I wish you would have listened to the full 11:35 version. You missed out on most of Michael Shrieve's drum solo. If you get the chance, you should check it out.
I am a druumer and the way that drummer holds his sticks is called the TRADITIONAL GRIP. It originated, as all drums did, as marching drums, mostly for the military going into battle, different drum beats signaled the soldiers what to do. Advance , go right, retreat, etc. Since the drum was at an angle, it was impossible to play if you held the left hand just like the right hand. So this grip was used. Most drummers in the past, like myself, started out playing in marching bands in schools. So most all drummers used this style, even when playing a drum set. It wasn't just jazz players, but rock, country, and everything else. That changed in the 1960's , showcased by Ringo Star. That is why lots of drummers said Ringo sucked. He couldn't even hold his sticks correctly. Lol
I'm also a drummer and everything Skip Trace writes is dead on. There were a few matched grip drummers prior to Ringo, most notably D.J. Fontana (Elvis's drummer in the 50s) and British drummer Phil Seamen, who was Ginger Baker's mentor. But Ringo definitely gave matched grip high visibility. I remember when there was actually a matched vs. traditional "war", so to speak, with older drummers and music teachers saying traditional was correct and matched was sloppy and lazy. Eventually, several rudimentary drummers looked into the ergonomics of matched grip and found that it was a better grip ergonomically, and several prominent marching bands such as the UCLA Marching Band (who played on Tusk by Fleetwood Mac) have used matched grip on level snare drums (as opposed to angled) for years. In the end, it's a matter of personal preference. Charlie Watts started playing traditional, switched to matched for a while, and then went back to traditional grip. Others switch back and forth between the two grips, or have a preference for just one or the other. A few drummers even use matched grip on angled snare drums, which seems absurd, but they seem to do fine (Bobby Elliott of The Hollies did this).
He was around 17 when he met Santana, and the drum solo without any instrument, just him holding the beat is awesome. I am not sure if it is the whole video, in the 9 minute version he is really going of. Most reactors show the cut version(6 min.) long.
This was at the world's largest Rock Festival. In 1969, Carlos Santana was a young 22-year-old, unheard of talent that had just put this Band together, only about one month before this concert in front of half a million Hippies and stoned Rockers. Carlos was young, but his drummer (from Seattle Washington) was only 18 years old, and just graduated High School a few months earlier. They were all candidates to be drafted into the Armed Forces and shipped off to the war that was raging in Vietnam. This is one of the greatest live Gigs ever caught on video. Truly amazing performance. They were also stoned out their minds on LSD. Carlos said he was so high, he saw his guitar turning into a giant snake while he was playing. They were all loaded and hallucinating. I was 13 years old when Woodstock happened, and I'm now 67 years old. Time passes so quickly.
The drummer, Michael Shrieve, was actually born in San Francisco. He attended middle school in Redwood City, CA, a suburb of SF. I know this because I went to that school with him.
My father attended Woodstock. He was seventeen at the time. While he and his friends were arriving at the festival, Santana was in the middle of this famous "Soul Sacrifice" performance.
I’m your dads age- didn’t make Woodstock but made it to Monterey and Fillmore every weekend! How great he saw Santana. That means he saw Neil Schon as well!
@@TheDivayenta Not at Woodstock. Neil joined shortly after. Greg Rollie however is on keyboards and went on with Schon to form Journey a couple years later.
@@TheDivayenta As mentioned, yes, a few months later. He played joined at age 17 in 1971 and stayed for a couple albums until Rollie and he left to form Journey in '73... that would have put around age 19 for the start of Journey (this was all before Steve Perry joined).
Oh - you missing the drum solo. Dang. Every person in the band COOKS. The drummer looks like a kids but rawks the crap outa the place. Woodstock had some amazing performances. LOVE this!
One of the best live performances I've ever seen...and the young drummer Michael Shrieve was only I believe 19 years old at the time. The organist Greg Rolie went on to be an integral part of Journey after a few albums with Santana. Just an epic performance.
There's nothing like an epic live performance. Another one from that concert was CSN singing Suite Judy Blue Eyes. It was one of their first performances together so they were scared to death, but quickly won over the crowd with this now famous song.
The full drum solo is worth hearing. Of course, I know you are a words guy. Glad you played this. I could listen to this song every day. I think Carlos was also quite influential in the World Music Scene
An absolutely legendary moment at Woodstock.. Santana never fails to impress, he feels the music and sends it out to the listener so we feel it . Totally acceptable use of the cow bell, lol.
Bongos are the little hand drums. Congas is the correct term here. You’ve got two future Journey members in the band here- Gregg Rollie on organ and vocals and Neil Schon on second guitar as a teenager. The drummer here was also just a teen.
I know that the general tendency among reactors is to save everything for the channel, but trust me, you owe it to yourself as a music lover to sit at home and watch the original full length Academy Award-winning documentary film that this is chopped up and taken from! You will never regret it!
0:51, He sure did..Santana didn't even have a label deal before the show..But they all had big-time contract offers for him after!! (He signed with Columbia about a week later ). It wasn't just how he played that day--It was how the whole damn band matched his energy that makes this such an iconic performance!
Santana brought Latin flavor to rock, including all that percussion. If you want to sample him at his absolute best, I would recommend the entire Abraxas album.
Living in Northern California and being very into the music of the time I had seen Santana live 6 times (including once when I booked them to perform at my high school) before they performed at Woodstock. I went to Filmore West and Winterland a lot. In those days it was cool to sit on the floor, get stoned and sway to the music. Santana was really one of the first bands to get the crowd up off the floor and dancing. The drums and congas were infectious. It was impossible to sit still.
Without a doubt one of the all-time great moments in rock and roll, utterly iconic. Santana's spirit on full display, and the heavy vibes knocking people OUT!! Great video as always!
I hear hints of "Black Magic Women" in parts of this. The band here knew they had a groove on, their expressions as well as the playing, so joyful and in sync. Yeah this is a song you need to see the live performance of.
Great reaction. Glad you got to see this one. You have a knack for doing some of my favorite artists, although probably not that hard since I have a long list of favorites.😉 He has had a long career of creating great music with that Latin vibe, with one of the most expressive guitar sounds out there. Hopefully you will get a chance to see him live someday. It looks like this 2023 dates are US only, so hopefully he makes it to the UK soon. I last saw him live in 2012 and it was a fantastic performance by the entire band, with an incredible rhythm section, having two standard drum kits (including his wife Cindy Blackman), plus all the other percussion instruments. It was an outdoor concert, so it had a bit of the Woodstock vibe.
I am resident DJ for a stage at the Green Gathering festival here in the U.K. All solar & wind powered. I had a young guy ask me if I had any drum&bass. I said no but listen to this, & put "Soul Sacrifice" on my vinyl turntable, & followed it with "Persuasion" & then "Savour" the guy was more than satisfied so I told him to look up more Santana. As a youth I too indulged in hallucinogens, a lot of my artwork derives from that, also my care for our planet.
If you're looking for an even earlier example of a racially mixed pop group, the band Love, with Arthur Lee, is worth looking into. Their biggest album, Forever Changes has been consistently voted one of the most influential works of the rock era (released 1967), and much like The Velvet Underground and Nico, released the same year, didn't have over the top sales in the beginning, but everyone who bought a copy started a band. Great review btw, and this performance of Soul Sacrifice blew everyone away, including Miles Davis, who also became a fan. Genius playing all around.
My son took lessons at the Seattle Drum School where he met the drummer, Mike shrieked! Awesome guy and my son is awesome as a drummer….he plays in his own band now!! Shout out to Mike Shrieve and to Steve Smith the owner of the Seattle Drum school!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Heard in an interview Carlos Santana say they weren't scheduled til much later so they decided to trip on mescaline(love it) and due to difficulty getting artist's into the site were then told "You're next" And magic happened.
This performance was just a few weeks before their first album to hit the stores, talk about creating a buzz. This is when this San Francisco band became the World's band right out the gate.
Michael Schrieve was only 20 years old when he went on stage with Santana at the Woodstock Festival. He was reunited with those old teammates in 2016 and he's still got it. Check the UA-cam video: "Santana IV - Soul Sacrifice 🥁 [2016]" It's wonderful to see and hear.
Play the whole video - unedited - so you can enjoy 19 yr old Michael Shreive play his solo ! This is where Santana became famous & the rest is history ❤️🔥 Carlos & band played mostly in the San Francisco area & Woodstock was the biggest gig they had performed, the young drummer had only been with them for a short time. Marvelous Marcus Malone ( white fringed vest & beautiful Afro) killed the congas ( RIP he passed ~ a year ago) all the musicians absolutely mesmerized the crowd 🔥❤️🔥 I listen to many Woodstock performances weekly for my well being & for the love of music from the 60’s - 70’s ☮️ **Please find the whole unedited version to be totally amazed by this wonderful performance! Another incredible performance is Going Home performed by Alvin Lee & Ten Years After ! In fact watch the entire Woodstock video the singers & musicians are outstanding ☮️
The drummer Michael Shrieve was 19 here (and is still playing), and he stayed for 7 albums. Keyboardist (and lead vocalist) Greg Rolie left to form Journey with Neal Schon (who joined Santana in '71).
Hi there. 3 things about this video. 1 the story goes they're all in the middle of a Mescal trip. They were called like 2/3hours before they were supposed to. 2nd you should have a look to the "Evil ways" track also in the set (diferent but also beautiful) 3. The drum solo was cutt short from the original performance ✌take care
The featured band at Woodstock was Jefferson Airplane you should react to Jefferson Airplane White Rabbit live at Woodstock with Grace Slick singing she was known as the Acid Queen
I played bluegrass/old style country (many Grateful Dead songs) in a band when I was young. When jamming in general it was about making the group greater than the sum of it's parts by achieving perfection, fusion, and a sense one being one unit making sounds where the whole was greater than the sum of the parts. The immense satisfaction that could be found in a "perfect" union and rendition of the round would bring an end to the to the song (if it was bluegrass which sort of just plays the same round with variations over and over) and we we all feel a strong drug like high. We often dropped acid (no where near that amounts consumed by Santana and most of the band at Woodstock) when we played all night for a crowd. With acid you could groove together much more easily and reach the edges of what you were capable of. Playing on acid was amazing as long as you avoided alcohol which would quickly destroy any aspirations for perfection, lolz!
Hard to believe that Michael Schrieve (drummer) had only just turned 20 shortly before Woodstock. As several folks have already said, the longer version of this performance is definitely worth a listen as it includes Michael’s solo.
This performance along with The Who and Joe Cocker all were spectacular at Woodstock. The band that took home the Best of Show was Sly & The Family Stone....
Syed, they're congas. Bongos are the small paired drums usually played more with fingers than hands. I'm a percussionist, and I play both. His percussion section has always been top level. I've played in some good sections where everyone knows their part of these complex syncopated Latin patterns. When everyone can do it properly it's an amazing experience which I'll never tire of. Excellent performance... famously and rightly so
War with Eric Burdon was a multi-ethnic group in the early ‘70s. They fused funk rock, blues, reggae, Latin rock and other musical influences. Their song “Spill the Wine” was a nice bit of psychedelia.
I love War (the band, not the actual thing), including both with and without Burdon. Their "The World is a Ghetto" album was one of my earliest albums (great album cover art). Also one of the first bands I saw perform live. I think it was the same year this album came out in 1972 (so I would have only been 12). They were performing at Universal Studios outdoor venue, when I was with my parents doing the Studios tour.
@@LeeKennison I love "The World is a Ghetto", and I will still to sing along to "Low Rider" when I hear it in my deepest voice.. They had a solid sound, funky for sure. My friends and I, at age 13, didn't know what the pearl meant in "Spill the Wine". Lots of embarrassed giggling when we finally figured it out. 😬
@@ziggymarlowe5654 It was a fortunate accident that I got to see that concert. My dad did not like most rock, but he loved jazz, and at the time Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass was his favorite band. So any band that had brass or sax he found interesting. He also liked some of the soul and Motown of the time. So I guess War had enough of a blend of these sounds (including sax) that I was able to talk him into it. I had two sisters (not with us) who were 10 years older than me, so I was well immersed in the music of the era and already knew War's music. He died of lung cancer the following year, so I am glad I got to have this experience with him.
@@LeeKennison Such a nice memory of you and your Dad sharing that concert. War may not have been his cup of tea and Herb Albert might not have been your first choice, but you got to share it with him. Your Father and Sisters passed along to you a lifelong appreciation and knowledge of great music. My Mother bought me my first Beatles record. It was "I want to Hold Your Hand" and, I think, the B side "I saw her Standing There". Mom passed away three months ago and I've thought of her giving me that record so much lately. There was always music in our house, but the Beatles were different than anything I'd ever heard.
@@ziggymarlowe5654 My condolences on the recent passing of your mom, mine passed in 2015 at 87. She was the one who had to deal with my wild and crazy teenage years as a single mom. Being the strange kid that I was, I actually loved Herb Albert and listened to my dad's records a lot. And my dad kind of liked Chicago, Blood, Sweat and Tears, and a couple of Beatles songs. One of the best things that came out of their love for music is that they had a great stereo system for me to play my rock (and Dylan) on. I still have the "Meet the Beatles", "Introducing the Beatles", and "Help" albums that were hand-me-downs from my sisters. Unfortunately, they are not in great playing condition.
Carlos also mentioned that during this song his guitar neck (through hallucinations) turned into a snake he was trying to control by the neck. Don't take the brown acid!
This was the track that got me into Santana around 1970. I bought the album and was disappointed that the studio recording was tame compared to the live one. I love how the amps are cranked up so much that it nearly goes into feedback at the end of each riff.
Michael Schrieve the drummer was the youngest player there at 19. His solo on this video was cut short. So you didn’t get to see his whole performance. His grip on the sticks is called “traditional grip”. The other grip you’re talking about is “matched grip”.
The full story behind how he ended up on psychedelics for the set is that they were supposed to perform around 8pm, so around 2pm he took some mescaline with Jerry Garcia, only to have to go on stage less than an hour later because traffic was so bad many opening bands hadn’t arrived
He is using Traditional Grip, which comes from military drumming, where the snare is mounted on the left leg. When drum kits were being improvised the snare was tilted to match that angle so the left hand kept that position. The right hand has always fingers on top. When snare drums and toms started to be mounted more horizontally, matched grip became more popular. Greg Rolley on the keys, he later started Journey. If you want a more direct African influence, try Jingo. That rhythm is still played by African drummers.
Carlos said he was REALLY HIGH on mescaline . He said he was just trying to hang on to his guitar which was bending and growing and all kinds of stuff. The drummer's performance is still considered one of the greatest perfomances in hsitory
Santana is another 40 year historical band. 40 years of music that is precision and welcoming. He has had different singers in over the years. He has played with other groups over the years and promoted music along the way. You will get a list of hundreds of request. Sometimes singing and sometimes instrumental; all a "Treat" which is one of his best ! I was fortunate to see him live 7 times.
This is from the Woodstock movie. Maybe watch it sometime. Plenty of good acts. The drummer here holds his sticks as he was trained to do through private lessons and years in his high school drum line.
The story goes that Carlos, and his band were getting high. They knew that didn't come on to play for a couple more hours. So they felt they were safe. Then as fate would have it they were called to the stage way earlier than was originally scheduled. Most if not all of them were high as a kite. Carlos said that his guitar appeared as a snake, and he was reluctant to touch it at first. The band would go on to perform Soul Sacrifice. Prior to this gig at Woodstock the band Santana was playing in clubs, bars and the likes. Now I don't know if any of this is true. But they did one hell of a job on this track.
Sly and the Family Stone was one of the early interracial bands-and the women in it were actually full instrumentalists, not backup singers. Check it out if you get a chance!
When I saw your vid was only 11 minutes, I knew you'd picked up the short version. Can't bear to hear it as the longer one, close to 10 minutes, is so much better. This one excises almost all the drum solo.
I believe Carlos has stated that while tripping during this performance his guitar felt like a giant snake that he was battling while playing. The band had to go on early in the morning unexpectedly and rose to the occasion. Drummer Michael Shrieve had just turned 2- the previous month. He was one of the youngest performers at Woodstock.
The drummer Michael Shrieve the was only 20 years during this performance . One of the members started the group Journey later on.This is only the short version too
I wish you would have listened to the full 11:35 version. You missed out on most of Michael Shrieve's drum solo. If you get the chance, you should check it out.
Darn. I wish it was the longer version so you could have heard the whole drum solo. So great !
Agreed. I hate the edited version where they just got rid of the highlight of the song. And it is so god damn hard to find the longer version!
@@jbyungwoo not that hard to find.
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This version is a crime, it cuts out Micheal Shreive’s epic drum solo.
What ever became of him? Great drummer, but never a well-known one.
Quite so.
IIRC he was barely 19 when they played Woodstock.
Criminal to edit out that solo. Don't listen to this version.
For sure
This is the shorter, edited version. You gotta see the full-length tune with the entire drum and organ solos!
I am a druumer and the way that drummer holds his sticks is called the TRADITIONAL GRIP. It originated, as all drums did, as marching drums, mostly for the military going into battle, different drum beats signaled the soldiers what to do. Advance , go right, retreat, etc. Since the drum was at an angle, it was impossible to play if you held the left hand just like the right hand. So this grip was used. Most drummers in the past, like myself, started out playing in marching bands in schools. So most all drummers used this style, even when playing a drum set. It wasn't just jazz players, but rock, country, and everything else. That changed in the 1960's , showcased by Ringo Star. That is why lots of drummers said Ringo sucked. He couldn't even hold his sticks correctly. Lol
Those are good points thanks
I'm also a drummer and everything Skip Trace writes is dead on. There were a few matched grip drummers prior to Ringo, most notably D.J. Fontana (Elvis's drummer in the 50s) and British drummer Phil Seamen, who was Ginger Baker's mentor. But Ringo definitely gave matched grip high visibility. I remember when there was actually a matched vs. traditional "war", so to speak, with older drummers and music teachers saying traditional was correct and matched was sloppy and lazy. Eventually, several rudimentary drummers looked into the ergonomics of matched grip and found that it was a better grip ergonomically, and several prominent marching bands such as the UCLA Marching Band (who played on Tusk by Fleetwood Mac) have used matched grip on level snare drums (as opposed to angled) for years. In the end, it's a matter of personal preference. Charlie Watts started playing traditional, switched to matched for a while, and then went back to traditional grip. Others switch back and forth between the two grips, or have a preference for just one or the other. A few drummers even use matched grip on angled snare drums, which seems absurd, but they seem to do fine (Bobby Elliott of The Hollies did this).
@@russallert USC band played on Tusk
@@cazgerald9471 Oops......
He was around 17 when he met Santana, and the drum solo without any instrument, just him holding the beat is awesome. I am not sure if it is the whole video, in the 9 minute version he is really going of. Most reactors show the cut version(6 min.) long.
This was at the world's largest Rock Festival. In 1969, Carlos Santana was a young 22-year-old, unheard of talent that had just put this Band together, only about one month before this concert in front of half a million Hippies and stoned Rockers. Carlos was young, but his drummer (from Seattle Washington) was only 18 years old, and just graduated High School a few months earlier. They were all candidates to be drafted into the Armed Forces and shipped off to the war that was raging in Vietnam. This is one of the greatest live Gigs ever caught on video. Truly amazing performance. They were also stoned out their minds on LSD. Carlos said he was so high, he saw his guitar turning into a giant snake while he was playing. They were all loaded and hallucinating. I was 13 years old when Woodstock happened, and I'm now 67 years old. Time passes so quickly.
Isle of Wight 1970 actually outdid it on crowd size.
@@rocketrabble6737 Ya well I guess that would be the type of thing(sadly) that people like Donald Trump(and you) care about.
The drummer, Michael Shrieve, was actually born in San Francisco. He attended middle school in Redwood City, CA, a suburb of SF. I know this because I went to that school with him.
@@EastPeakSlim - Where he go to high school?
@@Xx-xd3zo He went to Serra High School in San Mateo. Tom Brady's alma mater.
My father attended Woodstock. He was seventeen at the time. While he and his friends were arriving at the festival, Santana was in the middle of this famous "Soul Sacrifice" performance.
I’m your dads age- didn’t make Woodstock but made it to Monterey and Fillmore every weekend! How great he saw Santana. That means he saw Neil Schon as well!
Lucky guy!! A once-in-a-lifetime experience.
@@TheDivayenta Not at Woodstock. Neil joined shortly after. Greg Rollie however is on keyboards and went on with Schon to form Journey a couple years later.
@@axandio I see- but wasn’t Neil briefly with Santana- if not at Woodstock?
@@TheDivayenta As mentioned, yes, a few months later. He played joined at age 17 in 1971 and stayed for a couple albums until Rollie and he left to form Journey in '73... that would have put around age 19 for the start of Journey (this was all before Steve Perry joined).
Oh - you missing the drum solo. Dang. Every person in the band COOKS. The drummer looks like a kids but rawks the crap outa the place. Woodstock had some amazing performances. LOVE this!
One of the best live performances I've ever seen...and the young drummer Michael Shrieve was only I believe 19 years old at the time. The organist Greg Rolie went on to be an integral part of Journey after a few albums with Santana. Just an epic performance.
Shrieve was in fact the youngest performer at Woodstock.
Second-youngest (20), after Henry Gross of Sha-Na-Na (18)
as did Neil Schon !
Do the unedited version with one of the best drum solos in rock history. (please)
There's nothing like an epic live performance. Another one from that concert was CSN singing Suite Judy Blue Eyes. It was one of their first performances together so they were scared to death, but quickly won over the crowd with this now famous song.
And Ten Years After I'm Going Home.
The full drum solo is worth hearing. Of course, I know you are a words guy. Glad you played this. I could listen to this song every day. I think Carlos was also quite influential in the World Music Scene
An absolutely legendary moment at Woodstock.. Santana never fails to impress, he feels the music and sends it out to the listener so we feel it . Totally acceptable use of the cow bell, lol.
So are you saying more cow bell? Sorry, I couldn't resist. I know the cow bell joke is one of the oldest and most overdone ones around.
@@LeeKennison 🤣Yes! More Cow Bell!!! An oldie but goodie.
Bongos are the little hand drums. Congas is the correct term here.
You’ve got two future Journey members in the band here- Gregg Rollie on organ and vocals and Neil Schon on second guitar as a teenager.
The drummer here was also just a teen.
They went hard with it! Powerful over 50 years and you get like hypnotized by Soul Sacrifice!
Anybody that enjoys the music of the 1960's will find the entire Woodstock movie quite fascinating ..... IMO
@ronreynolds1610
Imho Santana, Ten Years After, Sly and the Family Stone and Jimi were the highlights. Awesome concert movie.
I know that the general tendency among reactors is to save everything for the channel, but trust me, you owe it to yourself as a music lover to sit at home and watch the original full length Academy Award-winning documentary film that this is chopped up and taken from! You will never regret it!
This version cuts the drum solo short, IMO the best part of the song.
Totally agree. The drum solo is everything.
You've gotta check out more early Santana. Appearing at Woodstock really got his career started.
0:51, He sure did..Santana didn't even have a label deal before the show..But they all had big-time contract offers for him after!! (He signed with Columbia about a week later ). It wasn't just how he played that day--It was how the whole damn band matched his energy that makes this such an iconic performance!
Santana brought Latin flavor to rock, including all that percussion. If you want to sample him at his absolute best, I would recommend the entire Abraxas album.
SI!
"Incident at Neshbar" is another great Santana song.
Anything from the Abraxas album is top-tier...
Plus he was "flying" on mescaline that he dropped a little while before they went on.
Michael Shrieve is absolutely on fire. The whole band is so high they float above the crowd. They are in it 110%. Fantastic video.
This is a shortened version of this performance.
Living in Northern California and being very into the music of the time I had seen Santana live 6 times (including once when I booked them to perform at my high school) before they performed at Woodstock. I went to Filmore West and Winterland a lot. In those days it was cool to sit on the floor, get stoned and sway to the music. Santana was really one of the first bands to get the crowd up off the floor and dancing. The drums and congas were infectious. It was impossible to sit still.
You should watch the 1970 "Woodstock" movie version of this, it is a much longer performance, that combines crowd scenes that are wonderful!
Great performance, considering he was tripping balls on stage. I still love Alvin Lee & Ten Years After on I’m Going Home from Woodstock.✌️❤️🎶
This is why I consider Santana to be the greatest band that ever lived.
The Drummer was the youngest Performer at Woodstock. You should listen to Santana Europa (Earth’s Smile)
Glad to see Santana represented. Unique sound and unmistakable guitar.
Without a doubt one of the all-time great moments in rock and roll, utterly iconic. Santana's spirit on full display, and the heavy vibes knocking people OUT!! Great video as always!
I hear hints of "Black Magic Women" in parts of this. The band here knew they had a groove on, their expressions as well as the playing, so joyful and in sync. Yeah this is a song you need to see the live performance of.
The keyboard player, Gregg Rolle went on to co-found Journey along with Neal Schon who also played with Santana
Cow bell, always, more cow bell.
The band looks like all their doors of perception flew open all at once.
Sly and the Family Stone were an even earlier interracial band and were a huge influence on future funk bands including Prince.
As perfect a live performance as there's ever been.
Let's just say that if you didn't move during this, you're dead inside... Cheers, mate!
The drummer, Michael Shrieve, was 20 years old. absolutly amazing talent.
Great reaction. Glad you got to see this one. You have a knack for doing some of my favorite artists, although probably not that hard since I have a long list of favorites.😉 He has had a long career of creating great music with that Latin vibe, with one of the most expressive guitar sounds out there. Hopefully you will get a chance to see him live someday. It looks like this 2023 dates are US only, so hopefully he makes it to the UK soon. I last saw him live in 2012 and it was a fantastic performance by the entire band, with an incredible rhythm section, having two standard drum kits (including his wife Cindy Blackman), plus all the other percussion instruments. It was an outdoor concert, so it had a bit of the Woodstock vibe.
I am resident DJ for a stage at the Green Gathering festival here in the U.K. All solar & wind powered. I had a young guy ask me if I had any drum&bass. I said no but listen to this, & put "Soul Sacrifice" on my vinyl turntable, & followed it with "Persuasion" & then "Savour" the guy was more than satisfied so I told him to look up more Santana.
As a youth I too indulged in hallucinogens, a lot of my artwork derives from that, also my care for our planet.
If you're looking for an even earlier example of a racially mixed pop group, the band Love, with Arthur Lee, is worth looking into. Their biggest album, Forever Changes has been consistently voted one of the most influential works of the rock era (released 1967), and much like The Velvet Underground and Nico, released the same year, didn't have over the top sales in the beginning, but everyone who bought a copy started a band. Great review btw, and this performance of Soul Sacrifice blew everyone away, including Miles Davis, who also became a fan. Genius playing all around.
The Chambers Brothers and Sly and the Family Stone were two more groups that were also racially mixed.
My son took lessons at the Seattle Drum School where he met the drummer, Mike shrieked! Awesome guy and my son is awesome as a drummer….he plays in his own band now!! Shout out to Mike Shrieve and to Steve Smith the owner of the Seattle Drum school!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Syed, first video of yours that I’ve seen. You get it. Thanks for covering Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock. IMHO it was the pinnacle moment of the ‘60s.
I was there, man! 19 years old. I loved this performance...in the afternoon hotness. We were all dancing! YEAH!
And yeah, it was a shaman ritual!!!
Heard in an interview Carlos Santana say they weren't scheduled til much later so they decided to trip on mescaline(love it) and due to difficulty getting artist's into the site were then told "You're next" And magic happened.
If I had to describe his early music, the word I would use is primal. The drums bring me back to our roots.
This performance was just a few weeks before their first album to hit the stores, talk about creating a buzz. This is when this San Francisco band became the World's band right out the gate.
Michael Schrieve was only 20 years old when he went on stage with Santana at the Woodstock Festival. He was reunited with those old teammates in 2016 and he's still got it. Check the UA-cam video: "Santana IV - Soul Sacrifice 🥁 [2016]" It's wonderful to see and hear.
Play the whole video - unedited - so you can enjoy 19 yr old Michael Shreive play his solo ! This is where Santana became famous & the rest is history ❤️🔥 Carlos & band played mostly in the San Francisco area & Woodstock was the biggest gig they had performed, the young drummer had only been with them for a short time. Marvelous Marcus Malone ( white fringed vest & beautiful Afro) killed the congas ( RIP he passed ~ a year ago) all the musicians absolutely mesmerized the crowd 🔥❤️🔥 I listen to many Woodstock performances weekly for my well being & for the love of music from the 60’s - 70’s ☮️
**Please find the whole unedited version to be totally amazed by this wonderful performance! Another incredible performance is Going Home performed by Alvin Lee & Ten Years After ! In fact watch the entire Woodstock video the singers & musicians are outstanding ☮️
Un apunte: no es Marcus Malone sino Michael Carabello.
If I was Santa I'd show you that video 30 minutes after I met anyone. That was awesome.
The drummer Michael Shrieve was 19 here (and is still playing), and he stayed for 7 albums. Keyboardist (and lead vocalist) Greg Rolie left to form Journey with Neal Schon (who joined Santana in '71).
Keep on rock in Syed I love your passion for the 60s rockers, the beginning of Rock-N-Roll... best-o-luck Lad
Carlos plays with as much emotion as anyone ever has. Brilliant.
Organized Chaos - so much energy - BANG! Peaking...
Woodstock had an audience of up to 500,000 and was held over multiple days all on this farmer's property... crazy! :)
Hi there. 3 things about this video. 1 the story goes they're all in the middle of a Mescal trip. They were called like 2/3hours before they were supposed to. 2nd you should have a look to the "Evil ways" track also in the set (diferent but also beautiful) 3. The drum solo was cutt short from the original performance ✌take care
The featured band at Woodstock was Jefferson Airplane you should react to Jefferson Airplane White Rabbit live at Woodstock with Grace Slick singing she was known as the Acid Queen
Bob Dylan lived in Woodstock NY and was sitting at home watching it on TV. His band “the Band” did perform their own songs there.
Look for the full recording. Much longer drum solo. This one short changes the drummer big time.
Live 1970 Tanglewood concert is amazing. Best soul sacrifice. Trust me best watch original jams.
I played bluegrass/old style country (many Grateful Dead songs) in a band when I was young. When jamming in general it was about making the group greater than the sum of it's parts by achieving perfection, fusion, and a sense one being one unit making sounds where the whole was greater than the sum of the parts. The immense satisfaction that could be found in a "perfect" union and rendition of the round would bring an end to the to the song (if it was bluegrass which sort of just plays the same round with variations over and over) and we we all feel a strong drug like high. We often dropped acid (no where near that amounts consumed by Santana and most of the band at Woodstock) when we played all night for a crowd. With acid you could groove together much more easily and reach the edges of what you were capable of. Playing on acid was amazing as long as you avoided alcohol which would quickly destroy any aspirations for perfection, lolz!
Hard to believe that Michael Schrieve (drummer) had only just turned 20 shortly before Woodstock. As several folks have already said, the longer version of this performance is definitely worth a listen as it includes Michael’s solo.
The choice of camera lens for the on-stage camera is dope!!
the entire Woodstock concert was fantastic.
This performance along with The Who and Joe Cocker all were spectacular at Woodstock. The band that took home the Best of Show was Sly & The Family Stone....
ONE OF THE GREATEST PERFORMANCES IN ROCK!!
Syed, they're congas. Bongos are the small paired drums usually played more with fingers than hands.
I'm a percussionist, and I play both.
His percussion section has always been top level. I've played in some good sections where everyone knows their part of these complex syncopated Latin patterns. When everyone can do it properly it's an amazing experience which I'll never tire of.
Excellent performance... famously and rightly so
Beautiful exploration to hear music from Santana’s first few albums.
Now that's a SONG!!!!!!!
Led Zeppelin Dazed & Confused live at MSG 1973 - 28 mins long.. Greatest live performance ever.
War with Eric Burdon was a multi-ethnic group in the early ‘70s. They fused funk rock, blues, reggae, Latin rock and other musical influences. Their song “Spill the Wine” was a nice bit of psychedelia.
I love War (the band, not the actual thing), including both with and without Burdon. Their "The World is a Ghetto" album was one of my earliest albums (great album cover art). Also one of the first bands I saw perform live. I think it was the same year this album came out in 1972 (so I would have only been 12). They were performing at Universal Studios outdoor venue, when I was with my parents doing the Studios tour.
@@LeeKennison I love "The World is a Ghetto", and I will still to sing along to "Low Rider" when I hear it in my deepest voice.. They had a solid sound, funky for sure. My friends and I, at age 13, didn't know what the pearl meant in "Spill the Wine". Lots of embarrassed giggling when we finally figured it out. 😬
@@ziggymarlowe5654 It was a fortunate accident that I got to see that concert. My dad did not like most rock, but he loved jazz, and at the time Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass was his favorite band. So any band that had brass or sax he found interesting. He also liked some of the soul and Motown of the time. So I guess War had enough of a blend of these sounds (including sax) that I was able to talk him into it. I had two sisters (not with us) who were 10 years older than me, so I was well immersed in the music of the era and already knew War's music. He died of lung cancer the following year, so I am glad I got to have this experience with him.
@@LeeKennison Such a nice memory of you and your Dad sharing that concert. War may not have been his cup of tea and Herb Albert might not have been your first choice, but you got to share it with him. Your Father and Sisters passed along to you a lifelong appreciation and knowledge of great music. My Mother bought me my first Beatles record. It was "I want to Hold Your Hand" and, I think, the B side "I saw her Standing There". Mom passed away three months ago and I've thought of her giving me that record so much lately. There was always music in our house, but the Beatles were different than anything I'd ever heard.
@@ziggymarlowe5654 My condolences on the recent passing of your mom, mine passed in 2015 at 87. She was the one who had to deal with my wild and crazy teenage years as a single mom. Being the strange kid that I was, I actually loved Herb Albert and listened to my dad's records a lot. And my dad kind of liked Chicago, Blood, Sweat and Tears, and a couple of Beatles songs. One of the best things that came out of their love for music is that they had a great stereo system for me to play my rock (and Dylan) on. I still have the "Meet the Beatles", "Introducing the Beatles", and "Help" albums that were hand-me-downs from my sisters. Unfortunately, they are not in great playing condition.
Carlos also mentioned that during this song his guitar neck (through hallucinations) turned into a snake he was trying to control by the neck. Don't take the brown acid!
This was the track that got me into Santana around 1970. I bought the album and was disappointed that the studio recording was tame compared to the live one. I love how the amps are cranked up so much that it nearly goes into feedback at the end of each riff.
Michael Schrieve the drummer was the youngest player there at 19. His solo on this video was cut short. So you didn’t get to see his whole performance. His grip on the sticks is called “traditional grip”.
The other grip you’re talking about is “matched grip”.
The full story behind how he ended up on psychedelics for the set is that they were supposed to perform around 8pm, so around 2pm he took some mescaline with Jerry Garcia, only to have to go on stage less than an hour later because traffic was so bad many opening bands hadn’t arrived
Another great Woodstock performance was “ I’m Going Home” by the great Alvin Lee of Ten Year After
He is using Traditional Grip, which comes from military drumming, where the snare is mounted on the left leg. When drum kits were being improvised the snare was tilted to match that angle so the left hand kept that position. The right hand has always fingers on top. When snare drums and toms started to be mounted more horizontally, matched grip became more popular. Greg Rolley on the keys, he later started Journey. If you want a more direct African influence, try Jingo. That rhythm is still played by African drummers.
They were a San Francisco band, originally called The Santana Blues Band. This Performance announced them to the World.
It is my understanding they were the lowest paid act at Woodstock also. Yet, they, in my opinion, put on one of the best shows.
@@rayj1011 I think Bill Graham had to pull some strings to get them on the bill.
You'll know we're back on the path of certain evolutions when big shows like this become commonplace.
I was privy to attend some dozen Santana shows. It’s an amazing experience!🖖🏼
Carlos said he was REALLY HIGH on mescaline . He said he was just trying to hang on to his guitar which was bending and growing and all kinds of stuff. The drummer's performance is still considered one of the greatest perfomances in hsitory
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Santana is another 40 year historical band. 40 years of music that is precision and welcoming. He has had different singers in over the years. He has played with other groups over the years and promoted music along the way. You will get a list of hundreds of request. Sometimes singing and sometimes instrumental; all a "Treat" which is one of his best ! I was fortunate to see him live 7 times.
How about 55 years of music? 1969-2023…..well……54 I guess.
Please don't remind me of 50 plus years ago I feel the age every day. @@w.geoffreyspaulding6588
NEVER.GETS.OLD.
That drummer was just a teenager still...I believe the youngest at Woodstock.
Another great Woodstock performance was Freedom by Ritchie Havens.
Excellent recommendation! I go back to that one several times a year. It calls out and I come running!
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This is from the Woodstock movie. Maybe watch it sometime. Plenty of good acts. The drummer here holds his sticks as he was trained to do through private lessons and years in his high school drum line.
Santana was the only band that didn't have a record contract. They put alot trust in him and the band.
You can see them tour this summer. With any artists of that era, if you want to see do it NOW. Stones, Who, Fogarty, Steve Winwood, etc.
The story goes that Carlos, and his band were getting high. They knew that didn't come on to play for a couple more hours. So they felt they were safe. Then as fate would have it they were called to the stage way earlier than was originally scheduled. Most if not all of them were high as a kite. Carlos said that his guitar appeared as a snake, and he was reluctant to touch it at first. The band would go on to perform Soul Sacrifice. Prior to this gig at Woodstock the band Santana was playing in clubs, bars and the likes. Now I don't know if any of this is true. But they did one hell of a job on this track.
Sly and the Family Stone was one of the early interracial bands-and the women in it were actually full instrumentalists, not backup singers. Check it out if you get a chance!
5:17 many, if not most, of the rock drummers who came out of the 60s were influenced by and idolized jazz drummers when growing up
We used to call it, coming on. When you first start to feel the trip.
That first album was brilliant and soul sacrifice is amazing
The Carlos Santana secret chord progession
Queen at live aid is another great performance one of the greatest of all times Freddie Mercury had the crowd in his hand
When I saw your vid was only 11 minutes, I knew you'd picked up the short version. Can't bear to hear it as the longer one, close to 10 minutes, is so much better. This one excises almost all the drum solo.
They edited out most of the drum solo. One of the best I ever saw.
I believe Carlos has stated that while tripping during this performance his guitar felt like a giant snake that he was battling while playing. The band had to go on early in the morning unexpectedly and rose to the occasion. Drummer Michael Shrieve had just turned 2- the previous month. He was one of the youngest performers at Woodstock.
The drummer Michael Shrieve the was only 20 years during this performance . One of the members started the group Journey later on.This is only the short version too