yup - best drummer ever - even the Looney one could't catch him

Thank you brother for suiting up and showing up today and yesterday.

@Jeff Waks Until I saw this video, Keith Moon was my favorite drummer of all time, but I do the St. Vitus dance every time I see this video, so I guess my favorite is Michael Shrieve.

Thumbs up buddy. Great music lasts FOREVER.

If you dig the Woodstock band, you MUST seek the "Abraxas Pool" CD........ it's all of them sans Carlos.

With Estas Tonne in Moscow !!

I was at a show in 1972, in Niagara Falls. It was Santana opening for Eric Clapton, I was presses up against the right side of the stage, for the entire show. It was a spectacular show but what was amazing was Carlos was standing stage left behind the curtain for Eric's show. Coming out about half way through his set to join him.

Paterriilo

Very true excellent comment!

Yes -and he had some of best

The original Santana Band was a collective witj the Santana name on it. There was no 'Carlis letting other musicians..." thing going on. They all expressed themselves.

Simply the best

Legends ❤️❤️❤️

I agree

Cant find a better reason to prove that drummer's pools are absolutely useless!

Yes they are & though i'm younger at 67 i must thank you for your service as i would have even back then.

I was in Vietnam when Woodstock was happening. I would have rather been there than Dong Ha.

Thank you, sir, for putting on the uniform and protecting my freedom when I was too young and stupid to know better. I salute you and all who served.

​@@paullevine1813thanks for your service to our country

thank you for your service and I agree

I just wish I could go back in time and watch Woodstock 69 performance in real life

That's why Santana chose this wonderful drummer.

Exelente baterista me hubiera gustado estar en woodstock del 69

watching you undress is my meditation and good for my soul

I listen to it like every week, some times just once a month but I always keep coming for more haha

Been listening and watching it it since I got my 1st vhs player in 1981

@@SoyAweonado yall amtrs i listen to these versions everyday lol

Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock 1969 is the historical and Very Best Top of all Originals. This is my own opinion, After 1969 Woodstock, Soul Sacrifice, music, including Santana’s Lead Guitar Part Expression and with total Energy Level from his team is little bit changed (downed) due to Santana’s advanced (?) guitar technique and some different arrangements he made. I could sense something different.

@@SoyAweonado Geez, thought I was the only one... Whew, glad to know I'm normal.

Amen Brother

Agreed!

I totally agree. What he did at Woodstock at the age of 19 or 20 was amazing. He is a very underrated drummer.

Our Michael Shrieve He lives in Seattle and i have been lucky enough to see him in small clubs, including his once regular Monday night gig Also once with the great Lee Oscar at the Sunset club Those guys play just as hard for 100 people as they do for thousands of people

@@750count Lucky guy Kudos☮☮☮

Wow....I would live to hear more of his stories from this time period!!

His drumsolo on Woodstock was amazing.

Underrated?! He’s a frigging god of the drums known the world over!!

joseph johnson he looked pretty baked 🤣

He was hitting a joint. 3:25

Musical O-face... nobody does it better than Carlos =)

I play guitar and love Santana. I've always felt, though I have no reason to know this, that Carlos's favorite instrument is percussion, drums, congas

He was tripping

Mike sure could push the band right Rafael?

Man, you can say that again. They're awesome from beginning to end !

He mastered the 23 rudiments and three in some soul.

Hooked me at Woodstock - a fan ever since! Is it humanly possible to play the same solo at such an inmtimate venue and in front of 400,000?!! I stopped myself from using the term "drumming machine" but only because he plays with such spirit and soul. Peace.

Same here. How did you like Doug Rauch who came after David into Santana ?

Absolutely it’ll make your heart race and your entire body is moving on it’s own!!

Hooked me at Woodstock and a fan ever since!

Wizardry, or...just BAD ASS!!!

he is . his rhythm of vibration he emitts is absolutely entrancing

They had PBS in 1970 ?

Agreed... hard to believe, but he's actually better at Tanglewood.

Hell yea!

He was fantastic on drums! Especially the solo portions. Such outstanding talent for a person his age. Carlos knew what he had behind the drum kit 5 decades ago!

I still have Chepito's autograph from Merriwether Pavilion in MD in 1972. A treasure for sure!! Got 2nd row rickets when an act canceled, heard about it on WHFS, probably Damion giving out that info if I'm not mistaken...

A feast for us closet percussionists!

Only one conga player in this video, and at Woodstock: Michael Carabello. José “Chepito” Areas played timbales.

@@PhiDeck Lol Chepito is clearly playing congas in this video, which he plays as well as timbales

Absolutely!

U forgot Mitch Mitchell

Amen brother!

My favorite drummer!!

For a while, maybe 5 years back or so, Michael was playing at a local bar in Seattle's Freemont neighborhood ...

@@quezfor If only I had known! Fremont with one e, btw.

He’s very cute, dream boy in my opinon haha

@@ColonelSpankysLostBattalion : I'M TALKING ABOUT: IN THOSE YEARS THE DOUBLE PEDAL WAS NOT USED, THE DOUBLE LAYERS ON THE DRUM HEADS WAS NOT USED TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY IN MICROPHONES. AND HOWEVER THE SOUND OF YOUR BATTERY IS GREAT, WITHOUT THE NEED OF SO MUCH TECHNOLOGY.

@@ColonelSpankysLostBattalion : SORRY I DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH, I LEAN ON A TRANSLATOR, GOOGLE TRANSLATOR

Mike can go with the best of them, quick hands

@@ColonelSpankysLostBattalion I also describe it with the google translator: he says that there is nothing plus technique but knowledge, the genius of Mike Shrieve. I when I first saw the Woodstock Festival and there he was, I almost fainted and now I say he is still one of the best drummers in the world today. Brilliant!

i know right & only 18 at this time

The original Santana band was a collective unit, and not necessarily a group put together by any one person. Carlos initially, was just an incidental figure and the only reason why the band was named as such, was because he had the coolest-sounding name of the bunch. The guy was a dishwasher and could barely speak English at the time and what many Trumpers/right wingers would call an “illegal alien” or “wetback” -a derogatory word from that time. That’s not to say he didn’t contribute heavily toward their sound. He did a lot, but not solely. “Santana” the original band all had members who provided their own individual talents and musical background to bring into what it became. Shrieve was an INCREDIBLY mature drummer who had the technical rudimentary skills as well as well as well-rounded influences in being familiar with the jazz greats. You can hear it in this solo as he plays nuanced, musical patterns during the quieter moments. Most “Rock” drummers at that time would just simply be banging away for theatrical effect. The cat was *musical.* Jose "Chepito" Areas was the engine and spark to Santana. Chepito brought in the Afro-Cuban rhythms and fiery, diverse beats. Santana (the band) would not be where they are in history not because of any lack of skills from the other players, but without him, they’d still be a plodding Blues band. Rolie was the band’s counter-balance to their image and made them more appealing to the "American Rock crowd." But his expressive use of the Hammond organ and its features such as draw bars and accompanying Leslie speaker, put him in a whole other class of organists. As much as I'm a huge fan of Jimmy Smith, Rolie made that thing soar and added flourishes to the music I'd never heard anywhere. Listen to his work on the Caravanserai album (especially Waves Within" and "Song Of The Wind") to hear this cat's genius. Even Gregg Allman (who I am a big fan of) did not use the Hammond organ as adeptly as Rolie. They were also one of the first groups to have a dual guitar approach. While there were certainly other groups at that time with two guitar players, Santana was one of the first to have two powerhouse players with the inclusion of Neal Schon in 1971. I could go on, but my point is that Santana, at least the original unit, was always a collective effort. It was a perfect alchemy of individuals. It’s just a shame that it became a personality-based band after 1976 and has had a steady, revolving door of sidemen (and a woman) ever since.

His Tanglewood performance was even better!

I agree and hadn't seen this one!!

Possibly still is - at age 71!

@@truthmatters1950 Well, Michael would never tell you he could hang with Buddy Rich, who was incomparably great. The buck stops there.

@@kenhabeebRich could solo extremely well, but there have been plenty of jazz drums who have far better discographies, who were much better ensemble players and more musical. Rich was great at being the center of attention,

@@waterfordrs22 I won't disagree with you about ensemble playing because I'm not a good judge of ensemble players. A small discography? Well yea. Buddy stuck to his own band. Less musical than other drummers? No. That's wrong. First off, his timing in the ensemble was always spot on, and that takes a good ear. And here's a question for you: Have you ever heard Rich solo on the cymbals? You might have to look around for that, but he played the cymbal tones like he was a vibroharpist. Truthfully I didn't idolize Buddy until I saw him live - ten years after I had already been playing the kit. And I was gobsmacked. You would be, too. Buddy had a big ego and a temper, but he was a monster on the drum kit. Mike is a helluva drummer, and a much nicer guy, but I doubt that he would compare himself to Buddy Rich.

@@kenhabeeb I never said he had a small discography, I was suggesting it’s simply not impressive relative to his talent. With respect to there being more musical drummers, your points are well taken, I should have been more clear- He ragged on other genres of music such as country for constant failure to innovate. He insisted jazz was about pushing the boundaries and exploration. With that in mind, his own jazz arrangements always failed in the same way even if his drumming itself was quite explosive. Obviously, the man could swing and drive a band. However he could never set his musicians free. He simply focused on big band arrangements, lots of reworking of pop songs. There’s a reason his playing and showmanship translated so well to tv shows such as Carson’s Tonight Show. So while he was correct jazz was about pushing the envelope of musical expression, he simply was a drummer out front of a hot swimming band. If his guys didn’t play it as written, they got fined, though he wasn’t the first to do that. Great at playing solos, creative as a soloist, though not alone at the end of the day. He wouldn’t be in my top twenty of drummers who’s recording live or in studio I actually listen to. I’d rather listen to Elvin Bishop, Philly Joe Jones, Jon Christensen, Roy Haynes, Jack Dejohnette, Tony Williams, Max Roach, Jo Jones, Steve Gadd, Vinny Colaiuta, Art Blakey, Paul Motion, that’s just a short list of guys I’d rather listen to play actual their recorded music over a Buddy Rich solo. Part of my point is that there has been no shortage of stellar jazz drummers and the ability to solo, at the end of the day isn’t the most meaningful metric for what makes them great. Doesn’t mean Rich wasn’t influential, but I’d suggest he likely influenced more than a few drummers who while perhaps they couldn’t solo as well as him, they likely went on to make more interesting music.

@Mike The Bike My local library had a boxed set of the video's of Woodstock watched through a few years back but that library was demolished so don't know where the new location is. Not one mention of the Jesus movement got on it I'm sure there would have been a presence there that is a little disappointing IMAO.

AMEN my brotha. If yer having a bad day, listen or better yet WATCH this clip as yer "SOUL" will be lifted!!

And with total fair reason

That takes some endurance; of course being young makes all the difference.

Ya, that's what it says...

glad to know this & to be corrected about his age. too! i thought he was 18 (my bad)

10th huh...Hmmmm, wonder who's 2nd-9th as Neil Peart's #1!!! BAD ASS TUNE!!!!

¡Al fin alguien que pone su comentario en español!

Blew me away with his Woodstock performance (my favourite solo of all time) and a fan ever since!

I'm always embarrassed to call myself a drummer after watching Michael play! 😯

10-4

Absolutely!!!

I agree. I only wish Greg's solo recordings were half as good as his time with Santana and Journey.

Greg Rolie was a founding member of the band Santana! He was as influential to the band as Carlos. They used Carlos' name for the band because it sounded good. Now people think it was Carlos' band! But it wasn't. It was a band made up of several original, founding members!

Lucky man!

Man, I loved Dave Brown. During much of this period I worked for the Family Dog. Any night they were in town and not working he would sooner or later turn up at our door. Not to hang in the bandroom and schmooze. Not to drift around looking cool and pick up chicks. Nope. You would inevitably find him hanging by the side of the stage (whoever was playing) just locked on and absorbed in the music. I always had the impression he was soaking it all up to see if there was something he could learn to get better at his job (and he already was, in my view, one of the best in town). Also, I need to say that among the many musicians I dealt with, he was one of the sweetest humans. I am sorry he's gone.

RIP? Michael is doing fine

@@reesemarin Thank you for this. I had been told about a year ago that he had passed. I'm SO glad that he's alive!!!!!!!!! I only got to see him live once, but it's a performance I'll never forget. Such an amazing drummer!

@@jas8815 Michael and I have been close friends for over 50 years. We remain close

facebook.com/michaelshrieve

@@reesemarin I saw him perform with Santana on August 17, 1973 at Dillon Stadium in Hartford, CT. I'll never forget it. So happy he's alive and well!

It looked to me that he was trying to throw the snare back on and missed!