Imagine being able to say you got acid from Jerry Garcia and then complimented for your performance by Jimi Hendrix. Icon.

LSD + bad scheduling = One of the best rock performances ever in the history of rock and roll. Cant make this stuff up.......

I saw Carlos walking across the street by guitartar center in Vegas. I slammed on the brakes and yelled "Carlos Fucking Santana" he started laughing came up to my window asked me if I wanted an autograph. I said Fuck yeah lol still hanging on my fridge 12 years later. Amazing guy... Huge fan!

His hat's third eye is epic

you know acid is powerful when you can recall something that happened years ago this vividly

Must have been some heavy acid, ive never seen my guitar neck go snake mode

He was great in that performance, the whole band was really on, but it was the young guy on the drum kit who really stole the show...

I caught Carlos Santana flying in First Class, early in 2000's, I was on a business trip (only), you could tell he just wanted to chill and not be recognized or have anyone bring any attention to him, so as I passed him in the aisle I put my hands together as in prayer and bowed to his greatness, as I did this he acknowledged me the same exact way , as to say thank you and that as humans we are all equal...true story

I wasn't shocked when he said Jerry Garcia gave him the acid 😂

I saw Carlos Santana three years before Woodstock! He was playing in Hayward California! I was 9 years old!!!

Of course Jerry Garcia was there.

I took acid at Disneyland back in the 70`s. It was awesome.

I can't believe I shook that man's hand...

An acid trip can be a wonderful, cosmic, oceanic experience or it can be a reckoning, you had to be aware that the things you were avoiding could become unavoidable! Set and setting are important factors to consider when tripping. Back in the 1960's, a set of shared beliefs, ideas, attitudes, and knowledge were common within the counterculture. When you tripped, you felt part of that collective consciousness, it was reassuring to sense a connection to everyone. I wouldn't want to trip today, not only because I'm not as strong as I was when young (mindset) but because there isn't a supportive culture (setting).

Jus him closing his eyes remembering it all

That performance sounded better than a studio version...it was perfect

Thanks to Jerry, Carlos and God.

Such a humble guy

Carlos totally gets it. What a hill to climb in that scenario, handled it like a boss musician and performer.

Carlos Santana has given the world some of the very best Latin Rock music ever made in the history of mankind. I admire him for his talent, his faith, and his courage to share his faith with boldness. GOD bless you Carlos. Thank you for your music and your spiritual guidance.

Their performance was amazing. They were unknown mostly as their debut album had yet to hit the market. Michael Shrieve was amazing on drums. They were only 20 years old give or take

Carlos: I'm not going to endorse LSD but it's very therapeutic and healing. 😜😆😝✌💞✌💖

Santana performance at Woodstock was a high-water mark if ever there was one. Any time I hear some new guitarist on the internet being hailed as a genius I ask, "When they can do what Carlos did at Woodstock, then I'll take notice." Not trying to be mean, or cruel, but these guys just ran on pure instinct and energy, and sadly we just don't see that these days...

good interview, good interviewer, and good God, Carlos, you are such a real and down to earth person. So glad you made it through and can still speak intelligently about so many things. Between you and Arlo Guthrie, most things that needed to be said were covered.

The word from Carlos Santana, "Trust your fingers to know where to go on the guitar" He combined that with trying to simultaneously be in touch with The Great Spirit, thereby in what might be called a Soul Sacrifice, he became the conduit for The Spirit in front of 500 000 people @ Woodstock. He is AWESOME

I have seen Santana 3 or 4 times. He never disappoints.

Best explanation of an " acid ride" ever!

Doing acid and jimi hendrix likes your music, automatic music god. Probably why hes still alive. 🤘😎

one of the best live performance of all time they killed it

Santana as a whole performed godlike that day!! That footage of "soul sacrifice" is glorious!!

Saw Carlos live, he is everything you imagine...the energy was amazing

Their performance was so soo heavy. I get goosebumps thinking about it

One would really struggle to find more beautiful guitar playing than by Carlos Santana, especially on that Moonflower double album. Just beautiful. It's like God took over.

As someone who did a TON of Acid in the late 80's with my idiot friends, i gotta say I love this story. Thing is, what happened to him on stage happened to all of us at one time or another. The difference is his got focused thru his guitar and someone recorded it for the world to see. And what you see is a deeply "Religious" experience. He said the word "Shaman". But i would say at that time he was just going from Student to Teacher. Like a snake he shed his skin live on stage. In a thousand years people will still watch Soul Sacrifice with open mouths and awe in their eyes. It was the making of a musical Shaman. Respects Mr. Santana

It's one of the best live performances ever!!

*Basically, LSD transforms your electric guitar into an electric eel!* LOL! ;-)

I love it; Carlos says the most important thing in the conversation at the very end, “it’s also very therapeutic and healing for you”, but they cut it off right as he says that.

We came in on a helicopter and all could see was a sea of teeth and hair, then I dropped acid 🤯 ......that is a quote of a lifetime 🇮🇪🙏🏻👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

I remember my first and only acid trip as a great experience. I had a cool conversation with Bob Dylan - he was on an album cover stuck to the wall, and I only wish I could remember what we talked about.

Carlos is absolutely correct in his definition of acid- he has my utmost respect 🙏

Key here is success=readiness+opportunity, Santana had practiced these songs diligently for years, he was ready to kill those songs no matter what state his mind was in, and the acid just opened his mind without hindering

We dropped early and were peaking during Santana's set. Saturday at Woodstock was a very intense day. After Santana was done we all went down to the lake and took a group bath with Dr Bronner's. A good time was had by all.

Wow...remembering the Orange Sunshine 🌞

So like, he battled a guitar serpent and won. That is pretty awesome. Someone needs to make the animated version of that ASAP.

The whole band was ROLLING HAAAAAARD! lol absolutely fantastic ! I loved dropping acid back in the early 1990s when my heart was young

i've heard this story so many times but it never gets old.

Carlos Sanrana is a Prince of a man. Love him to pieces. I had the honor to spend three hours with him. He came out to El Paso to support a friend that had surgery. I was the lucky nurse to take care of said friend. He and I just talked and talked. The word got out in the hospital that the great Carlos Santana was in the building. He was so lovely and cordial to all the doctors and nurses that came down to see if it was real. That Carlos Effin Santana was I'm the building. I'll cherish meeting him forever.

This is our legacy, and I am very proud to say I love his music.

The last time I took acid, I went out in to the shed of the house where I was and the drummer who lived there came with me. I got on a keyboard, and we start jamming. Just holding down a random triad cord was enough to send me in to the stratosphere. It was like I was melting in to the rainbow road in Mario Cart. Can't even beging to imagine what Carlos was experiencing.

I seen santana in concert. One of the best ones I,ve seen or heard.

I am a big Santana / Carols Santana fan, what great music. I was lucky to see them at Woodstock and also at a show they did 1n 1969 at a Masonic Temple Hall in Elizabeth, NJ., During the 1st half of the show the people were just sitting still in their seats but by the middle of the show everyone was on their feet gyrating, moving to the music and having blast.

Psychedelics are just an amazing discovery. It's quite fascinating how effective they are for depression and stress..saved my life.

Cary Grant wrote a book about tripping and for those to young to remember him he was as big a star as you can get.

Guy: You gotta go on right now!! Carlos: I AM on. . ( If you only knew WHAT I'm on! )

I LOVE SANTANA. THEY ALL LIT WOODSTOCK UP!! BAMM! BRILLIANCE...ACID OR NOT! ❤

I love it, "when we landed." When he said that, I literally picked up on a space ship hovering over earth. He incarnated to make some freakin out of this world music so the masses could bask and revelate in the goodness.

Jerry Garcia: " You want some of this?" Carlos, and any hippie: "Sure....." "Oops......"

Getting acid is one thing. But getting acid from Jerry Garcia is like the ultimate trip. And Carlos survived it.

How could anyone not like Carlos Santana?!

I’m literally 6hrs deep in this acid trip 🤘🏻😍🚀

Carlos your still a Blessed man..

I'm a firm believer that a low dose of acid trip is a cure for social anxiety.

What a great interview - I can't argue with anything he said.

Had the same experience at a few concerts in the 70’s. God please help me.

God, I love this man. Fame, talent, wisdom, heart of gold, humility. I wish he were a relative of mine, just to hear his stories, experiences.

Imagine jimi likes ur music

I always liked this dude's songs I knew in middle school but I never realized he was this cool!!!!!

Love Carlos and his band

I always thought Carlos Santana has the modesty of a spiritual man. That's why God gave him the lucidity he nedeed to play so beautifully.

At 3:08; I believe the word Carlos uses when describing Jimi Hendrix is IMPERIAL?

*Carlos Santana is Amazing in concert. I had the pleasure of visiting his hometown, Autlan, in Mexico. He has contributed a lot to his hometown such as helping to build a hospital.* ❤

One of the best performances ever !!

Carlos Santana needs to come to Brazil and taste Ayahuasca tea! XD

The true warrior has three eyes: one for the opponent, one for the self and one for the unseen world.

Imagine being his age with that much talent and in that point of time with that many other talented people and still shined the brightest

Excellent Thanks Carlos Always loved your music and your inspiration. 🎉🎉🎉

It was an epic performance ❤️

Carlos is such a great guy!

You've healed so many with your music Carlos ! God has blessed us wjth you@

He played at the very first Diamond Head Crater Fest. In Hawaii around the 70z, my brother in law and I had crossed the entire crater to go buy banana fritters for my sister, on the way he gives me some acid. We get the fritters and everything begins to waver. Halfwayz back Santanna breaks out with Oye Como Va and in the beginning of the song is a high pitched guitar 'reeeeeeeee' and I literally melted into the ground. Took us hours to get back and by then, there were.....no more fritters left. My sister was sooo mad......I think😆

that mantra killed me, been there man. 😂😭

Saw him live injune 2019. He is was one of my favorite musicians._.Then there was his wife,the greatest drummer. She left the crowd breathless.

Love Santana! Wish I could have been at Woodstock! I was only 7 years old at the time...

Carlos, if you read this, I love your music for more than 40 years since I heard Europa the first time. I still think it's one of your most beautiful and powerful performances - you have a connection to the divine power of the universe and transferring it when you play your music. I know that.

should be renamed "Santana's acid trip: Volume 459"

superbe artiste sa fait trente année que je l écoute tout les jours c est un régale merci a lui

Carlos hablando verdades.....lo mejor, como siempre!

just wow how amazing the whole story....

He wasn’t just playing, he was worshiping.

Why am I just now finding this out? Always thought that performance was epic, and now i have to watch it again. That said, Mike Shreve the drummer stole the show.

The drummer inspires a lot.

A class act back then and a class act now and forever.

I heard he was on acid when he was performing. But this is the first time hearing him tell it. Funny story. Lol. He's up there with the best of guitar players. And one of the few who are "THERE".

Carlos epic!!!

I saw Santana with Phish opening on their first performance for Santana at the Greek theater, hiked down the hill where all the hippies saw the show for free begins the fence and I dropped some acid. It was almost 30 years ago and will go down as one of the greatest nights of my life. Best show ever.

Santana at Woodstock, that performance of Soul Sacrifice is probably the most AMAZING performance EVER performed on any stage at any time in history!!! ❤️💯🎼🎵🎸🔥🔥🔥

Imagine how potent the lsd was back then

LSD doesn't take effect immediarely, let alone instantaneously kick in all at once, as he described. Either it's a tall tale, or whatever he took was mixed with something else.

I know what he is talking about when I was 17 I was in a band in wash D.C. and it was a teen club type gig! I took this purple blotter acid like an hour before we were to start the show! By that time I was well off and in 1973 the LSD was Real LSD!! Same thing my 1968 Sunburst Fender Stratocaster’s neck was going from very skinny and short to bending backwards and all that!! I played all of our songs by not looking down at the fretboard at all!! One thing I found out was because of the speed in the acid I developed playing technique I never had before!! I was able to do better vibrato’s, I could play much faster licks than ever before and I could play that speed forever and not get tired so we really put on the best show we ever did and they for sure wanted us back!! Now that I am 65 years old since then at the age of 28 I heard from the Bible how to accept the shed blood of Christ to cover my sin and asked God to save me from the penalty for sin which is physical death and then being cast into Hell! You see you cannot enter Heaven with sin on your soul! How do you get rid of that sin so you can enter Heaven after you die! Jesus paid the price being the God Man in His own Blood on the cross. All a person has to do to be saved and have their sin washed away is pray to God: Lord I believe I am a sinner like you say I am, please forgive me of my sins, and please God save me from Hell! If you are sincere and believe you are a sinner, believe that Jesus took your sin upon Himself on the cross and shed His blood, died, was buried, and rose again, showing that His blood sacrifice was accepted by God the Father to atone for your sin, and admit you are a sinner, ask for forgiveness, and ask Him to save you from Hell He will and you will be saved, born again, for all eternity and go straight to Heaven when you die!!

he described it so well with the slithering snake hah its incredibly difficult to find the "notes on the neck" in this mindset and nothing feels stationary with the neck.. pretty much abandon using any eyesight and rely purely on the connection and feeling of the music... its incredible/quite the experience