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[@lauraelizabeth1789]

You're listening to the real deal, no autotune crap or synthesizers etc REAL MUSIC

[@stepheniemacleary7982]

That's when music was music!!!

[@theworldasitis4290]

Yes sir. That's right.

[@seriousthinking3088]

TRUE !!!

[@robber576]

And , as he told later, high as a kite on lsd , lol.

[@lo-fidevil2950]

@Laura Elizabeth you got that right.

[@noiricha]

The passion of the musicians just blows away the formula crap they call music today ...

[@larryrider6603]

passion for the acid too man :)

[@olrubberface]

Not at all. The recordings aren't so good as mixing board recordings, but there is plenty of very good music being written today! I was 15 when I first saw Santana in 1970- astonishing how well the music holds up today!

[@merkabah8697]

That is how WE ROLLED back in the day!!!! Oh how I miss those days!!!!!

[@RaiderRSupastar]

I was born in the 70s. The 60s music was damn good. Best Woodstock ever not the 89 nor 94 one

[@donclark4685]

Yeah! Remember it well!

[@jesperhjensen1978]

you miss those days because you were younger....no responsebilities

[@mystic7splace]

In "those days" we also had to worry about being drafted. Not so free and easy. But it was still better than today.

[@georgeseegers5947]

I was born in 1950...I grew up with this music and it still drives me to this day...I played it for my kids, grands and great grands and they loved it......that music had an emotional connection....it will be around for many generations to come......... @@RaiderRSupastar

[@ziggymojo8992]

It’s beautiful man,all different races and ethnicities all coming together through music.

[@derbyphoter]

@michael Castle

[@nelsonx5326]

Ziggy For sure. Peace, love, and music. I'm beginning to think there is a malevolent power bent on keeping us divided, but it makes believe the opposite. The MSM shows the worst case scenarios and lays blame. Something directs the MSM, a political power that requires war in us at every level from the planet to our living rooms. In my youth I realized half my heroes were black people. My heroes come from all countries and backgrounds. I'm an artist, art is another universal language. My heroes even include cavemen who injected the spiritual aspect of our most shared experience, life, into simple images with simple tools. No matter how specialized or advanced our tools of communication become they are no better than the spirit employing them. That is how 'One String Jones' in an alley can touch the heart as deep as a full orchestra playing Beethoven. The song we just heard touches my spirit. I think that Santana album might have been the first album I ever bought, I was 13 years old. That album or Janis Joplin 'Pearl'. Amazing to think that as kids we had natural soul, could feel the indescribable thing that annihilates the man made monster set on dividing us from birth. Something makes money from division. I think I might know now, but I don't want to muss up a nice comment by saying something political. (European globalists from the EU and UN that live in mansions and mountain tops and are of the same breed and families as those who enslaved South Africans to harvest gold and diamonds from their own land and turn it over to them. Now they embrace 'diversity', but such is a lie as they plan to stuff all in the same mold and press out an ant farm of slaves that will live on their crumbs.)

[@rickjames8383]

Dig the channel, good work, stay strong

[@sv3931]

*@Ziggy* And experiencing Santana's arrival and CSN's very first performance ...and Jimi. _whoa!_ 500,000 very lucky humans. *Peace* *Love* *Brotherhood* ✌️☮️✌️

[@kenspinozastone7195]

That's right. The mixture of races and ethnicities is what makes it so special too.

[@robertahubert9155]

Takes me back 50 yrs. Music was actually played with instruments not computers. When music was music

[@raymondsemper5161]

👍🏾🎸

[@rondohunter8966]

I can't help but think that the lack of today's computer generated and/or enhanced musical wizardry made those artists better because to make your sound the way you want it, you must learn the capabilities of the instrument. That takes time and effort, something wasted on today's music generators. When I was interning for a college class at a local t.v. station a famous saying was "we'll fix it in post." All too often music is made "in post."

[@LaserRanger15]

the long version, has one of the great drum solos ever recorded...and the drummer was a kid.

[@frankconasportsspeed9605]

Agreed- wish he would have watched the one with long drum solo!!

[@joepasquarello1273]

They were all kids....

[@cheguevara1289]

@tangojones24 holy shit!!!

[@eudymaverickmentor]

@tangojones24 The drummer was Michael Shrieve and he was 20 years old at Woodstock, not 15. You may be mixing him up with Neal Schon who was a guitar player that joined Santana on their third album. He joined when he was 15. He left Santana to form the band Journey.

[@lynntullis6511]

Same as 'little' Stevie Winwood; 15 and singing lead on 'I'm a Man' in the Miles Davis Group.

[@floorticket]

The kid on the drum kit was 20 years and a month at the time ... second youngest performer at Woodstock behind an 18-year-old guy in Sha Na Na. Oh ... and they're basically all high as hell on LSD ... check out that smile at 1:37.

[@dons106]

Michael Schrieve

[@dickcnormous4202]

David Ryder Neil Schon of Santana was only 17 I believe

[@johncampbell756]

@@dickcnormous4202 Neil wasn't in the band until Abraxas. The band was still unsigned at this point. Their first album came out in 1970.

[@johncampbell756]

@@dons106 Someone on another review was convinced he was Kevin Bacon.

[@floorticket]

Schon? no, but Rollie? yes.

[@Guitcad1]

I'm sure somebody has probably mentioned this but if not, Carlos Santana (the guitarist) and the rest of the band Santana were hanging out backstage, thinking that they had several hours before they were to perform. Consequently, they were _tripping balls_ on acid! However, the crowds flocking to the Woodstock festival had the roads so log-jammed that several acts were not able to make it to the stage on time. Suddenly, Santana were told "you're up next!" During the video, you see Carlos Santana (21 years old! OMG, so young!) playing with his eyes closed. That's not just the emotion and intensity. He said later in interviews that he had to close his eyes because whenever he looked at his guitar neck it kept turning into a snake!

[@Modern-Renaissance-Man]

That is crazy! Thansk for sharing that friend

[@Modern-Renaissance-Man]

Thanks I meant. LOL

[@SovereignSoul182]

Yup! In a interview years later he said he prayed to God to help him get though it and also said he wouldn't do drugs again .

[@paysonbenefield7967]

Been there, took that, saw the patterns :)

[@cmvb]

The percussionist (red shirt) was not tripping hehe...

[@justanotherjen7]

One thing I love about music that's older like this is that there was a person for all the instrumentation- none of it was on a loop or anything like that. If you had saxophones or trumpets like in the band Chicago, they were on stage.

[@heatherc772]

Yes!!!! Great comment heartlandjen.

[@alburnett75]

Omg look how young Santana was. This is awesomeness

[@Rhaspun]

Now he looks more like an elder statesman for the music industry.

[@theohioshirey]

He's still amazing, saw at the Fraze & his Yellow Springs hippie babe wife played drums (& solo), I danced the whole time, his Latino flavored music is mesmerizing... Carlos is a Maverick

[@thel1195]

The picture on the wall went with the music perfectly. A young Carlos Santana. A multi-cultural band in front of a multi-cultural audience. So many afros.

[@peterdroubay2967]

this rates my greatest rock performance ever

[@Kashaslove]

P.S. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU YOUNG PEOPLE APPRECIATING THE MUSIC I GREW UP WITH!!!

[@Mr05Chuck]

A band of diversity before we were divided by the media and politicians.

[@davidbowman4259]

By the racist, sexist, ignorant orange savage.

[@davidbowman4259]

@Dan Thomas Advice from a cult member who worships an orange ignoramus? I'll pass. It is you, poor dumbfuck, who needs the help. And, for your information, we sane, normal citizens aren't deranged; we simply despise and detest your tangerine tyrant. Aloha!

[@O_Towne_Bear]

@@davidbowman4259 Hate to burst your protection-bubble, but we were divided before him too. Obama didn't walk on water. War raged. Media divided us. Climb back in your shell now.

[@davidbowman4259]

@@O_Towne_Bear Of course Obama didn't walk on water -- but he also wasn't an ignorant, unhinged, moronic, cruel and vicious barbarian. Back into your own shell, benighted fool.

[@ljsites]

Music like this is one of the things that brings us together, so all of you shut the f**k up and listen to some great stuff !

[@jeannejorgensen1230]

It was the biggest concert!! Upstate New York ! I saw Santana in concert in 1968!! Awesome!!

[@marciacorbin5751]

One of the guitar gods of rock-n-roll....what a performance...Get your groove on, hit it Carlos!

[@johnmartin2336]

Santana was peaking on LSD during that performance

[@bigbow62]

You are so right John... he said the neck of his guitar was moving like a snake ! Right-on man ✌😎

[@theworldasitis4290]

Santana was completelly stoned ...but it was great performance lol..

[@andydeadpool8923]

Santana is one of the greatest guitarists I can think of -- Santana, Clapton, Hendrix, Vaughan, Van Halen -- influential indeed.

[@heatherc772]

Judgement!!! Who cares what he was on. Ugh you guys are so boring with your " Oh he was totally stoned here". So irrelevant. Can you not hear his guitar. I think the 1960s/70s drug judgement page is on another site. It is like you think you are enlightening us, like we should bow to you with your "knowledge".

[@axiomist1076]

Druggies think the world revolves around their damn drugs and that anybody who is creative must be on drugs. They used to say that about anybody who did something great like this "Man, he's on some good shit!" I know, I was there and heard this crap all the time.

[@walkerkay3925]

Check out "higher" sly and the family stone Woodstock. It is legendary.

[@BAYAREA-kd1ig]

The Bay Area kicked ass in Woodstock!

[@nitab1971]

I hope you've since researched Woodstock. I was there. 500,000 of us. Amazing. This is a shortened version. Michael's drum solo was easily twice as long. Cheers!

[@Modern-Renaissance-Man]

I saw the documentary after this video. Crazy! Peole couldn't leave their houses because cars were everywhere.

[@nitab1971]

My life was in the right place, at the right time. It took two days to get home! We were 17 from Connecticut.

[@beckyschmidt4025]

We looked so young in those days! Our music was already great though! And cultural diversity is not something that has been recently invented!

[@CamiMack5616]

Music from that era... timeless.

[@pamilawilson8944]

Yup. It didn't matter who you were or where you came from...it was all about your heart and soul. I miss that.

[@onsesejoo2605]

With this gig, Santana secured the recording contract. :) Carlos Santana - guitar & vocals , George Brown bass, Gregg Rolie keyboards & main lead vocals, Michael Shrieve drums, Jose Areas percussion, Francisco Aguabello percussion. After album Caranvanserai Rolie left to form Journey with guitarist Neal Schon who also played on Caravanserai.

[@michaelledford4751]

Woodstock was the only major festival my wife & I didn't attend because I was finishing up my 3rd and final tour in Vietnam , the California Jam and US festival are the next 2 best after Woodstock & I was there .

[@Gabriel-bb1fx]

You’re a true man. I’m 13 but I love this old music. Wish I was born back then to witness the classics. (King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Santana, etc.)

[@nancypertschuk501]

I was there, we were blown away by Santana, didn't know what to expect, have been a fan ever since!

[@nathanmcdonald610]

Lucky.

[@babiixoxbritty]

Bro they was straight gettin back in the day. I don't think musicians now days could keep up bro.

[@shinythingsproductions]

my favourite live band performance of all time

[@fungoidfest100]

Something you will notice if you look up woodstock performances,....you have bands who would be thrilled to play a venue with 30,000 people who were suddenly confronted with an audience that varied from 300,000 to 500,000. You could see it in their faces, hear it in their voices. They were awestruck. And, consequently, they gave the performances of their careers.

[@ProNJ22]

I was there at Woodstock, Aug. 1969. LOVE IT...

[@robax]

Woodstock is full of incredible performances you should be watching. Hendrix, The Who, Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Joplin, Ten Years After, and a must-watch is Joe Cocker singing With A Little Help From My Friends. I didn't know what to think when I first saw it way back, but later on it all made sense. Here's Joe kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaSQlYaledWnjMU Someone else has already linked Hendrix.

[@CJTexas-bp2gi]

they just don't make music like this anymore. I burn my own CDs and always burn the classic rock from 60's &70's. Only the really hot singles from today. Good stuff Renaissance Man!

[@cwb0051]

Carlos Santana was only 22 years old at Woodstock, Best guitar player in the world in my opinion, and Many others..

[@LANPartyAnimal]

I was a Freshman in the Bay Area in 1968. In October of that year Santana played a benefit concert at my East bay High School as the headliner about three months before their first album was released and before this appearance at Woodstock. I had grown up with my parents listening to Brazilian jazz and with this fusion of latin rhythms with the rock I loved I was hooked! Been a lifelong Santana fan ever since.

[@tyghe_bright]

Sometime, check out as much of Woodstock as you can. Don't know if you know the story -- but it was basically a disaster that turned into a historical event. The concert attracted more people than expected, 400k people, to a little farm in the Catskills. They got rained out. The roads were closed for miles around due to muddy conditions and the number of people.. They didn't have first aid, facilities, food, or water for so many. The army had to airlift supplies in. It was a muddy, messy, desperate disaster. And it was one of the single most important events in music history

[@maxinemcclurd1288]

You are doing some awesome stuff!I saw him in Germany in 1978!Carlos is still alive and still shredding it,check out his current stuff.

[@cherylbyrnes2826]

Woodstock 1969 this concert lasted several days it was and still is considered the Best Rock Concert ever. Check out Jimmy Hendrix performance of the National Anthem.

[@jflaugher]

Woodstock took place in August of 1969; and though it wasn't planned that way, the concert became a free concert. It was so large, New York State was forced to shut down the Thruway. The Isle of White a year later was even bigger, but not as peaceful. While Woodstock fostered a feeling of brotherhood, the Isle of White brought out a lot of anger and hostility. Before Woodstock, the Beatles concert at Shae Stadium in 1965 was the biggest concert ever.

[@marchendrickson2382]

And just imagine...that was Santana's first concert in front of actual people...and by people, it just happened to be over 400,000 of em. It was already mentioned, look up the unedited version. You're a drummer yourself? Check out the whole performance by Michael Schrieve...it is AWESOME. Great song choice, though, no question about it.

[@mikemclaughlin3306]

Marc Hendrickson no....... that was Crosby, stills, and nash...... Santana had been playing for a few years already, where as C,S,N, was a super group....

[@marchendrickson2382]

@@mikemclaughlin3306 You're right, it was CS&N's first appearance in front of actual people, Steven Steils even said so, "...and we're scared shitless." However, it was the first major appearance of that lineup, before they released an album. Those two bands were in the same boat. Look it up, CS&N did a couple minor gigs before Woodstock, but that was their first major appearance.

[@maninthemiddle55]

@Marc Hendrickson : It wasn’t Santana’s first concert in front of “actual people”. His band had been playing all over the SF Bay Area for at least 2 years.

[@derbyphoter]

They recorded and released an album.called live at Philmore priorvto.woodstock.which contains soul.sacrifice

[@alicepleasance7664]

Stoned outta their minds....also...Shelia E's dad on percussion.

[@alicepleasance7664]

in the red shirt

[@Kitchengroove]

I think you'll find that the guy in red is Chepito Areas. Pete Escovedo joined Santana later. They looked quite similar when they had naturals.

[@christopherbuck3276]

Actually, they were tripping their asses off.

[@susanbycroft2786]

We had the best music back then! My body is old but my spirit is still with Woodstock. I was so fortunate to be there. Thank you God for bringing me into this existence when you did!

[@jeannereed3170]

Not one person was hurt or killed.No violence.

[@freddykhd]

There is a movie of Woodstock. Maybe you should see it some time. I'm sure you will be surprised . I just subscribed btw, because you seem a sincere guy with an open mind to me. Greets from the Netherlands.

[@guitarsrcool4922]

Best part was the 20 year-old drummer. They cut out half of his part. The best part. Whoever edited this tape doesnt know music.

[@guitarsrcool4922]

@@aquatichighs yes

[@anneaires3984]

I was waiting on his insane solo too.....yes major edit going on😒

[@fonsecorona]

No one gets to really show what they actually did on that performance, in this clip...It's a shame...You're right...zero knowledge on music..Perhaps subtle skills on editing..but that's about it..

[@jakethomas3205]

Also Carlos' guitar solo is edited in this version.

[@mossrun]

After the downer of Viet Nam us kids were ready to drown out the constant coverage of war and lighten everything up a bit. Woodstock was our answer and it had our overwhelming support. Musically it was an escape from feel good polyester to flamboyant psychedelic. Dickens said it best. "It was the worst of times it was the best of times" And, Damn, did the music ever rock!

[@MemawAngie]

Modern Renaissance Man... Woodstock was a 3 day event & it has been said that over 500,000 people attended!!! Made music history for sure!!!!

[@unclejack123]

If you ever get the chance .... watch the documentary on woodstock .................... eye opening ................. ;-p

[@mikemclaughlin3306]

Carlos face is awesome..... he told the story about how they were asked to go on stage hours early and he was peaking on mescaline....... the guitar neck was turning into a snake and he was scared shitless.....

[@patrickmccutcheon8860]

What blows me away about the Woodstock performance is how young the Santana band is. They're all around my age, basically kids, and they rock.

[@danielfardella1622]

"They is stoned"... God bless. Nobody (in the band) had a bad trip, and every audition I went to after that, they asked me to play soul sacrifice on drums. Carlos was the guitarist. Once in a lifetime.

[@fdsannie]

I was in the 9th grade then...... so so many years ago. I saw them play once.......unbelievable! The organ player Greg Rolie and a guitarist Neil Schon left Santana and started the band Journey. Could you play the Nightwish song "Song of Myself" live at Wacken 2013. Thanks!

[@61soldiergirl]

Enjoying your site, your smooth, you have a honest persona, cool cat!

[@melindagarcia4497]

I so wanted to go to Woodstock! But, of course, at 16 years old in 1969 my parents, wisely, declined to allow me to go. That was a 3 day event and 500,000 people on Mr. Yasgers farm in upstate New York. It was, and still is, the most epic event in concert history. When I discovered Santana I thought I'd found something no one else was wise to. The music was different with a rhythm I was unfamiliar with but wanted to know, congos, a language (Spanish) that was not my native language (it's now my 2nd language), and guitar playing like I'd never heard before. I was mesmerized. Black Magic Woman, Samba Pa Ti, Jin Go Lo Ba - these are all songs from Santana's earlier work. In 1999 he released another album after a long absence from the music scene, Supernatural, that was a collaboration of several different artists and Carlos Santana. Please give Carlos Santana more play. You won't regret it.

[@yesemitesam333]

I'm so glad you enjoyed that. It's a brilliant performance. Michael Shrieve - the drummer - is only a few years older than me and when I saw this performance for the first time I just thought he was the coolest guy on the planet. There he was, only about 20 years old, and he played at Woodstock. Not only did he play, he played with Santana and he absolutely rocked it. I was about 15 at the time and this whole performance just blew me away. I've been a huge Santana fan ever since. Listen to their early stuff. It's awesome.

[@HendrixJHE]

There were at least 400,000, perhaps up to close to 600,000 people at Woodstock. Unbelievably by the time Jimi took the stage at 8AM on Monday morning, there was maybe only 50,000 left. Thjose that did saw the most epic of performances though! Although huge, I think IoW 70 may have had more in attendance than Woodstock. Pretty sure Atlanta Pop in 70 had more than both. I am sure its all out there in google land! Back to Santana, this song is edited in the movie. The full version lasts close to 12 minutes. I would recommend anyone who enjoys this song to seek out and find the full unedited audio version. If you liked Michael Shrieve's drumming, there is a lot more of it in the full length version. Check it out!

[@maricelaliberato63]

and people say santana was the best performance and outshined jimmy hendrix thats why he got his record deal later on from that performance

[@HendrixJHE]

Yeah, Santana was hot! Man, they deserved a record deal after that! As for Jimi, sadly with the bad weather he didn't take the stage til 8AM Monday morning and there was probably 50K left by then. Add to that he had a hack band who rehearsed for a few days and it really didn't work. It was cool to see the new direction, and it was an epic gig at over 130 minutes, but lack of rehearsal, not top flight musicians at the time, save for Mitch, it just wasn't tight as it could have been if they had been together longer. But Jimi was going through Dem Changes hard at that point in time. I knew a guy who saw Jimi at WS. Bet he was glad he stayed! LOL He was there whole time, so saw Santana too of course.

[@robford9933]

Being in the UK, I missed Woodstock, though it's my most played DVD, but I was at the IoW the next year. I'm fairly sure we didn't match those crowd numbers. The biggest groups went on last each day but that was at about 2 a.m., the dead hour.

[@deel2542]

Not bad for a bunch of kids! Mike Shrieve is the drummer,he was maybe 20, 21 years old.

[@yellowharley1]

19

[@maninthemiddle55]

20 years 1 month

[@1piper2]

he was 16 years old

[@maninthemiddle55]

@@@1piper2: A simple Wikipedia search turns up that he was born 6 July 1949. Woodstock was August 1969. Shrieve grew up in Redwood City, California and went to high school at Serra, same high school the quarterback Tom Brady graduated from.

[@lanpartyanimal5215]

I was a Freshman in high school here in the Bay Area when Santana headlined a benefit concert at my high school for a Korean orphan we were sponsoring three months before their first album was released. Seeing them rocking this song in our high school gym that very first time blew me away completely. I was hooked and I've been a die-hard Santana fan ever since! P.S. Yes...what you are seeing at the end there was the incredibly huge crowd at Woodstock.

[@rickyparker3853]

One of my FAVORITE Rock performances in any live concerts I've ever seen!!!!! Absolutely Phenomenal!!!!! Even more so when you consider Carlos Santana was tripping balls big-time on mescaline at the time!!!!!! 😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎

[@r.awilliams9815]

Another legendary performance from Woodstock is Ten Years After-I'm Going Home...check it out. Be amazed. A recommendation for a Christian rock song...Spirit in The Sky by Norman Greenbaum Jr. One more rec from the bluegrass/gospel genre...Down To The River To Pray by Alison Krauss.

[@doylesinclair4499]

You really should watch the full version of this song. .. this was a shortened (edited) version of the actual performance by about 4 minutes - just go ahead and watch the full documentary WOODSTOCK

[@lastpenny849]

My step father took me to see the 3 hour plus movie when I was 11. Will always remember seeing this for the first time. Was absolutely blown away. So many great performances but this one stood out.

[@tianzi49]

incomparable virtuoso Michael Shrieve of Santana playing drums here was only 19 years of age when he was at the "Woodstock 69" ... amazing!

[@SuperVonKiller]

Half a million people!

[@Mountain_Mutt]

There are lots of iconic performances from Woodstock. You should check out the original documentary movie about the concert. And Carlos Santana is THE master of expression on the guitar. Thanks for sharing this one.

[@salvadorcortez7671]

he was high as a kite, they went on sooner than they were suppose to and were high on lsd, he thought his guitar neck was a snake

[@Mountain_Mutt]

@@salvadorcortez7671 Hell man. I don't think a single band or performer(or audience member for that matter) throughout the entire concert even knew there they were. Stoner's heaven that place was.

[@kellyyork3898]

Kelly York Woodstock just happened..people came from everywhere, thumbed for rides to get there... just showed up...stayed through rain and heat and bugs and too little water and very little food...drugs. All these great musicians coming together. Screaming blistering guitar. Santana rocks....always has.

[@carlajolly2480]

One of the best performances at Woodstock. Carlos Santana was on LSD and thought his guitar was a snake , the kid on drums was 20 yrs old! Amazing.

[@samsmith4216]

Wrong version...original version the drum solo is the meat of the performance. You are watching the edited version. Drum solo was another 5 or more min longer and a lot more impressive then you are watching. Too bad

[@jpjpjp453]

I haven't seen the full version in years. In that edit the drummer just totally kills it and leaves this cut in the dust.

[@slickmic6113]

SAM SMITH I agree I have this on DVD so I didn't even know you could view this without that drum solo part

[@sukie584]

This edit was fine.. No one needs a 5 minute drum solo anymore... The percussionists are enough along with Michael Shrieve doing what he was doing..

[@samsmith4216]

@@sukie584 I don't agree ..especially since the songs full title is "Soul Sacrifice...Head, Hands and Feet" Also..this drum solo was ground breaking at the time. Michael Shrieve's playing set a bar for rock drummers everywhere.

[@sukie584]

I know. but drum solos are not revered today like they were back then and a young man with young man ears is most likely going to be bored by a 5min plus drum solo. This is why for the most part most bands just don't do them anymore. we have to know the audience when making requests to them.

[@RandyTWA]

The most disorganized stage setup ever...but it didn’t effect the quality of the jams!

[@leecooper4213]

Carlos Santana on lead guitar, yes. Fun fact: Santana was virtually unknown when, at the last minute they were invited to play at Woodstock due to another band being unable to attend. They had been playing very small outdoor type concerts, but nowhere near this scale - but Carlos KNEW they were ready. Since they were the new kids, they were scheduled to be one of the last bands to play. Someone gifted them a trip (acid) & they all endulged, since they new they had at least 3-4 hours before they were due on-stage - plenty of time to trip & settle back down before hitting the stage. It's common knowledge now that the sceduling of this concert was not nearly as regimented as big concerts are today. Approx 20 mins after they each dropped their fun snack (acid), the promoter came to them in desperation - they needed to go on-stage next, directly when the act on-stage right then got through! They didn't dare refuse, as this was their debut into the big concerts! So they went on & this is the result. In an interview about his (amazing) life, Carlos commented about this performance, saying the entire performance was done by angels. He said his guitar was a huge slippery snake, he was fighting to hold on to it.....He prayed to God, saying "Please, PLEASE.....let us perform as good as I KNOW we can be & I will NEVER make this kind of mistake again!" (Meaning take drugs before a performance) - and he said he hasn't & neither have his band-mates. Knowing this, it's amazing to watch this video knowing how he struggled to get through this performance, as he LOOKS like he is in total control while playing. He knew that performing at Woodstock would be a huge step in his career & it was..... I recommend watching his bio (avail on youtube), as his life is really amazing.... Born in poverty, raised with his musician father (father played mariachi music) & soaking up music knowledge as a kid, yet somehow keeping his focus by meditating & praying daily. His view of life is refreshing to here about - and his deep faith is Incredible to behold. You might notice how many band members he has. He is a big promoter of anyone with talent, regardless of genre or instrument. Having received some "breaks" in his early career, he is paying it forward. He's a guy we all would be lucky to call friend. The cherry on top is his musical gift -

[@Nico_Tena]

That is one of the best, if not the best live performance of a song that I have ever heard! Raw and flawless at the same time.

[@Bamaboompa]

Due respect Sir. I'm not going to be a typical flamer. You are young so you just don't know. I was 15 visiting in Washington DC when I read about the "concert" and who all was playing. I had just about talked my uncle into taking a road trip up there for the weekend when I heard that the interstate was closed and you couldn't get within 100 miles of the place. Do yourself a favor. Mix a drink - or whatever your indulgence is - and watch the movie. As everyone has said, this is the shit, short version of one of - if not - THE best live rock performances in history. I assume by now you've seen the real deal. The other song on the short list is Lynyrd Skynyrd Free BIrd when the opened for the Stones in England in 1976. After playing an entire set, they end with this which is about 3 songs by itself. And at the end Allan Collins shreds his axe similar to what Michael Shrieve did with the drums and just leaves the planet. My son wanted me to hear a song and he told me it was the greatest rock song ever. I listened, then played him these two. He said, "Oh shit. Never mind." Get a drink - whatever - and headphones: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3iueotolLucfJo One last suggestion from Woodstock. I'm Going Home by 10 Years After. It drags in the middle - keep in mind Alvin Lee and hundreds of thousands were higher than Snoop Dogg - but listen to it all the way through. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIiYfmiuoc-Xeas Also, since I'm old and you are not, I'd like to know if you know of anyone playing now can come close to this. Only ones I've found is Sturgill Simpson with the Dap Kings, that's about it.

[@BFJ7096]

Check out One Big Holiday by My Morning Jacket live from Bonnaroo 2004. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5iUgouojbicgKs

[@heatherc772]

Lynyrd Skynrd's problem is telling Neil Young off when he wrote his scathing song about slavery "Alabama". I loved Lynyrd Skynrd until they replied in song "Mr. Young, a southern man don't need you around anyhow", in defense of southern racist culture. Better to go with Allman Brothers "Whipping Post". So I would recommend Neil's Alabama. And I am still recommending the matchless Nina Simone's Sinnerman. Ty, you have to see it live. She plays the piano for about a minute before singing. It will blow your socks off.

[@carrieanorman]

Love it !

[@pitapanda8319]

Thanks for the great music!! 1969 ~ my favorite year. I was 18 and was having the best time. You really must watch the movie "Woodstock" - it has some of the best live performances of that era. It happened just a few weeks after the Denver Pop Festival, which I attended. It was the summer of music festivals. And Santana was rocking in many of them.

[@mikeschmelzer9733]

Classic tone, Unmistakable sound. 50 years ago! That's Carlos Santana. Saw them live several times... Always great. A true Icon of the electric guitar.

[@scottanderson7718]

Since you're checking out Woodstock you need to look at Ten Years After. They play the song Going Home. React to that one

[@bobbynewton4555]

Check out the band Canned Heat

[@JenniRush27]

I absolutely love when you saw the crowd! That was my exact reaction, geez sooo many people. Great video!

[@mrbumble2986]

The drummer is Michael Shrieve, he is 72 now and only 19 when he played this set at Woodstock. This whole band had stunning musicianship.

[@barrettgranger9139]

Dang that’s a lot going on lol it’s pretty cool.

[@salvadorcortez7671]

they were so high lol

[@stevesolbakken6365]

The drum solo was way longer and the kid playing drums is Michael Shrieve. He was 20 and tripping his a$$ off at the time. One of top 5 live performances ever. And yes there was a half million folks there.

[@lindahollingsworth2567]

Oh my gosh...........they killed it, every single one of them! No words, Santana!

[@TIGERMAN85]

Can you PLEASE react to "The Doors" music?.. :) "L.A. Woman", "Riders On The Storm", or "My Eyes Have Seen You".

[@joebennett3937]

have anouther request for you bro, theres a canadaian band called april wine, the song is called I like to rock, you might wanna check out

[@276parpir]

Arguably the single greatest live performance ever filmed!!!!!

[@agemoth]

You ABSOLUTELY need to see the ENTIRE movie, man!.. The crowd was about 300 thousand people and food was difficult to get, toilets, and just being able to move at all once most people were there.. They had to call in emergency supplies of food! Fantastically made rock movie with many great moments, of the ordinary people as well as the artists.

[@ladykaralynbatchelor8773]

oh hey! you should check out Carlos Santana..Maria,Maria...and another called Smooth

[@ORagnar]

He also does a great performance of "My Guitar Gently Weeps."

[@tianzi49]

half a million people showed up for this festival called "Woodstock 69". Michael Shrieve, the drummer, grew up listening to James Brown's music!

[@39thala]

I have watched this video a zillion times over the years for Michael Shrieve's drumming. There's the full long version somewhere on youtube that has Shrieve's long drum solo while the other guys take a break and then come back. This was simply one of the most awesome of the performances at Woodstock!

[@alecfed]

Half a million people, watch the Woodstock movie, it's amazing. Ten Years After at Woodstock is another amazing act, the amazing Alvin Lee (RIP) on guitar.

[@prettypeggy98]

Just catching this one and having grown up in the 60's south of San Francisco, Santana was a local band and Carlos was also washing dishes as a living. They hit it BIG TIME at Woodstock, I see one of the comments mentioned the drummer, Michael Shrieve, who was the youngest member of the band who had just turned 20. And that amazing guy on the organ was a 22-year-old named Gregg Rolie who later went on to be an original founder of Journey. The music in the Bay Area those years was incredible!

[@jojapch01]

Love Santana. Saw him in concert with Eric Clapton back in '74. Going to see Santana again next month. 45 years between concerts and I already know it is going to be so good.

[@stepheniemacleary7982]

The drummer was only 16 years old, this is in my top ten songs ever!!!!!!!

[@billirvin9057]

This was my introduction to Mr Carlos Santana ... been a HUGE fan ever since.

[@cwb0051]

It Was the Largest concert in the world, there were half a Million people there, music for 3 days..

[@rubyleuty9417]

This performance put Santana on the map. They were high on LSD. He said in an interview that the neck of the guitar kept wriggling like a snake and he was just trying to hold on to it. They had expected To go on later but because of traffic jams other performers couldn’t get there on time so they were told they were next. They had just taken a hit of acid and planned on chillin’ before going on. Lol.

[@ishpadful]

I saw Santana and Tower of Power, on stage, together, in Fresno (I know) back in 70-71, and they were AMAZING!

[@stargazer2756]

Love that song, one of favorites by Santana. In my opinion Carlos one of the best guitarists in the world. They still tour to big shows 50 years later!

[@musicmaker4him901]

I was born a little late(1972) for this darn it! I played the drums through high school, so I love the percussion here!

[@stevehausner7519]

Saw Santana two years ago, and he still brings it.

[@sammybeck7794]

Michael Shrieve on the drums. He was one of the best drummers in the business at that time for sure

[@marydavis8030]

That was great !!!!!! I never would have seen Santana at wood stock had I not stumbled onto this channel. AWESOME