Technically it was mescaline, according to Carlos

Carlos never did drugs

​@@michaeltaylor8835😅🤣🤣😂🤣😆😅😆🤣😂😆 Where do you get your rock history from, son? Obviously not straight from Carlos Santana's mouth, that's for sure, because he has publicly admitted to tripping balls while they were playing this show.

@@michaeltaylor8835 Check his interviews.

@@keef7224 I stand corrected, you are correct.

Yep .... Exact same age as you ..... the times we grew up in were ... PURE MAGIC

you got that right !

Thanks for the heads up! - I can stop watching now.

When I saw it was the shot version I almost stopped. 😒

I saw you.used the version where the drum solo is cut... damn . Skipping

Yup disgusting too many stupid requesters have shitty taste in musicians are stupid on the versions

I saw that news story, it was sad and amazing at the same time.

Marcus Malone had been convicted of manslaughter and was in prison by the time of Woodstock. That's Mike Carabello with the afro, and he's playing congas, not bongos.

@@gotham61 Thanks for the correction. I had the wrong man.

Marcus later passed away tragically after getting hit by a tire as an innocent bystander at a traffic accident.

​@@gotham61 beat me to it

You mean Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?

Yeah something like that.

this was before all this AI junk..when you had to master your instrument...!!

Trivia.... Black Magic Woman was a Fleetwood Mac original sung by Peter Green. Santana did it justice, for sure!

And Carlos' younger brother, Jorge, was in a group called Malo. Their biggest hit was Suavacito, very smooth and mellow.

They played Black Magic Woman on the Dick Cavett Show in 1969 or early 1970.

The opening two tracks on Abraxas: Singing Winds, Crying Beasts seguing into Black Magic Woman is one of the greatest concept cuts of all time

Santana was a necessity in the 70’s.

Who says he doesn't?

People who know about rock and roll know about Santana. They went on to make Santana Abraxas, one of the greatest records in rock history.

Carlos was about 22 in 1969.

Wonderful tone is right!

True. Neil also learned to olay guitar at age of 15.

Journey was better before Steve Perry joined.

You too, eh?

I was fortunate to see them in Philly at the Electric Factory when they were promoting that first LP.

Awesome 🤗

You can't leave it at that. We've all seen the pictures of the families with their kids. Are you the kid who was standing on the big bearded guy's shoulders? What special memory either way.

Santana's first album was released in 1968. Abraxas was released about 2 years later. You have to be thinking of Abraxas. Everyone in California had been listening to Santana since his first album was released because the band was from San Francisco and well known in the Bay area, as well as L.A.

Hard to believe it was still 2 weeks out, but they had made quite a name for themselves in S.F. and L.A. prior to Woodstock.

@@Niteowlette The first Santana album was released August 22nd 1969, the Friday after Woodstock

You're right, they just picked up 400,000 new fans, but music lovers in San Francisco and the Bay already knew Santana and were eagerly awaiting the first album (15 year old me as well).

Yep. Henry Gross of Sha-Na-Na was the youngest. Born April 1, 1951. He wrote and sang the Top Ten hit 'Shannon' in 1976.

The Nefilim.

He still walking. And instrumentalists often get better and better and better as they get older.

I'm glad I was around in those days...enjoy it for life

There are still musical giants walking the earth, and I don't just mean people like Santana, Clapton, their ilk.

Good way to say my friend. 🎸🎵🎶❤️😄👌👌

A caravan of my friends were leaving from a local park and I made the mistake of asking my Dad if I could go...I should have just gone !!! But saw the movie in the theater as soon as it was released...around same time as Easy Rider I believe!

Well hippies loved all those percussive type additions ,bongos, triangles, tambourine, maracas but it was so much a Latino thing which Santana is...

Check out more from the Woodstock concert...Timing Hendrix the one morning playing the National Anthem ,Alvin Lee doing an obscure blues tune "Going Home"...soooo many great artists!!!

Carlos Santana is the leader of course...

My sister at her age 18 also went to Woodstock, not sure how long she was gone, she got back she told us how close to Janis she was, and how much fun she had🥰

Greatest!

One of my very-1st LPs...13th Birthday present.

Black Magic Woman.

Without doubt...Abraxas was GO TO "all-purpose cassette" for this just turned 17, junior in high school farm boy in Fall, 1970. Carlos, CSN (Y "later"), Grand Funk Railroad, CCR, Hendrix, Cream, Three Dog Night, Morrison/Doors, The Band, Dylan, Steppenwolf, Stones, Janis, Cocker, BB King, BS&T, Chicago, The Guess Who, Johnny and Edgar Winter, James Gang, Steve Miller Band...James Taylor, Janis Ian, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash Bread, Carpenters, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Union Gap, Stevie Wonder, The Rascals, Dionne Warwick, Aretha, Mason Williams, Sergio Mendes, Glen Campbell Herb Alpert (yeah, I played the trumpet 🤷‍♂️), Dionne Warwick, et al?! ...Still have all the LPs, and most of the cassettes (need to order new belt for old NAD tape deck)... Thanks for prompting memories of (seemingly) simpler times. Yes, I qualified my statement of "simpler times." Apologizing for my Boomer generation only awakening "briefly" before falling even deeper into "3D" deception...Distracted, Diverted, DIVIDED and conquered. Reawakening in progress... Music a "unifier"...reminder of We the People becoming the one for whom the Founders hoped and sacrificed? Ditch the propagandizing and programmed to keep us Distracted, Diverted, DIVIDED...fighting each other, rather than living our Right and DUTY regarding an illegitimate and DESPOTIC government?

Definitely

... Not Carlos, but the drummer Michael Shrieves with his great solo, everybody was talking about this drum solo at this time and the poor guy who have done this video cut the best drum solo of the world ... Everybody from my generation knows this ... So ciao, you missed something great !!!

So you were there so COOL

They took some Acid thinking they had plenty of time, instead they went on stage early. Carlos said playing the guitar was like wrestling with a snake. 😂

@@BobTheMan2 Not necessarily. It's in the film of the concert.

Michael Shriver was 20 the youngest performer on stage at Woodstock

Santana was from San Francisco, and all my friends in the Bay area knew about and was listening to him in 1968. That's how I ... an L.A. girl ... heard Santana. The brother of one of my friends had Santana's first album, and we used to "borrow" it when her bro wasn't home. 😄

The Yardbirds and the Kinks also changed the face of Rock and Roll before Santana.

What blows my mind is that most were not Classically trained. Like these guys knew their music and played as simply as we breathe.....its mind blowing the talent. Finished reading Miles Davis biography and he speaks of Jimi Hendrix in the time of jazz...these guys were interlaced....awesome era of talent...and don't get me started on Karen Carpenter playing drums lol...like wtf......lol....and the wrecking crew...jeezus..Glen Campbell...go on...ohmymymyohmy.....the talent.

Truth

Great idea

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! I get so pissed when people do this chopped video. I won't even watch this!

Absolutely

Agreed

He is ranked #9

And I'm glad it happened that way because we have that absolute FIRE recording of Country Joe making 300,000 pacifists get really, really fired up.

I was there too. And you correct of all the things I have not done in this life I get to say I went to Woodstock and mean it. I heard the Rock and roll gods of our time Even in retrospect, it was a wonderful experience

To have been there! I've copied my comment from above: I was 11 years old in 1978. My parents would let me stay up late and watch TV on Friday night, and the Woodstock movie came on. I had never even heard of it before. My mind was blown, especially by this performance. It's safe to say I was never the same.

I rode my 1967 Triumph Bonneville from Pittsburgh to Woodstock. Got lost somehow, but finally made it. The bike helped navigate through the lines of traffic. Four months later I got drafted. Talk about culture shock! 😵‍💫

Good for you, it is one of the regrets of my life after graduating from high school in 69 in Bel Air Maryland it wouldn't have been that far to drive to Woodstock, I had to work at that time but in retrospect I would have taken off, of course.

Yeah, just basically drop the needle on the opening track of Abraxis, and let it play. The entire album is awesome. Added trivia: Prince said he patterned his own style of guitar playing on Santana.

Europa - I feel like I'm going to melt when I listen to that song!

Black Magic Woman is actually a Fleetwood Mac song (Peter Green era, before his mind got destroyed by a couple of German asses) and smooth was credited to Rob Thomas, Carlos refused the writing credit... That's just the way he is... but yeah, all amazing.

@@JamesAllmond Interesting about Black Magic Woman being originally by a member of Fleetwod Mac). Thanks for sharing the knowledge. It feels like this is one of those cases where the cover comes to dominate the original in the public memory ("Respect" becoming Aretha Franklin's song, though originally written and performed by Otis Redding is another great example)

Those songs are all covers!

Neal Schon was not in the band at this time.

I present the following because when you asked us to imagine how great your experience was, I did. Then I decided I wanted my own copy so I could have that experience too. Boy are there a lot of versions out there. Sadly I wont ever enjoy the same experience you had. Because no one has. Here's why. The 1970 release was just the standard 185 minute theatrical release. Also Dolby Surround Sound came out in 1982, Dolby Stereo was their first product in 1976. The next theatrical release was the 224 minute Directors Cut released on the 25th anniversary of the festival. That was 1994 pre DVD but it was available on VHS and those huge Laserdisc things. Also no Dolby on this release either but they did add digital reverb because that won't make it sound worse. lol. I almost forgot, Michael Wadleigh is the director. Scorsese had limiteds involvement in the editing of said movie.

​@@anthonyv6962 True, you're right about Dolby, but the 1970 film version was edited by Scorsese, among others. That's a fact! de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_(Film)

I fist saw the movie at a screening at the US Embassy in Copenhagen Denmark, the sound mix was mono. I went to see it again at my local movie theater in Denmark, and again, the sound was mono. I don't think there was even a stereo version until it was released on home video.

Santana thought Neal how to play guitar age of 15.

@@user-ue2dz6bh8j Neil was already a great player by the time he met Carlos through Gregg Rolie. He started at age 10 after learning both sax and oboe, and Gregg used to pick him up from high school to bring him to jam with Santana.

Buddy Holly was an inspiration to Santana. They were both equal in talent.

Michael Shrieve was on fire with his drum solo!!

did not know any of that! cool

Don't we all always see colors. That he thought his guitar was a snake probably overrides his color vision.

Born in '59 and Woodstock is what I missed to. When was 17 I bought my first Santana album and really started to get into all the great music from Woodstock. My dad bought the Woodstock dvd when he was 75. He's was classical and big band music. Then he started listening to Santana, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and many more. I visited my parents and my dad had headphones on and watched "The backside of the moon" by Pink Floyd on TV.

@@pippavombr5856 Legenda--alll of them. Led Zeppelin is my band...luv luv luve them. Pink Floyd--perfect for tripping, lol. Music was music back then. I will say, modern day will never have the same effect as far as awesome open air concerts, the feeling of feedom and the world was ours to embrace.

For many people Woodstock turned out to be not so good. The Media Endlessly portrays Woodstock as Peace, Love and Joy. But don't be fooled...the media does not mention the Robbery, Rape, overdoses, and assults that occured.

The drummer Michael Shrieve played in the school band in San Mateo CA, at catholic Serra High School with my friend Rory who played guitar. My friend switched to my public high school, and I believe Shrieve dropped out of school to join Santana. Neal Schon went to my high school as well, and he also dropped out of school to join Santana, later to become a founding member of Journey with Santana keyboardist Gregg Rolie.

Most of America and the world would not agree with you....Music for them does not want them to sacricice their soul. A large part of the world will never pick up an instrument....and if they do...they will only practice a week. For most of the World Music is a mediocre companion.

i'm blown away.

Bill ward was better...He was also playing at about the same time...When Sabbath was forming.

Love love love "Samba Pa Ti."

@@et781 that was the Rolling Stones concert where the Stones hired the Hells Angeles as security. stupid mistake.

@@et781 It was over before it started. The Manson Family committing the Tate-LaBianca murders, August 9-10, 1969 were effectively the death knell of '60s counterculture. Five days later we get Woodstock, Aug 15, 1969 - Aug 18, 1969, and money aside, that was basically a disaster if you really think about it. Then four months after Manson on December 6, 1969, we get the Altamont Speedway Free Festival. Interestingly Santana was the first act. The Hells Angels were hired to be Security and they murdered Meredith Hunter.

Maybe the quality of drugs is the reason that the peace went great lol

Don't kid yourself....there was plenty of violence...including Rape and Robbery.

They just didn't have the smart phones to report the Rape and Robbery. What was the Liberal Press going to do....Tell the Truth that Woodstock was not all that it was cracked up to be?

You had to be worldly and be aware of your surroundings at Woodstock....the media and history will not mention it....but quite a bit of bad things happened at Woodstock.