Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Santana - Soul Sacrifice 1969 Woodstock live concierto!

So the story goes... Santana was set to perform late in the evening. They arrived early in the day and Carlos ran into Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) who suggested they drop acid. Believing he had many hours before going on, Carlos and a couple other band members said "why not?" Just as they are peaking the promoter changed the schedule and sent them on stage. Carlos said his guitar neck turned into a snake and the entire time he prayed "God, keep me in time and on tune." Wound up being one of the greatest live performances in history. Now you know...

It's absolute sacrilege that there even exists a truncated version of this track with Michael Shrieve's drum solo in the middle removed! You've been sold short, my friend!

Carlos Santana doesn’t get enough credit for his contribution to the 60’s-70’s music scene today. He’s an amazing guitarist. Wonderful tone.

Santana's first album was 2 weeks from being released so nobody knew who they were, but they walked away with 400,000+ new fans that day! The drummer, Michael Shrieve was the 2nd youngest Woodstock performer and had just turned 20. He's now listed in Rolling Stone's top 100 most influential drummers of all time. His solo was longer but that video is hard to find. Michael went to a jam session wanting to find somebody to jam with. Carlos found him and hired him.

When my son (now 38) was about15 or so came running to me saying I had to hear this new (to him) guitarist! I went to hear what he was into and it was Santana. I looked at him and said Oh Carlos Santana. Blew his mind that dad would know who he was listening to. Da earn some cred that day.

I was 19 then and 74 now, Carlos Santana is 76. This is one of the most iconic sets of the festival. Imagine the energy of playing for 1/2 million people, magic!

They arrived as unknowns. They left as legends.

I've been watching that for over 50 years, I never get tired of it.

My older sister ran away at 18 to Woodstock.. she spent 5 days there and came home filthy, hungry and totally feeling the effects of the party materials consumed, but said it was the best 5 days of her life...

Santana stole the show at Woodstock and they we're all high on Acid....the drummer is 18 years old

Fun fact…. Neil Schon and Greg Rollie were very young in San Francisco, and would skip school to play with Carlos Santana. Neil learned guitar from Carlos and in this video, the guy on piano with cigarette in his mouth, is Greg Rollie. Neil Schon and Greg Rollie are founding members of Journey.

This early iteration of Santana literally changed the face of Rock and Roll. This version you are watching has the extended drum solo edited out, the artist is Michael Shrieve who after leaving Santana went on to do countless studio sessions with a who's who in Rock over the years. Others have already pointed out he was only 18 years old!!! if you can, find the drum solo version, he will blow you away. It's hard to imagine today that prior to this gig, nobody outside of LA had even heard of this band. What a freaking debut

Santana is the person and the band. This is gold where every one in the band shines. One of my favorites is "Black Magic Women".

I bought their album in 1970 when I was 18 and I'm still loving it now at age 72.

Santana's band was unknown outside the San Francisco Bay area when Woodstock artists were booked. Promoter Bill Graham was not their official manager btu was a mentor and helped guide their career. They were offered just $750 to appear at Woodstock (about $6400 in 2024 dollars.) Bill Graham insisted that they had to do the gig, and that they would blow up nationaally as a rock act once they got that exposure. The Woodstock movie came out not long after the festival. Graham was right! Note: Carlos wanted to move in a jazz direction after their album Abraxas (which he did with the stellar album Caravanserai,) but second guitarist Neil Schon and keyboard player/vocalist Greg Rolliuer wanted to move in a pop direction. They formed Journey - and the rest is history.

Loved this song so much that we learned it and it became our show closer for years. Woodstock had some amazing performances: Santana, CSN, The Who, Ten Years After, Richie Havens, Joe Cocker, Jefferson Airplane ... So many classic moments.

I really wish this video that cuts out the extended drum solo would get excised from the internet. Everyone reacts to it and you're only getting 75% of the Santana experience.

I was a lucky young girl when i went to Woodstock 69.My uncle was babysitting me and he took me needlless to say he was in trouble when we returned 4 days later Carlos Santana was absolutely off the charts ,i remember him,Janis Joplin,& Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane.These are the people who shaped my musical taste🎶🎵🎶I only wish i was a couple years olderr at the time to get the full Woodstock experience.but ill take this ,and say it was ABSOLUTELY EPIC.And say I was blessed to have the memories of my best musical experience of my entire life.! ✌️🎵

This big slice of testosterone has been giving me spine tingles for many the year. 1972 at the Manchester Palace theatre I was fortunate to see Santana live with Earth, Wind & Fire as the warm up - it was one helluva show.

Never thought of Santana as instrumental music. Carlos' guitar has always been telling me stories. In high-school I played some of his tracks for my friends and they asked me, "when does the singing start"? I'd been listening to Santana since I was 6 years old and it took a high-school friend to make me realize there weren't vocals on every song.