Michael Shrieve is the legendary drummer with Santana who became a superstar at Woodstock with his incredible drum solo in “Soul Sacrifice” during the band’s set. He went on to play with a Who’s Who in the music business including Steve Winwood and Al Di Meola in GO, a fusion supergroup, another band with Sammy Hagar and Neil Schon, and with Supertramp’s Roger Hodgson among others. He also played on the Rolling Stones album Emotional Rescue. And he’s collaborated with Todd Rundgren, Jaco Pastorius and Nile Rodgers among others.
My featured song is “It Don’t Matter” from the album “East Side Sessions” by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link.
CONNECT WITH MICHAEL:
www.michaelshrieve.com
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SONGFEST TRACKS
1. Eternal Caravan of Reincarnation (32:03) — from Caravanserai. The album Carlos Santana and Michael put together, listening to jazz fusion (Miles Davis, Return to Forever, Mahavishnu, Weather Report), influenced by Pharoah Sanders; the direction that led the rest of the band to leave and start Journey.
2. The Call of Michael Olatunji (37:49) — from his new album Drums of Compassion, a play on Olatunji's Drums of Passion. A drum-meditation record, Michael playing 16 drums standing in a semicircle, with Trey Gunn and Robert Fripp; 35 minutes, meant to be listened to eyes closed at night.
3. Soul Sacrifice - Tanglewood clip
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DISCUSSION SEGMENTS
- 3:09 — Interview begins: Woodstock, age 20, looking out at a sea of 500,000 people, feeling like the ocean horizon
- 5:22 — How Santana got on the Woodstock bill, through Michael Lang, and their $1,500 fee
- 10:48 — Growing up in Redwood City; Fillmore West, and pulling Michael Bloomfield's pant leg to ask to sit in on drums
- 23:20 — The Tanglewood solo, opening for Miles Davis, who arrived in a yellow Lamborghini with trumpet and shades
- 25:59 — Go, the supergroup put together by Stomu Yamashta, with Steve Winwood, Klaus Schulze and Al Di Meola, two gigs including the Royal Albert Hall
- 40:38 — Wrap-up and thanks
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