Music Appreciation

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(16,231 posts) Mon Jul 20, 2020, 11:20 AM Jul 2020

Carlos has a birthday today.

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Carlos has a birthday today. (Original Post) Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2020 OP

Frank Zappa with a comment on the style of Carlos Santana Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2020 #1

I saw a very young Carlos Santana in 1968 ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2020 #2

What a great experience! Alacritous Crier Jul 2020 #3

My all time favorite... 2naSalit Jul 2020 #4

Saw Him Twice ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #5

Those were the days when 2naSalit Jul 2020 #6

1975 ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #7

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(16,231 posts)

1. Frank Zappa with a comment on the style of Carlos Santana

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2020, 11:22 AM

Jul 2020

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,982 posts)

2. I saw a very young Carlos Santana in 1968

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2020, 11:30 AM

Jul 2020

At the Filmore West in San Francisco. A lalapalooza of the 60's and Bay Area bests that would go on to be Pablo Cruise, Journey, ...At that show were....

Jefferson Airplane
Mobey Grape
Grateful Dead
Janis Joplin with Big Brother and The Holding Company
Carlos Santana

and unannounced, Jimi Hendrix. I was 16.

Alacritous Crier

(4,512 posts)

3. What a great experience!

Reply to ProudMNDemocrat (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 20, 2020, 11:38 AM

Jul 2020

2naSalit

(103,812 posts)

4. My all time favorite...

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2020, 11:53 AM

Jul 2020

Though I love everything he plays/writes.

Seen him in concert a couple times back in the last century.

ProfessorGAC

(77,291 posts)

5. Saw Him Twice

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 20, 2020, 04:19 PM

Jul 2020

Once, it was opening for Clapton.
What a show that was.
55 minutes, Santana
2 hours 10 minutes, Clapton
45 minutes, both bands, including Latin percussion takes on Crossroads & Eyesight to the Blind.
Awesome night.

2naSalit

(103,812 posts)

6. Those were the days when

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 20, 2020, 04:23 PM

Jul 2020

you could see a show like that and be able to afford it. I loved going to concerts like that. Boston was really close so I went every chance I had. Saw more music than I can recall all at once. A world away from now yet so incredibly similar on the political scene.

ProfessorGAC

(77,291 posts)

7. 1975

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #6)

Mon Jul 20, 2020, 04:30 PM

Jul 2020

I was going into my 3rd and final year of undergrad.
There were some firecrackers going off that Clapton nipped by threatening to pull his band off the stage.
That's why the July 5th data is so easy to remember.
If was Chicago Stadium. We were right of the stage, about 40 feet forward of stage front. Great site line.
I swear we paid something like 8 bucks for those seats.

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