Santana - 1987-08-23 - Angels Camp, CA (SBD)

Santana
1987-08-23
Mountain Aire II Festival
Calaveras County Fairgrounds
Angel’s Camp, CA
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Beat Of My Drum
02. Primera Invasion
03. One
04. Healer
05. She’s Not There
06. Incident At Neshabur
07. Super Boogie
08. Goodness and Mercy
09. Savor
10. Cavatina
11. Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen
12. Oye Como Va/Evil Ways/Jingo
13. Once It’s Gotcha
14. Soul Sacrifice/Aranjuez
15. By The Pool/Europa


Grateful Dead with Santana,
1987-08-23

16. Iko Iko
17. All Along The Watchtower

Santana - 1987-08-23 - Angels Camp, CA (SBD)

This soundboard recording captures Santana on August 23, 1987, 29 years ago today, in Angels Camp, CA. A mentioned earlier, Carlos was leading in for the Grateful Dead, and joined the Dead on stage for several songs during their performance. 

This post is perfect for our theme this month as Carlos hs connections to all 3 bands, though none as deep as those to the Grateful Dead. The links between Santana and the Grateful Dead go back to the 1960s, when both bands emerged from the San Francisco music scene. In fact, some sources claim that Garcia helped mentor Carlos at the beginning of his career. The 2 bands would often share the bill together, such as at a New Year’s Eve 1968 show at Winterland or a jam session along with the Jefferson Airplane in February 1970 at the Family Dog. Both bands, of course, appeared at Woodstock in 1969.  Bill Graham would play a major role in promoting shows by both Santana and The Grateful Dead throughout both bands’ long storied careers. It's no surprise then that both Santana and The Dead played at the concert in Graham’s honor in September 1991 after the fabled promoters tragic death.

Santana also has links to the Allmans and the Bamd.  Bill Grham manged both Santana and The Allmans, and as a result, both played the October 31, 1986 Crackdown on Crack concert at Madison Square Garden. The 2 bands co-headlined a tour in Summer of 2012 while Gregg Allman and Santana both played at the 2015 Peach Music festival. Santana and The Band, of course, both played at Woodtsock in 1969, along with the Grateful Dead.  In addition, Santana, The Band and The Dead all played the SNACK concert, promoted of course by Bill Grham, in March 1975.