Santana - 1969-08-31 - Lewisville, TX (SBD)

Santana

1969-08-31

Texas International Pop Festival

Dallas International Motor Speedway

Lewisville, Texas

Soundboard Recording

192 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Evil Ways

02. You Just Don't Care

03. Shades Of Time

04. Jingo

05. Treat

06. Soul Sacrifice

Santana - 1969-08-31 - Lewisville, TX (SBD)

Of all the band's to play Woodstock, few got as significant a career boost as Santana did. Their incendiary performance was featured in the movie and helped propel sales of their debut album, which would be released on August 30, 1969, to #4 on the Billboard charts. Incredibly, Sanatna almost didn't get to perform at Woodstock. When Bill Graham negotiated to have the Grateful Dead at the festival, he insisted that 1 of 2 other bands he managed be on the bill.The 2 bands in question were It's A Beautiful Day and Santana. After listening to recordings of both groups, Michael Laing, who had helped organize Woodstock, couldn't decide between them.  So he flipped a coin.  Santana won and the rest is history.

Santana was yet another band that just 2 weeks after Woodstock, played the Texas Pop Festival in Lewiston. This soundboard recording captures Santana’s set at Texas Pop from August 31, 1969, 5 decades ago today.