I was too young too appreciate it then, his early lineup highlighted in the 1970 live at tanglewood is insane.
@@taboty nope, this was the start, the lineup had so many changes but the ultimate was once they had the trio of Raul Rekow/Armando Peraza, and Orestes Vilato on percussion, their combination with Graham Lear on drums was the best percussion section in history. All of their lineups from 76 to 85 were amazing, if only they would have kept Tom Coster on keys instead of Chester Thompson though, Coster was a much better player with far more vast of a sound than Thompsons chirpy casio sound.
This is the guitar tone we love so much!
Lead singer is Greg Walker - he was with Carlos for almost 10 years.
Wonderful voice!!
@@jeanettelebarron3306 he's pretty good but I actually prefer Alex Ligertwood the best
I recorded this off the live FM simulcast when it was first broadcast, and it was one of my favorite tapes for years. Glad to see the performance is still as great as my memory.
This song has some of the catchiest guitar riffs I have ever heard...
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Watching them feel the music is close to heaven.❤
Thanks for this video.❤
I attended this taping ( In the first row ) and was won of the best Santana concerts I have ever gone to! Gato Barberi and Tower of Power were also on this taping. Finally I got to meet the very humble Carlos during break, just awesome!!
That was perhaps the best Europa ever with Gato. It blew my teenage mind to see that on TV.
Wow! Not to many people can say that.
Who was on the bass guitar?
@@rubyredlopez4 Pablo Telez
Cheers! from Central America! Guatemala City!!
Thanks that was the joint. back in the day Yes. Rick Brennan from CHANGE and Composite Truth Funk band N Philly love always Brothers. 333.Rick
Sounstage was a great show, on PBS back in those days. I have this on VHS, the guest was Tower of Power.
A great show, checked it out on PBS.
one of the alltime-greatest artists and guitarists!!
At 5:26 the secret to Santana's sustain is revealed... and the best part starts at 6:00 when they all switch instruments... Raul takes the lead with the bongos, Chepito moves to the congas, Carlos leaves the guitar and takes the congas too, and Greg moves to the keyboards... This was so awesome!
Chepito y Raul Rekow juntos,documento único!!
Pablo tellez also there. Two Nicaraguans at the same time in the band.
Santana at his peak! Thanks for posting this….
the best sound of guitar santana...yamaha sg guitar,and mesa booguie amplifier...incredible solo.....incredible sound and sustain guitar
When Carlos was a disciple of Sri Chinmoy and called himself Devadip, I like that style of playing more than the current one, he mixed Jazz, Blues and Latin rhythms, he used a Yamaha SG2000 that was based on a Les Paul Standard with a Mesa Boogie MKII, a MuTron wah and a Big Muff used as a booster.
I love Carlos, he is my co-favourite guitarist along with the almighty Jeff beck, I cannot choose between them, and have seen both more than twice live. But the particular piece, Carlos really let's it fly! He really Rocks out, and I love it !!
I have Jimi and Carlos! Never been into Beck, but he's great alright.
Tom Coster on keys, amazin! Carlos a living legend.
The best Latin rock music ever played in this planet
Il est le premier en tant que sud sud-américain à avoir métissé la musique afro-cubaine voire,afro-latine au rock ou à la pop-rock et ça a donné un bon résultat.
Chepito! One of the baddest 'fros in rock music!....and a super influencial timbalero.
I loved Santana back in the 70's and still do. He played at Woodstock in 1969, along with Joe Cocker, and 42 years later he's still recording and going strong. Vaya Santana!
I would kill for the vid of Santana when they did their jam with Tower of power
It's on RUclips.
❤ The best latin underated talents 😢😢
The percussion is what made this band
Got-damn, this is so good. i swear, i've listened to it about 25 times the past few weeks.
ECCELLENTISSIMII.,👍😮🇮🇪MAAA. ANDIAMO AVANTI CON INTERNET SE C'È 🇮🇪🤩. I STRA FAMOSISSIMIII.... SANTANA...
BENISSIMO GRATISS CON GOOGLE GORRIS 👍😮💃✌️🤩🇮🇪🇮🇪. QUSTAAA È UNA VECCHIA CANZONEEE DA RIASCOLTAREEE X UN GRANDISSIMO FURORE OK OK BENISSIMO GRAZIE PER TUTTI IIII AL MONDO OK👍😮🤩🇮🇪. QUSTAAA È IL MEGLIO OK OK
Ahhhhh yes.... a vintage video of Carlos & the band doing a classic song from Amigos.... an excellent album I might add.... nice post very nice...
Oh fun...yes Carlos can play with anybody.😊he spiced it up! Ah..so great to see Raul too.
The greatest band of all time . Santana!!!
I still have this on an old cracked cassette tape that I taped off the original pbs broadcast , it was unreal then , as it is now
What a great song. What a great performance! What a great band. Firing on all fronts. Thanks for posting. This is one of my favorites from the "new era" after the 60s releases.
Amigos. Great album!
At the time I was appalled by the Amigos album. Seemed to me too commercial. I later understood that even if Welcome and Borbolette did fair well in Italy and Europe, they didn't sell well in the States . So Carlos was kinda obliged to move from that spiritual sound to a more commercial one .
This was one of the most refreshing, soul satisfying, total Carlos encompassing tunes of the era, THEY ROCKED this everytime I saw them. They played the Chicago Amphitheater with Bobby Womack as the warm up. Carlos came on stage and I fought my way to the front, climbed on stage and let the Marshall blow my ear out!!!
Carlos plays a Mesa Boogie amp, not a Marshall.
Really Fantastic!!! thanks for the upload....one of the best lineups of the band...RIP Raul....
gawd that guitar tone... I'm blushing
Someone forgot to turn up the Mighty Tom Coster on his synth solo from 6:22 for the next 2 minutes until the end.
Voltei a minha infância. Carlos Santana é tudo de bom e um pouco mais
Brasil Rio de Janeiro
Minha infância também.
J'adore Santana c'est génial l'album
give me love give me life one of my favorite
Saw them this week in des moines, front row with ARS and Jeff Beck.....
Kicking ass! Sounds so good! Excellent video!
This must have been what Prince was watching on TV back then. Can really hear the influence
INCREDIBLE!!!!! RIP Raul......
Mi amor Carlos!!! SANTANA ROCKS!!!!
Incredible ❤️❤️❤️
Greg Walker singing
c'est une vraie tuerie ce truc !!!!
Carlos Santana, Greg Walker and Chepito Areas are my idols!, So is!
saludos desde México
Also Pablo tellez the bass guitar player..
Jose "Chepito" Areas! The reason Carlos looked him up in San Francisco was because he was looking for that latin rhythm and he was a leader of a Salsa band in SF. Puro Leon, Nicaragua!
looking forward to the concert tomorrow night in Augusta GA....I will scream FOR HIM TO PLAy this song...gREAT GUITAR!!!
The band yes.
Greg Walker 4:52 - 5:07 ....Amazing!
Very amazing!
Talk about INTENSITY on display! The Band did this at Soundstage Studios in Chicago. And no I wasn't there.. If My leg was long enough I would have kicked Myself in the A$$!!
great I saw it on tv many years ago still great music and carlos was great
Greg Walker was one
Excellent, thank you so much for posting this jewel!
chepito,pablo tello,raoul,graham,tom,greg walker...
santana , music of GOD
Carlos Santana is in a league of his own!
As much as i love this, I love the Cal Jam II version even more - and it was re-released as part of the CD "Essential Santana" - couldn't believe it was still around - my brother found it!
Hell yeah!
Agree...I had that Cal Jam vinyl album....got stolen!!!!
I remember this song I was 17 years old.
Me too. Now my time is coming to an end. What a wonderful time we had. I'm very thankful.
@@Rippenhengst, I hear Disco was a good era.
he sounded better on that Guitar than later on PRS
I totally agree
JustAintThatWay Many, many guitarists have lost their distinctive sound joining the PRS army : Ted Nugent, Geoff Whitehorn, Al Di Meola, Tom Johnston, Joe Walsh, Rick Derringer, Neal Schon . . . Michael J. Fox ?
What are you talking about? Rory is not? Rick Derringer, Mark Farner, Joe Walsh, Toy Caldwell, John Cipollina among others that are nothing else is ...?
OK. It's just a question of personal taste. Nobody seems to miss Satriani, Van Halen, Blackmore, Iommy, Page, Zappa, Django R., W. Montgomery ... and so many others, really great myths.
PS - By the way , I forgot to include Allan Holdsworth, Jan Akkerman, Dean Brown and . . .
Got it! I agree with most of you mentioned and also had estranged the lack of Holdsworth and Akkerman, for example. Even though I am a fan of Mark Farner (in my adolescence in the early 70s, I was a big fan of Grand Funk), Joe Walsh and Rick Derringer, my admiration for them is mainly as composers and not just as guitar players. John Cipollina I really did not like and Toy Caldwell, (I was also a fan of the Marshall Tucker Band for a while) .. well, I never considered a great guitar player! I did not understand about Rory Gallagher because I know of his importance as an innovative, among other things. But it is normal, there are some that are considered gods and don't tell me virtually nothing, but most of you also mentioned are my idols too!
Sound Stage. Great show on channel 11 in Chicago
Super Drummer Graham Lear
Hermosos recuerdos.santana el mejor
Santana’s tone was better and fatter on Gibsons or Yamahas than his fancy and expensive PRS guitars.
Super ❤
His musicianship is amongst the Greatest of the Greatest!
Great! Thanks very much for posting this gem!!!
I wonder where Armando Pereza was during this? He was most certainly in the band then.
Didn't he record "Europa" with that guitar? Some of the longest sustaining notes ever recorded, wouldn't you agree?
Paul Compton yes
It was a Yamaha SG 2000 that he helped develop
He was known for holding notes we listened to this tripping at the lake 78 what a weekend the 70s were great for rock
El mejor baterista que tubo hendrix
best period, best sound, best tom coster, best yamaha, fuck prs...
+Carolyn Darrier no... I finally saved my life when I sold my prs to a moron then dusted off my Yamaha and my Mark III... Unfortunately, my cat did die for my ARP string so I'm dead!
gouduleme2 Realmente era um período ótimo. Pegada forte do Santana e banda.
Chepito, my idle, would love too meet him someday. ...from Denver Colorado. .
Idol
Hey, I'm from Denver too. The first time I saw Chepito onstage, I almost gave up my drums and switched to only timbales.
jamas consiguio mejor sonido que con esa guitarra
Yamaha SG2000
My favorite guitar of Carlos....the Yamaha SG. I wish he would bust it out at his concerts....not such a fan of his PRS sound....oh well...I still love the man!!
Amazing!!
These Yamaha guitars were WAAAAY better than the Les Pauls Gibson was putting out in the Norlin era. I read that this guitar was designed just for Carlos and he rejected the first 10 they made for him. I wish he'd pick one back up again.
I've only been to 5 Santana concerts. The first one I was at was in 1975 when I was 9 years old. May parents loved them.
***** Robin Hood Dell West, Philadelphia, PA summer of 1975. Earth Wind and Fire was also on the bill.
Badass
Does anybody know the date of the Superstar Concert Series recorded show in 76-77, hosted by JJ Jackson.. it was billed as New York 1977.. hottest Santana show I ever heard. This is great stuff
WHAT A BACKBONE ! VERY STRONG , AMAZING ,..
LOVE IT
Big Time Stuff! What a line-up!
Carlos should tour with the same members and do the moon flower album and it’s entirety wow would not be something 😎
GRANDE CARLOS SANTANA JUNTO SU GRUPO
i went to many of his concerts with all the different front men lead singers... A 30 yr span. Ending on Austin,texas WITH Joe Cocker and bad company.with special guest Jimi Page.
Amazing
LA BELEEE SG 2000,......A MUN DIU PARECE KE MAMA ESTA SEMANA PASADA Y NO SE PUEDE HACER CON EL TEMA DEL MUNDO DEL ESPECTÁCULO 😃😃😃😃👍👍👍👌
Yeah Amigos is a great album... Europa is on Amigos also.... 2 awesome songs...
i was born 3 days later...nice