Santana - 1970-08-18 - Lennox, MA (SBD)

Santana
1970-08-18
Tanglewood
Lenox MA
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Se A Cabo
02. Black Magic Woman
03. Oye Como Va
04. Incident At Neshabur
05. Toussaint L'Overture
06. Evil Ways
07. Hope You're Feeling Better
08. Treat
09. Savor
10. Jingo
11. Soul sacrifice
12. Gumbo
13. Persuasion

Santana - 1970-08-18 - Lennox, MA (SBD)

As mentioned in an earlier post, Bill Graham promoted the first rock concert at Tanglewood in Lennox MA in the summer of 1969. Billed as “The Fillmore at Tanglewood”, the concert featured BB King, Jefferson Airplane, and The Who, quite a line up for a venue which had traditionally featured classical artists and served as the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The gig was so successful; however, that Graham was back the next summer with a whole series of shows. Santana played Tanglewood on August 18, 1970, 44 years ago today, just over a year after their historic set at Woodstock. By August 1970, Carlos had added a teenage guitar prodigy from San Francisco to the band by the name of Neal Schon. Just how good was Schon? Well, Eric Clapton has also invited him to join Derek and the Dominos. less than a month later, Santana would release their2nd album, entitled Abraxas. The disc would climb to #1 on the billboard charts and spawn two of Santana’s best know singles, Black Magic Woman and Oye Como Va, which went to #4 and #13 respectively on the charts. In 2003, Rolling Stone would rank Abraxas at #205 in its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.