You need to hear the 3 minute longer version of this‼️. Why anyone would cut out the longer version of the drummer out? You owe it to yourself to watch on your own so you can appreciate just how great Michael is. I saw Santana in San Francisco at the Avalon Ballroom about 3 months after this. The stage was so low and so many people in front of me I could not see the drummer as no seating and everyone standing. I couldn't get over the drummer and never knew who he was until I saw this video! For a super groovy and hot live performance watch Santana and Rob Thomas perform Smooth live! It will knock your socks off. 🎶🎸💯
I am not a drummer so I don't know technically how amazing that solo is. but that solo...I don't care how many times I watch the video, I am gobsmacked all over again by everyone's performance, but that drum solo is a thing of beauty.
This is the "short" version of this Video. The longer version has the full drum solo. Shrieve played one of the greatest drum solos ever filmed, totally interesting and tasty. And after watching the solo, it means more when the drums blast back into playing "Soul Sacrifice". If you loved this, go back and watch the "longer" version.
YES! YES! YES!..The long version! Especially if you're a drummer!..The long version is the movie version that came out the following summer..It's the one that is 9:38 long..This is good, and better than nothing, but it's almost sacrilege to F with the longer version!
Hi "Cheezer", totally! I became a "hobby"-Drummer because of Keith Moon, because I love those crazy non-stop fills and manic energy. But watching Michael Shrieve play was my second favorite drumming experience. Drum solos can be boring, but Shrieve made me love the drum solo too, but only when it is done with this kind of love and intensity.@@cheezer57
@@jraben1065 Watch the guy's face standing behind him. I always assumed he was one of their roadies..He looks around like, "Hey! Are you guys seeing this, or is it just me?"...Lol!
@@rachelbrachman1510 I believe that Carlos had to ask Michael's mother if they could take him to an outdoor concert in upstate New York. That's what I heard anyway......the guy was YOUNG!
I was 16/17 in 69. Missed this show but about a year later I attended the 2nd Atlanta Pop Festival. Saw one of the last appearances of Hendrix. It was a similar scene, with about a third of the people.
knew mike shrieve in 'prep school', a kid playing in the school band .. then couple years later sitting in a movie theater in tokyo watching 'woodstock', & there he was, WOW! this is my fav mike solo.. per bill graham, the best drum solo in rock history! enjoy!
Carlos has said that he was trippin' so hard, he thought his guitar was a python (you can see him wrestling with it at one point). Not everyone who drops acid can play like this kids, let's just make that clear.
As high as they were, nothing beats Alvin Lee and Ten Years After doing I'm Going Home. Who knows how many "substances" (plus probably a ton of alcohol) were consumed (and it shows)? Still it might be the single greatest performance at Woodstock - and the film does such a great job of capturing it.
You should find the unedited version of this, that drum solo is a lot longer ! This performance launched Santana, they were virtually unknown before this.
In fairness, they were well known in San Francisco, but I don't think that premier album had come out yet, so nobody anywhere else knew about them at all.
Carlos Santana was so high on LSD during this song that he thought his guitar was a snake and he was fighting it. Crazy as that sounds he still put out this amazing performance.
@@twofarg0ne763 half the audience was on LSD-25 (meaning well over 150,000 people tripping together) Woodstock at 1 death and 1 birth The real story is that Carlos had come across Jerry Garcia and anybody back then knew that the Grateful Dead was going to do you whether you liked it or not. Well, Carlos did end up getting dosed and thought he would have time to come down but no such luck and that’s when the snake kicked in. So just a minor tweak to the story
Legendary performance. They were almost completely unknown at the time, they had no record contract at the time. That soon changed. Nobody makes the guitar cry like Carlos. One of a kind.
No they did have a contract. And had actually recorded their first album. It just had not been released yet. (Was in Dec 69) But you are 100% correct about being unknown. They had pretty much not played outside the Bay area by this point. So for the crowd to react the way they did says a lot about just how much energy they had on stage.
Michael Schreive was barely 20 when Santana played at Woodstock. He currently lives in Seattle WA and plays with a jazz band. I'm 71 now and STILL love to watch this Santana clip from Woodstock.
Woodstock was incredibly disorganized, and the schedule went out the window early on. Santana arrived with their gear and were told they had about 8 hours to go before they went on. They decided that was a good excuse to drop some acid and watch the other bands perform. Maybe an hour or two later, they were suddenly told that they were on next. Carlos Santana was in the middle of an intense acid trip, and he played the whole set while hallucinating (as did the rest of the band). During his solo in Soul Sacrifice, he thought the neck of his guitar had turned into a snake that was trying to bite him, and he was wrestling with the "snake", trying to strangle it while playing the solo, which is pretty visible here.
About the music is right! This is seriously one of the best, if not the best, set with respect to sound quality, and nobody too stoned to perform, of the entire festival.
Years later Shrieve, in an interview, said that after Woodstock he was standing in line at a theatre to watch the Woodstock movie. As everyone from the earlier showing of the movie were leaving that they were all staring and pointing at him. He was taken aback by this. 😊
L33, you need to see the longer version of this performance. Drummer Michael Shrieve had just turned 20 before this Woodstock appearance yet plays with an experience well beyond his years. The drum solo in the unedited performance has to be seen/heard to be believed. With the other 2 percussionists and the bassist all playing in unison to get that polyrhythmic beat going is simply pure seduction. No other word for it.
Black Magic Women was one of Santanas first huge hits. It was actually a cover of a Fleetwood Mac song, written in 67 by Peter Green in the first version of Fleetwood Mac
Tripping balls! Back in 71 or 72, my parents bought my brother, the 1st Santana album, my sister Sly & Family Stone greatest hits, and me Santana Abraxas for Christmas. How cool were they. It was a rocking Chritmas. I was 11 or 12.
I remember an afternoon, early 70s, when I was confronted with Santana's "Abraxas" AND Deep purple' "in rock" AND Black Sabbath's "Paranoid". All three groups for the first time. And I thought, how can it possibly be more?! If you want to catch Carlos Santana's skill in a single piece: choose the mature Carlos in a live version of "Europe"!
I didn't go but my older sister did. As she put it "A crazy, chaotic, beautiful, dirty, muddy mess of humanity with great music. It was an amazing experience!"
Wish you would’ve reacted to the long drum version with the nekked hippies. This was Santana’s small gigs, garage band’s first performance to a large audience. Carlos introduced the sound of African Latin fusion to the world and the world loved it. Some say that Janis Joplin can be spotted for an instant behind the drummer. She’s either vibing to the band and/or waiting her turn to perform
Everyone was coming down from being high on acid during this performance, and it appears it made them play even better! "Before its release on their album, Santana, then a largely unknown band, performed "Soul Sacrifice" as their closing number at Woodstock. "They were the only act to play without a record; it was unparalleled. Santana went from Woodstock to being in global demand almost overnight". In several interviews, Santana recalled experiencing the effects of psychedelics during the performance, but got it together for the finale. "By the time we got to 'Soul Sacrifice', I had come back from a pretty intense journey. Ultimately, I felt we had plugged in to a whole lot of hearts at Woodstock"."
Actually I've heard Carlos Santana being interviewed and talking about this and they were NOT coming DOWN from the acid they were peaking on their acid trip when they got called to perform!!! When Carlos and the band first got to the venue they thought they had 10 to 12 hours before they had to go on, so Jerry Garcia offered them some acid and they figured it was safe to take it!! Then they changed up the schedule and Santana had to go on much earlier than they expected and they were at the peak of their acid trip!!! Carlos said the neck of his guitar looked like a snake!!😮😮
I was 13 then and mom said no way dad could take me to Woodstock...This to me is the best slice of the top notch jam music from this era. I've been enjoying this for over a half century. Its excites me without fail every dam time.....
Here's a fun fact about Santana The performance at Woodstock came just before the release of their first self-titled album. The set which consisted of “Waiting”, “You Just Don't Care”, “Savor”, ” Jingo”, “Persuasion”, “Soul Sacrifice”, and “Fried Neckbones” appealed greatly to the crowd and they were deemed as one of the surprises of the concert.
I'm sure you're gonna get a lot of comments about the longer version. But I love that you brought it on anyway. I enjoy your channel and your heartfelt, honest commentary. Your hard I want you to know that work is greatly appreciated.
Fun Woodstock fact - it was held at a farm in upstate NY- Yazger's farm. Guys who organized the event were building the stage up to the last minute, like the day before the legendary 3-day music festival.
In a recent interview, Michael Shrieve said that his best rendition of Soul Sacrifice was not Woodstock, but at Tanglewood a year later. You really need to watch the longer version of the Woodstock performance to compare the two.
I was waiting for this. Find the longer version (this one was trimmed) with the full drum solo which i think is from the full Woodstock DVD. And yes they were all high as a kite on Acid.
You’re gonna love it!, The best live performance of any of the “Festivals”. Pure rhythm, watch the drummers face-out of body experience. Enjoy. Can’t wait for you’re reaction and review
They were established by playing clubs in San Francisco. Bill Graham, the owner of the Filmore, got them added to Woodstock since he was a promoter. Woodstock was their real introduction to the world stage. Absolute legends.
My first husband told me the kid drummer he idolized and he was a drummer himself. . I hope this is a version with the whole 20 minute drum solo. You should get and watch the movie, Woodstock The Directors' Cut. That is the way to get a feel of the times.
I graduated from HS, class of 1969. Started growing my hair, got an apt. with my best friend, sold pot for rent, took our first hit of acid, and traveled around in my Ford Hippie Van. MAGIC way to start my adult life. Didn't subscribe yet, but 'thumb's up', I'll check back now.
There was a number of EPIC performances at Woodstock. Check out CSN's opening song "Suite Judy Blue Eyes". This was one of their first gigs together and admit being very nervous, but quickly won the crowd over with this now famous song. Then there's Jimi's version of the "Star Spangled Banner". And The Who played the hardest version of Sparks I've ever heard.
so many stories about Woodstock. My fav is Neil Young and Jimi Hendrix traveling together and the helicopter didn't show up to get them so they hot wired a truck and drove from the airport to the festival. Love that.
This was the final song of their introduction to the public, essentially. They were a local San Francisco band that had played gigs at Bill Graham's Fillmore West in SF--when Graham (one of the major promoters of the time and a real character, Holocaust survivor) was asked to help organize Woodstock, he recommended them to the promoter. So this was their national debut and they were legends instantly. I was at the show and when their record came out a few months later, I was stunned to realize they hadn't been around for years.
Shreive was one of the youngest, if not THE youngest one to perform at Woodstock. Santana had either just released their first album of was about to. Their manager also managed Chicago and booked them to another gig that weekend so that he could stick Santana into the lineup. I can’t believe that whoever requested this didn’t insist on the longer version which showed the whole drum solo!
This is what the excitement was all about. Incredible performance by Carlos and the band. I saw them many times and they were always high voltage. I understand your reaction. I get blown away every time I see this.
Also must sees from Woodstock--Richie Havens is very compelling singing 'Freedom,' and Joe Cocker goes stratospheric covering The Beatles--'With a Little Help From My Friends.' The Joe Cocker number is CRAZY good.
Just stumbled across you just now and subscribed. Music was something back in the day. I'm 71 and nowadays people my age realize how great it was. Nice channel!
My favorite live performance of all time! You should treat yourself to the full version with the whole drum solo. It's good to see both though, as they have somewhat different visuals.
Saw Santana about 3 months earlier at a small college gym in Monterey, CA. They opened for a band called San Paco. All I remember is this amazing opening band. They blew the roof off.
Santana was working for Bill Grahm at the Fillmore in exchange for free practice time at the venue. They advanced to being the House Band. Bill was working with the Woodstock producers, and he got Santana into the event. The band paid $1.00 to be included in the film, best $1.00 ever spent. Look up the video of Carlos talking about playing at Woodstock.
The rest of the story is the band Chicago (Transit Authority) was invited to Woodstock. Managed by Bill Grahm also he booked them into the Filmore West and booked Santana into their spot at Woodstock. Before trying to make it in the music business find yourself a good lawyer.
Santana took the stage at Woodstock after a storm passed by… Everybody thought it was going to rain for longer, so Carlos Santana, and I believe one other band member took acid with a group backstage.. The clouds passed, and Santana was summoned onto the stage. He was peaking when they played Soul Sacrifice.… According to him. It’s great to watch with this in mind.
REally like hearing your take on Woodstock - you got it. So many awesome concerts during the late 60s/70s/even into the 80s. Saw Carlos so many times it was crazy.
Too bad this clip is missing most of Michael Schrieve's drum solo. This Afro-Latin percussion stuff was what I cut my musical teeth on in S. Florida. The drummer was only 19 years old on this. I had the opportunity to go with my guitar player but I was just so broke I couldn't go. But I went to a couple of other festivals before Woodstock and they were incredible too.
You MUST SEE the entire performance as included in the 'Woodstock" documentary movie from 1970 (director's cut). This poorly edited version (UA-cam used to have the entire performance video) is a shame because not only is the AWESOME drum solo mostly cut out but so is most of the organ solo and parts of Carlos guitar work. When you see the entire performance uncut, you will totally appreciate this unequalled experience!!! I PROMISE!!
Yes they were very young. Michael Shrieve was only 19 or 20, the second youngest person to appear on stage during the festival. One of the singers with She Na Na was a couple months younger. As many others have already stated, you really need to see the full length version with Michael's full solo.
and keep in mind, right before they were to go on, like an hour, Carlos had just met Jerry Garcia and the rest of the Dead, including Bear. Per Carlos, they dropped acid, was supposed to play the next day. Was told no, your going on next, so right about here, here was tripping his butt off. Enjoy, how he pulled this off is beyond me. They do look happy, don't they...and man, this is literally the beginning of the legend, this right here...
You did a great Jimi react from Woodstock! It was Monday morning concert goers so the crowd was a lot thinner at that point. The Who, Ten Years After, Richie Havens, Sly and the Family Stone. There’s more! Thank you again Lee!!
Props to you Brother! You respect the music. So cool to be part of this in and all music in'69. You like, it would appear, like "live" input. Not at Woodstock, but a band that is known for one of the best live performances ever is "Grand Funk Railroad with a litfle song "Inside Looking Out" You owe to yourself, and we will be happy to watch! Keep up the good work.
@L33Reacts We understand that you're following patrons' recommendations. Many of your reviews involve songs that are "worshipped" by fans and the Woodstock Soul Sacrifice is a prime example. Please find a complete version and soak it up. Also live video performances can reveal each musician's contributions as you saw on Jackson Browne's Late for the Sky. You're doing fine.
Yo dude I was there! Still can't believe our parents let me and my twin brother go to this when we were only 15 years old. Somehow our older sister talked them into letting us go and drove us down from VT in her classic VW van. Anyway so glad you're discovering the raw radical vibe of the musical explosion that happened in the 60's! The Woodstock Festival was like the pinnacle summation of that whole era. And this performance does an excellent job of capturing the essence!!! I suppose it helped that Carlos, thinking they were scheduled to go on much later decided to drop acid (or according to some sources mescaline which has a very similar effect) only to be told a little later that they had to go on next. So he was just peaking during this performance!!! WOW! You can see it in his face when he's ripping that unbelievable solo. I'm still in awe how he was able to pull that off in front of a half a million people while tripping his brains out! However another performance I'd recommend would be Sly and the Family Stone. I was a huge fan of them back then and somehow managed to work my way down to about a quarter of the way back from the stage (no easy feat in a wall to wall croud of 500,000!) One of the defining moments of my life was when during a break-down of "I Want to Take You Higher" Sly got the entire half million people chanting HIGHER... HIGHER... HIGHER!!!! I think it altered my DNA!!
Agree the longer version is a “must see” for Michael’s full drum solo which is legendary. And yeah, Jerry Garcia dosed them and they had no idea how long it would be before they were going on. Suddenly….. lol 😆 Otherwise, Santana was virtually unknown before this performance. I consider this the finest performance off the Woodstock album and movie. Close second is hard to say: Ten Years After? The Who? Sly and the Family Stone ? Country Joe and the Fish ?
I think we Baby Boomers grew up during a wonderful time. We enjoyed the skill and creativity of so many great music artists. I remember growing up in the 1960s that just about every boy played one or another instrument just like boys play computer games today. When you walked through the neighborhood you would either hear someone learning, or practicing on their music instrument, or a band practicing their playlists for an upcoming gig. Even in downtown I would hear Mr. Ronstadt playing his guitar. His daughter Linda Ronstadt, who eventually became a star in her own right, practiced her own instrument: her voice. I grew up in Tucson, Arizona. It was a very boring small town. If not for Music, I would not have known what to do with myself. Music was a very competitive. So much talent. They didn't have any electronics to correct them or create depth. It was pure talent. And only the best made it. When you hear rock from the 1950s to late 1970s you are hearing only the best of the best.
I saw them a couple of years after Woodstock and they were nothing short of amazing. No one sounds like Santana. And yes, Carlos was always a legend. My suggestion for Woodstock Wednesday.......Alvin Lee, I'm Going Home. You're welcome. 🙂
Had the pleasure and honor of playing lead in a Santana tribute band..never got this cut perfect..but the improvisitional aspect of just doing it always took me to another world.....like....you're there
You need to hear the 3 minute longer version of this‼️. Why anyone would cut out the longer version of the drummer out? You owe it to yourself to watch on your own so you can appreciate just how great Michael is. I saw Santana in San Francisco at the Avalon Ballroom about 3 months after this. The stage was so low and so many people in front of me I could not see the drummer as no seating and everyone standing. I couldn't get over the drummer and never knew who he was until I saw this video! For a super groovy and hot live performance watch Santana and Rob Thomas perform Smooth live! It will knock your socks off. 🎶🎸💯
This is 100%!!! that drum solo is legendary
Agreed. Find the original cut with Shrieve’s full drum solo. It makes the song even better.
I am not a drummer so I don't know technically how amazing that solo is. but that solo...I don't care how many times I watch the video, I am gobsmacked all over again by everyone's performance, but that drum solo is a thing of beauty.
I say the same thing when people don't pick the "full version" of Heart's Kenedy Center Honors Zeppelin tribute 😏
@@AJimiDigginKat I know, right? It pisses me off every time. Like, why did they even bother cutting that? And right at the climax of the song!
This is the "short" version of this Video. The longer version has the full drum solo. Shrieve played one of the greatest drum solos ever filmed, totally interesting and tasty. And after watching the solo, it means more when the drums blast back into playing "Soul Sacrifice". If you loved this, go back and watch the "longer" version.
YES! YES! YES!..The long version! Especially if you're a drummer!..The long version is the movie version that came out the following summer..It's the one that is 9:38 long..This is good, and better than nothing, but it's almost sacrilege to F with the longer version!
Hi "Cheezer", totally!
I became a "hobby"-Drummer because of Keith Moon, because I love those crazy non-stop fills and manic energy. But watching Michael Shrieve play was my second favorite drumming experience. Drum solos can be boring, but Shrieve made me love the drum solo too, but only when it is done with this kind of love and intensity.@@cheezer57
Michael's drum solo is absolutely fantabulous!! He was only 20 yrs old when he played Woodstock.
@@jraben1065 Watch the guy's face standing behind him. I always assumed he was one of their roadies..He looks around like, "Hey! Are you guys seeing this, or is it just me?"...Lol!
@@rachelbrachman1510 I believe that Carlos had to ask Michael's mother if they could take him to an outdoor concert in upstate New York. That's what I heard anyway......the guy was YOUNG!
“He looks so young”…we were all young in 1969.
I was REALLY young 69
Anyone who wasn’t young in 1969 is probably dead by now, unless there are immortals among us. I was 15: young enough.
I was 16/17 in 69. Missed this show but about a year later I attended the 2nd Atlanta Pop Festival. Saw one of the last appearances of Hendrix. It was a similar scene, with about a third of the people.
@@russellmillar7132 I saw Jimi in St. Louis in November 1968. Jim
man those days we were all so much younger and thinner..
i was a mere 1 at 9lbs
One we don’t hear often enough is Ritchie Havens at Woodstock doing FREEDOM.
That is a great choice!!
I saw him in 90s play a street fest in Decatur IL and he rocked. Everyone still remembers it 🙏🕊️
I saw Ritchie in Atlanta, 1974, the night Nixon resigned. Memorable for several reasons.
This is an edit that cuts off most of the drummer's solo. He was only 20 years old. You gotta hear the full track.
That is right. He needs to see the unedited version.
Yes it's a shame and guess patreon X didn't let him know to react to the unedited vrsion.
He was actually 17
Mike Shrieve
And Greg Rolie on the keys. Original Journey musician.
knew mike shrieve in 'prep school', a kid playing in the school band .. then couple years later sitting in a movie theater in tokyo watching 'woodstock', & there he was, WOW! this is my fav mike solo.. per bill graham, the best drum solo in rock history! enjoy!
55 years ago.
And he's still playing today.
Legend.
Saw him a couple of years ago and gonna seechim again this summer. Can't wait ❤
Carlos & Michael were tripping out in their live debut at Woodstock to the world 🎸❤️🔥
Yup. They were shuffled up to an earier time to go on stage. They originally thought they had roughly 8 hrs. or so until stage time.....
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Carlos has said that he was trippin' so hard, he thought his guitar was a python (you can see him wrestling with it at one point). Not everyone who drops acid can play like this kids, let's just make that clear.
As high as they were, nothing beats Alvin Lee and Ten Years After doing I'm Going Home. Who knows how many "substances" (plus probably a ton of alcohol) were consumed (and it shows)? Still it might be the single greatest performance at Woodstock - and the film does such a great job of capturing it.
Lol had more than Wheaties that day.
Carlis prayed “Keep me in tune, keep me in time…”
Yes, Michael Shrieve (74) -- lives in Seattle, and still plays and produces. Amazing drummer.
You should find the unedited version of this, that drum solo is a lot longer ! This performance launched Santana, they were virtually unknown before this.
In fairness, they were well known in San Francisco, but I don't think that premier album had come out yet, so nobody anywhere else knew about them at all.
For sure
We knew them in the mid 60s in SF.
@@i.marchand4655it had actually come out a few weeks after this.
Carlos Santana was so high on LSD during this song that he thought his guitar was a snake and he was fighting it. Crazy as that sounds he still put out this amazing performance.
Half the band was high on LSD
@@twofarg0ne763 half the audience was on LSD-25 (meaning well over 150,000 people tripping together)
Woodstock at 1 death and 1 birth
The real story is that Carlos had come across Jerry Garcia and anybody back then knew that the Grateful Dead was going to do you whether you liked it or not. Well, Carlos did end up getting dosed and thought he would have time to come down but no such luck and that’s when the snake kicked in.
So just a minor tweak to the story
Legendary performance. They were almost completely unknown at the time, they had no record contract at the time. That soon changed.
Nobody makes the guitar cry like Carlos. One of a kind.
No they did have a contract. And had actually recorded their first album. It just had not been released yet. (Was in Dec 69) But you are 100% correct about being unknown. They had pretty much not played outside the Bay area by this point. So for the crowd to react the way they did says a lot about just how much energy they had on stage.
Sometimes I forget how awesome it was to grow up in that Era, thanks for keeping the music alive brother
That drummer was the 2nd youngest performer at Woodstock.
Michael Schreive was barely 20 when Santana played at Woodstock. He currently lives in Seattle WA and plays with a jazz band. I'm 71 now and STILL love to watch this Santana clip from Woodstock.
Woodstock was incredibly disorganized, and the schedule went out the window early on. Santana arrived with their gear and were told they had about 8 hours to go before they went on. They decided that was a good excuse to drop some acid and watch the other bands perform. Maybe an hour or two later, they were suddenly told that they were on next. Carlos Santana was in the middle of an intense acid trip, and he played the whole set while hallucinating (as did the rest of the band). During his solo in Soul Sacrifice, he thought the neck of his guitar had turned into a snake that was trying to bite him, and he was wrestling with the "snake", trying to strangle it while playing the solo, which is pretty visible here.
I was lucky to be 19 then. We were luck to have all that great music ringing in our heads everyday. Glad you get to hear it now.
This was definitely a highlight of Woodstock! The fact that they even have a shorter version without the entire drum solo is sacrilege! ✌️
Santana featuring the amazing Greg Rollie on keyboards; he left Santana to help form Journey. He was a force in the early days of Frisco Rock.
Neil Schön too!!!
and you notice he is in the back of the band, its not all about him, its about the music, he lets the others shine, thats what a great person he is
About the music is right! This is seriously one of the best, if not the best, set with respect to sound quality, and nobody too stoned to perform, of the entire festival.
This level of music freedom and creativity will never be seen again. Our current crop of nationally televised talent shows will make sure of that.
Oh these days are long gone.... sad but true.
You will never be as good as Michael Schrieve was on this day. Never.
Years later Shrieve, in an interview, said that after Woodstock he was standing in line at a theatre to watch the Woodstock movie.
As everyone from the earlier showing of the movie were leaving that they were all staring and pointing at him. He was taken aback by this. 😊
They better shake his damn hand! That was incredible. And apparently, I didn't even see the whole thing. So I guess I have something to watch later 😆
L33, you need to see the longer version of this performance. Drummer Michael Shrieve had just turned 20 before this Woodstock appearance yet plays with an experience well beyond his years. The drum solo in the unedited performance has to be seen/heard to be believed. With the other 2 percussionists and the bassist all playing in unison to get that polyrhythmic beat going is simply pure seduction. No other word for it.
Yeah, I've never actually heard this edited version. I have to say, Soul Sacrifice at Woodstck without the full Michael Shrieve solo is criminal.
This Woodstock appearance is what made him a legend.
Yes baby, yes. What people of my generation took for granted back then.
I think this was the moment Carlos Santana became a legend.
This performance and Joe Cocker’s cover of “With A Little Help From My Friends” are the best of Woodstock, IMHO.
I"d add Jimi Hendrix's performance of "Star Spangled Banner" and Country Joe McDonald's "Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag".
Don't forget Alvin Lee and Ten Years After - I'm Going Home (and the amount of substances and alcohol he must have consumed before going on stage).
Black Magic Women was one of Santanas first huge hits. It was actually a cover of a Fleetwood Mac song, written in 67 by Peter Green in the first version of Fleetwood Mac
And just think, the entire band was tripping hard on ac!d during this song. Amazing!!
Tripping balls! Back in 71 or 72, my parents bought my brother, the 1st Santana album, my sister Sly & Family Stone greatest hits, and me Santana Abraxas for Christmas. How cool were they. It was a rocking Chritmas. I was 11 or 12.
I remember an afternoon, early 70s, when I was confronted with Santana's "Abraxas" AND Deep purple' "in rock" AND Black Sabbath's "Paranoid". All three groups for the first time. And I thought, how can it possibly be more?!
If you want to catch Carlos Santana's skill in a single piece: choose the mature Carlos in a live version of "Europe"!
Real musicians, playing real, actual instruments! No sampling, no autotunes! When music was real
I didn't go but my older sister did. As she put it
"A crazy, chaotic, beautiful, dirty, muddy mess of humanity with great music. It was an amazing experience!"
Lee, you may want to check out this entire movie. Well worth the watch.
Wish you would’ve reacted to the long drum version with the nekked hippies. This was Santana’s small gigs, garage band’s first performance to a large audience. Carlos introduced the sound of African Latin fusion to the world and the world loved it. Some say that Janis Joplin can be spotted for an instant behind the drummer. She’s either vibing to the band and/or waiting her turn to perform
Everyone was coming down from being high on acid during this performance, and it appears it made them play even better!
"Before its release on their album, Santana, then a largely unknown band, performed "Soul Sacrifice" as their closing number at Woodstock. "They were the only act to play without a record; it was unparalleled. Santana went from Woodstock to being in global demand almost overnight".
In several interviews, Santana recalled experiencing the effects of psychedelics during the performance, but got it together for the finale. "By the time we got to 'Soul Sacrifice', I had come back from a pretty intense journey. Ultimately, I felt we had plugged in to a whole lot of hearts at Woodstock"."
Actually I've heard Carlos Santana being interviewed and talking about this and they were NOT coming DOWN from the acid they were peaking on their acid trip when they got called to perform!!!
When Carlos and the band first got to the venue they thought they had 10 to 12 hours before they had to go on, so Jerry Garcia offered them some acid and they figured it was safe to take it!! Then they changed up the schedule and Santana had to go on much earlier than they expected and they were at the peak of their acid trip!!! Carlos said the neck of his guitar looked like a snake!!😮😮
I was 13 then and mom said no way dad could take me to Woodstock...This to me is the best slice of the top notch jam music from this era.
I've been enjoying this for over a half century. Its excites me without fail every dam time.....
Here's a fun fact about Santana
The performance at Woodstock came just before the release of their first self-titled album. The set which consisted of “Waiting”, “You Just Don't Care”, “Savor”, ” Jingo”, “Persuasion”, “Soul Sacrifice”, and “Fried Neckbones” appealed greatly to the crowd and they were deemed as one of the surprises of the concert.
I'm sure you're gonna get a lot of comments about the longer version. But I love that you brought it on anyway. I enjoy your channel and your heartfelt, honest commentary. Your hard
I want you to know that work is greatly appreciated.
DRUMMER 19 years old!!!! One of the top 5 drummers!!! His solo is edited down in some videos!!🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸😎😎😎😎✌✌✌✌
Carlos was TRIPPING HIS BRAINS, seriuosly!!
😂😂😂😂
💃💃☘️☘️crazy awesome
Fun Woodstock fact - it was held at a farm in upstate NY- Yazger's farm. Guys who organized the event were building the stage up to the last minute, like the day before the legendary 3-day music festival.
In a recent interview, Michael Shrieve said that his best rendition of Soul Sacrifice was not Woodstock, but at Tanglewood a year later. You really need to watch the longer version of the Woodstock performance to compare the two.
I'll have to check it out! Thank you!
Both performances were amazing but Tanglewood was off key !
SEE ALVIN LEE & TEN YEARS AFTER..."GOIN' HOME"
GREAT GUITAR, GREAT PERFORMANCE!!!! WOODSTOCK...✌✌✌✌✌
I was waiting for this. Find the longer version (this one was trimmed) with the full drum solo which i think is from the full Woodstock DVD. And yes they were all high as a kite on Acid.
You’re gonna love it!, The best live performance of any of the “Festivals”. Pure rhythm, watch the drummers face-out of body experience. Enjoy. Can’t wait for you’re reaction and review
I would say that Ten Years After doing I'm Coming Home rivals it - especially they way they shot it.
Touché
Kudos to the bassist. Somehow he managed to keep all the beasts together.❤
Dave Brown may he R.I.P
@@jamesgarcia6966 thank you, didn't know his name. R.I.P, amen.
THIS IS THE WOODSTOCK 9;49 VERSION ... GET THE FULL EFFECT: ua-cam.com/video/sSp05euvRNU/v-deo.html
They were established by playing clubs in San Francisco. Bill Graham, the owner of the Filmore, got them added to Woodstock since he was a promoter. Woodstock was their real introduction to the world stage. Absolute legends.
My first husband told me the kid drummer he idolized and he was a drummer himself. . I hope this is a version with the whole 20 minute drum solo. You should get and watch the movie, Woodstock The Directors' Cut. That is the way to get a feel of the times.
They were the only band at Woodstock that did not have a record contract - they got one soon after this performance.....
Everything musical happened in 1969, just magic! The Woodstock documentary is worth watching over and over again.
I graduated from HS, class of 1969. Started growing my hair, got an apt. with my best friend, sold pot for rent, took our first hit of acid, and traveled around in my Ford Hippie Van. MAGIC way to start my adult life. Didn't subscribe yet, but 'thumb's up', I'll check back now.
Love that a young drummer appreciates this incredible performance!!! You go dude. Humility is the key we play in
Santana’s album “Caravanserai” is sublime…one of my 10 ten desert island albums
There was a number of EPIC performances at Woodstock. Check out CSN's opening song "Suite Judy Blue Eyes". This was one of their first gigs together and admit being very nervous, but quickly won the crowd over with this now famous song. Then there's Jimi's version of the "Star Spangled Banner". And The Who played the hardest version of Sparks I've ever heard.
And these many years later, my son's friend from high school (1990's), now sings with Santana!!
so many stories about Woodstock. My fav is Neil Young and Jimi Hendrix traveling together and the helicopter didn't show up to get them so they hot wired a truck and drove from the airport to the festival. Love that.
This was the final song of their introduction to the public, essentially. They were a local San Francisco band that had played gigs at Bill Graham's Fillmore West in SF--when Graham (one of the major promoters of the time and a real character, Holocaust survivor) was asked to help organize Woodstock, he recommended them to the promoter. So this was their national debut and they were legends instantly. I was at the show and when their record came out a few months later, I was stunned to realize they hadn't been around for years.
The movie, Woodstock, is epic! A "documentary" , musical almost four hours.
Time travel at its finest!
An Incredible document of unfortunately a lost time when anything seemed possible!
The Acid's kicking in and they're just flying!!!.......
Shreive was one of the youngest, if not THE youngest one to perform at Woodstock. Santana had either just released their first album of was about to. Their manager also managed Chicago and booked them to another gig that weekend so that he could stick Santana into the lineup.
I can’t believe that whoever requested this didn’t insist on the longer version which showed the whole drum solo!
He was the second youngest. Sha Na Na had an even younger member.
This is what the excitement was all about. Incredible performance by Carlos and the band. I saw them many times and they were always high voltage. I understand your reaction. I get blown away every time I see this.
Also must sees from Woodstock--Richie Havens is very compelling singing 'Freedom,' and Joe Cocker goes stratospheric covering The Beatles--'With a Little Help From My Friends.' The Joe Cocker number is CRAZY good.
Just stumbled across you just now and subscribed. Music was something back in the day. I'm 71 and nowadays people my age realize how great it was. Nice channel!
A total legendary guitar solo to me!
Heavenly!
The greatest jam session of a century, performed in front of close to half a million people and with a 20 year old drummer just killing it. Wow!
Carlos Santana is a master of his craft, performing great music over the past 50+ years.
My favorite live performance of all time! You should treat yourself to the full version with the whole drum solo. It's good to see both though, as they have somewhat different visuals.
Saw Santana about 3 months earlier at a small college gym in Monterey, CA. They opened for a band called San Paco. All I remember is this amazing opening band. They blew the roof off.
Dude, The look on your face at the end of this song says it all!! Peace.
Santana was working for Bill Grahm at the Fillmore in exchange for free practice time at the venue. They advanced to being the House Band. Bill was working with the Woodstock producers, and he got Santana into the event. The band paid $1.00 to be included in the film, best $1.00 ever spent. Look up the video of Carlos talking about playing at Woodstock.
The rest of the story is the band Chicago (Transit Authority) was invited to Woodstock. Managed by Bill Grahm also he booked them into the Filmore West and booked Santana into their spot at Woodstock. Before trying to make it in the music business find yourself a good lawyer.
Carlos Santana was one of my fav's back in the day,...
solid commentary!...no question, one of the outstanding performances at Woodstock!
NEVER tire of this!!!!🎸🎸🎶🎹🎵🎤🎸🎶🎹🎵🎸
Crosby ,stills and nash's second gig together....Woodstock.....so many great performances from this show......
Santana took the stage at Woodstock after a storm passed by… Everybody thought it was going to rain for longer, so Carlos Santana, and I believe one other band member took acid with a group backstage.. The clouds passed, and Santana was summoned onto the stage. He was peaking when they played Soul Sacrifice.… According to him. It’s great to watch with this in mind.
REally like hearing your take on Woodstock - you got it. So many awesome concerts during the late 60s/70s/even into the 80s. Saw Carlos so many times it was crazy.
This was a truly fabulous performance by the entire band but Michael Shrieve was beyond words.
Your response is totally appropriate! Holy shit!
That is the definition of a tight band! Especially during that ending!
Too bad this clip is missing most of Michael Schrieve's drum solo. This Afro-Latin percussion stuff was what I cut my musical teeth on in S. Florida. The drummer was only 19 years old on this. I had the opportunity to go with my guitar player but I was just so broke I couldn't go. But I went to a couple of other festivals before Woodstock and they were incredible too.
You MUST SEE the entire performance as included in the 'Woodstock" documentary movie from 1970 (director's cut).
This poorly edited version (UA-cam used to have the entire performance video) is a shame because not only is the AWESOME drum solo mostly cut out but so is most of the organ solo and parts of Carlos guitar work.
When you see the entire performance uncut, you will totally appreciate this unequalled experience!!! I PROMISE!!
Yes they were very young. Michael Shrieve was only 19 or 20, the second youngest person to appear on stage during the festival. One of the singers with She Na Na was a couple months younger. As many others have already stated, you really need to see the full length version with Michael's full solo.
and keep in mind, right before they were to go on, like an hour, Carlos had just met Jerry Garcia and the rest of the Dead, including Bear.
Per Carlos, they dropped acid, was supposed to play the next day. Was told no, your going on next, so right about here, here was tripping his butt off.
Enjoy, how he pulled this off is beyond me. They do look happy, don't they...and man, this is literally the beginning of the legend, this right here...
Listen to that beautiful SG he is playing. Such a glorious instrument, in the hands of a master.
Your face at the end of that song was priceless! So glad you enjoyed it the way I do!
You did a great Jimi react from Woodstock! It was Monday morning concert goers so the crowd was a lot thinner at that point.
The Who, Ten Years After, Richie Havens, Sly and the Family Stone. There’s more! Thank you again Lee!!
Props to you Brother! You respect the music. So cool to be part of this in and all music in'69. You like, it would appear, like "live" input. Not at Woodstock, but a band that is known for one of the best live performances ever is "Grand Funk Railroad with a litfle song "Inside Looking Out" You owe to yourself, and we will be happy to watch! Keep up the good work.
Saw the act at the Merced County fairgrounds, 1969. Beyond fabulous.
'Holy Shit!' is the right reaction...
The short version should be outlawed from YT! The full version explodes the full song.
I didn't know bro 🤷
@L33Reacts We understand that you're following patrons' recommendations. Many of your reviews involve songs that are "worshipped" by fans and the Woodstock Soul Sacrifice is a prime example. Please find a complete version and soak it up. Also live video performances can reveal each musician's contributions as you saw on Jackson Browne's Late for the Sky. You're doing fine.
Yo dude I was there! Still can't believe our parents let me and my twin brother go to this when we were only 15 years old. Somehow our older sister talked them into letting us go and drove us down from VT in her classic VW van. Anyway so glad you're discovering the raw radical vibe of the musical explosion that happened in the 60's! The Woodstock Festival was like the pinnacle summation of that whole era. And this performance does an excellent job of capturing the essence!!! I suppose it helped that Carlos, thinking they were scheduled to go on much later decided to drop acid (or according to some sources mescaline which has a very similar effect) only to be told a little later that they had to go on next. So he was just peaking during this performance!!! WOW! You can see it in his face when he's ripping that unbelievable solo. I'm still in awe how he was able to pull that off in front of a half a million people while tripping his brains out! However another performance I'd recommend would be Sly and the Family Stone. I was a huge fan of them back then and somehow managed to work my way down to about a quarter of the way back from the stage (no easy feat in a wall to wall croud of 500,000!) One of the defining moments of my life was when during a break-down of "I Want to Take You Higher" Sly got the entire half million people chanting HIGHER... HIGHER... HIGHER!!!! I think it altered my DNA!!
Agree the longer version is a “must see” for Michael’s full drum solo which is legendary.
And yeah, Jerry Garcia dosed them and they had no idea how long it would be before they were going on. Suddenly….. lol 😆
Otherwise, Santana was virtually unknown before this performance. I consider this the finest performance off the Woodstock album and movie.
Close second is hard to say: Ten Years After? The Who? Sly and the Family Stone ? Country Joe and the Fish ?
I think we Baby Boomers grew up during a wonderful time. We enjoyed the skill and creativity of so many great music artists. I remember growing up in the 1960s that just about every boy played one or another instrument just like boys play computer games today. When you walked through the neighborhood you would either hear someone learning, or practicing on their music instrument, or a band practicing their playlists for an upcoming gig. Even in downtown I would hear Mr. Ronstadt playing his guitar. His daughter Linda Ronstadt, who eventually became a star in her own right, practiced her own instrument: her voice. I grew up in Tucson, Arizona. It was a very boring small town. If not for Music, I would not have known what to do with myself. Music was a very competitive. So much talent. They didn't have any electronics to correct them or create depth. It was pure talent. And only the best made it. When you hear rock from the 1950s to late 1970s you are hearing only the best of the best.
Michael was only 20 at Woodstock.The Drum Kit he played is now on display at the Musicians Hall of Fame here in Nashville. Ya'll come see it sometime.
John Fogerty has at times introduced one of his guitar amplifiers as having been at Woodstock. 😊
He is still playing that well. The man is a master.
I saw them a couple of years after Woodstock and they were nothing short of amazing. No one sounds like Santana. And yes, Carlos was always a legend. My suggestion for Woodstock Wednesday.......Alvin Lee, I'm Going Home. You're welcome. 🙂
Carlos took inspiration from Peter Green (listen to “The Supernatural”) but like any great player made his own way.
@@jonathanroberts8981Ah yes, Peter Green. First concert I ever went to, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers.
Had the pleasure and honor of playing lead in a Santana tribute band..never got this cut perfect..but the improvisitional aspect of just doing it always took me to another world.....like....you're there