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Bill W

At the time, hardly anyone outside San Francisco knew who Santana was. They had made a name for themselves on the West Coast with their performances at The Fillmore. Bill Graham, the owner/manager of The Fillmore was asked to help organize Woodstock- he agreed on the condition that Santana be included on the bill. Santana's debut album wouldn't even be released until the week following Woodstock. *"substances"- Carlos admitted he and drummer Michael Shrieve were coming down from psychedelics by the time they started "Soul Sacrifice", the finale of their set. The rhythms were described as an amalgamation of Cuban 'guaguanco' rhythms. That was Carlos on cowbell. (Side note- in 1972 vocalist/keyboardist Greg Rolie, due to creative differences, would leave the band along with guitarist Neal Schon. In 1975 they would release their first album as Journey.)

Graeme K Talboys

Wrong continent for me but I did go to plenty of music festivals in the UK in the late '60s and early '70s. Some were utter chaos, some I simply don't remember but I have the ticket stubs to prove I was there, and the rest were sublime. All, in their own way, were celebrations of music and the hope for a better world. Carlos Santana, of course, is one of Kanami Tono's guitar gods.

Graeme K Talboys

There is a movie (which I've seen a few times) which shows some of the rougher side of the event (which given its size was remarkably peaceful) and, of course, countless albums including one of Santana's set. I'd also add that the organ was a fairly standard instrument for bands its sound always takes me back to my youth. I have a hope that one day, Saiki will add the organ to her repertoire and fill out Band-Maid's sound even more.

Bill W

There were/are a lot of big music festivals (old- Isle of Wight, Monterrey Pop, The Us Festival.. and newer/current- Lollapalooza, Bonaroo, Glastonbury, Wacken Open Air...) . In fact they tried 2 more Woodstocks- Woodstock '94 was held about 100 miles away from the site of the original...and similarly had over twice as many in attendance as there were tickets sold. It turned out to be a dumpster fire of an event. and Woodstock '99 which had about 100,000 fewer attendees, but still turned out the same way.

Bill W

I was secretly hoping you'd do the Jackson Browne song. It's beautiful and it doesn't get much attention. 😞 "Soul Sacrifice" live however, will obviously get you more views, once cleared for youtube. 🎸🪘 Santana went through a lot of changes over the years. Lots of turnover with band members, different vocalists etc. and Carlos would change up styles....sometimes more blues/rock, sometimes more Latin or Afro-Cuban, sometimes more Jazz, sometimes more Pop. He had a couple Pop hits in the '80s you would never guess were Santana "Winning" and "Hold On".

Sawzar

Well they were pretty doped back then.But what the hell.. Soooo good!!!

Glenner7

Woodstock (Bethel, NY) is just 6 hours down the road from Montreal, but I was only 14 when Woodstock took place. As others have said, yes, there may have been quite a few reasons why they might have skipped a beat while playing (even though they didn't). From from cheatsheet.com: "In a 1989 interview with Rolling Stone, Santana discussed his decision to do drugs before his performance at Woodstock. “When we first got there, around eleven in the morning, they told us we weren’t going on until eight. So I said, ‘Hey, I think I’ll take some psychedelics, and by the time I’m coming down, it’ll be time to go on stage and I’ll feel fine.’ But when I was peaking around two o’clock, somebody said, ‘If you don’t go right now, you’re not gonna go on.'” Because of this, Santana went onstage while high. According to the book Carlos Santana: A Biography, when Santana was onstage, he thought his guitar was a snake he had to control."