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4 days ago
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- Yahoo
Carlos Santana's 'Wild' Admission About Playing at Woodstock '69 Is Cracking People Up in Resurfaced Interview
Carlos Santana's 'Wild' Admission About Playing at Woodstock '69 Is Cracking People Up in Resurfaced Interview originally appeared on Parade. Legendary singer and guitaristCarlos Santana, 78, was largely unknown to mainstream audiences when he took the stage at age 22 for his now-iconic Woodstock '69 performance. In a resurfaced and wild interview with journalist Dan Rather, the 'Black Magic Woman' musician revealed that a drug trip—courtesy of the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia—nearly derailed his historic set.'I don't even know how I walked, and next thing I know we're playing this set, and I think I'm going by what Shirley MacLaine calls muscle memory,' he confessed. 'When we got to 'Soul Sacrifice,' I noticed that the neck of my guitar was like an electric snake. It wouldn't stand still, you know. So I'm making some seriously ugly faces trying to keep it from slithering so much.' Santana's 11-minute performance of 'Soul Sacrifice' is widely considered the standout of Woodstock '69. Featuring a jaw-dropping drum solo by then-teenage drummer Michael Shrieve, the set catapulted Santana to international relished Santana's retelling of the moment in the comment section of the interview re-shared on social media, with one fan writing, ''Soul Sacrifice' is the best performance ever. I will never tire of it.' Many fans, however, found the humor in Santana's confession with one writing, 'aahahaha golden ." 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 Carlos Santana's 'Wild' Admission About Playing at Woodstock '69 Is Cracking People Up in Resurfaced Interview first appeared on Parade on Aug 3, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Aug 3, 2025, where it first appeared. Solve the daily Crossword
Scotsman
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Santana, Glasgow review: 'a rare treat'
Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Santana, Hydro, Glasgow ★★★★ Blessed as the Hydro is with appearances by legendary artists, it is still a rare treat to commune with a virtuoso such as Carlos Santana, a man so taciturn and laidback that he dispatched the most fluent guitar flourishes here while perpetually chewing gum. And if you are in Santana's team, you need to be an A-game player. The sheer abundance of drums and additional percussion - including a tag team on bongos – highlighted that rhythm was king. Get that right, as this band did again and again, and you create the most irresistible base layer for the warm tones of Santana's mighty saturated blues groove on opening number Soul Sacrifice. Carlos Santana | Getty Images Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad This was a no-messing concert of two halves, both stuffed with Santana classics from across the decades, from the conga-heavy Jin-go-lo-ba and easy Latino rhythm'n'blues of Evil Ways to acid blues standard Black Magic Woman. The crowd warmed up to Oye como va, garlanded with a full-on organ assault, and were invited to their feet to do what they could with their hips during the increasingly frenzied hip-hop/R'n'B cross of Maria Maria. For all the no-nonsense pace, there was ample opportunity for the band to show off soulfully. Benny Reitveld delivered a bass solo of fleet funk heft, even managing to fit in a burst of Scotland the Brave, while Cindy Blackman's various moments in the spotlight were all pointing to her heroic and immersive drum solo in the encore.
Daily Mail
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Worrying update on Carlos Santana, 77, after star was hospitalized due to medical emergency before concert
Carlos Santana will miss a further show this week after he suffered a frightening health scare which saw him hospitalized. The legendary guitarist, 77, had been set to perform at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio Tuesday as part of his Oneness Tour 2025 before his medical emergency attributed to dehydration. The music icon has been forced to scrap another show slated for Tuesday Wednesday night in Sugar Land, Texas as he continues his recovery/ His representative told TMZ Santana 'has been discharged from the hospital and is resting in a hotel, but his show Wednesday night in Sugar Land, Texas has been canceled out of an abundance of caution.' His manager Michael Vrionis previously said in a statement to 'Mr. Santana was at the [Majestic Theatre] preparing for tonight's show when he experienced an event that was determined to be dehydration. 'Out of an abundance of caution and the health of Mr Santana, the decision to postpone the show was the most prudent course of action.' Santana's manager stressed that the guitar virtuoso–turned–hitmaker is 'doing well and is looking forward to coming back to San Antonio soon as well as continuing his US Tour.' The musician had a similar scare in July 2022 when he collapsed on stage at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan, which was later reported to be due to heat exhaustion and dehydration. Santana's manager added that the San Antonio show would be rescheduled soon. The musician's medical issues were first reported on by TMZ. The rock and jazz artist was reportedly taken via ambulance from the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio to a hospital. Santana's team is urging anyone with tickets to hold on to them for the upcoming rescheduled date. The rocker was previously forced to cancel several concerts in Las Vegas in December of 2021 after he began suffering from chest pains. In a video subsequently posted to Twitter, he explained that he asked his wife to take him to the 'hospital 'cause I had this thing happening in my chest.' Santana explained that he would be 'taking time off for a little bit' to recuperate after undergoing surgery for the unnamed condition. He concluded by vowing that he would rest up so that he could 'play the way [he was] used to' so that he could give fans '150 percent.' Santana's band broke out in the late '60s and '70s with a run of acclaimed albums and a star-making turn at Woodstock, which was immortalized in the documentary about the festival; seen in 1969 in Livermore, Calif. 'I wouldn't show up unless I could do that,' he said at the time. The Mexico-born guitarist broke out in the late 1960s and early '70s with his band Santana. Even before releasing its debut album, the group became a sensation based on its set at the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Festival after director Michael Wadleigh featured an 11-minute clip of the group performing Soul Sacrifice in his hit Woodstock documentary. After an acclaimed self-titled debut album, the group released Abraxas in 1970, which featured the popular songs Oye Como Va and Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen, which continue to be staples of Santana's solo concerts to this day. After initially breaking out with a Latin-inspired rock sound, Santana began exploring jazz fusion later in the '70s. During that period, he recorded collaborations with a number of jazz greats, including John Coltrane's widow Alice Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Mahavishnu Orchestra guitarist John McLaughlin and Miles Davis band alumni Jack DeJohnette and Dave Holland, among many others. After alternating between his earlier Latin rock style and his jazz interests in the '80s, Santana returned to dominate the charts with 1999's Supernatural, which featured a bevy of younger guest artists. The lead single, Smooth, featured vocals from Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas and went on to spend 12 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The song's omnipresence eventually led to ridicule and claims that it was overplayed, but its success also helped Supernatural go to number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Santana repeated its winning formula with several additional albums featuring multiple popular guest singers and collaborators. But the artist lost goodwill from some of his fans in 2023 when he launched into an impromptu anti-transgender rant at a concert in Atlantic City, New Jersey. During the speech, he said he was 'like this with my brother Dave Chappelle,' referencing the comic who has featured anti-trans digressions in several recent stand-up specials. Earlier that year, Santana revealed in an interview that a man had sexually abused him 'almost every day' between the ages of 10 and 12, though he said he now forgave the unnamed man.
