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🎫 Jan 19 Fri: The Matrix, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 Jan 20 Sat: The Matrix, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 Jan 26 Fri: The Ark, Gate 6, Sausalito, CA |
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🎫 Jan 27 Sat: The Ark, Gate 6, Sausalito, CA |
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🎫 Jan 31 Wed: Straight Theatre, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 Feb 1 Thu: Straight Theatre, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 Feb 10 Sat: Chinese New Year’s Parade Party. Eleanor Green Building, 51-55 Grant Avenue, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 March 2 Sat: Straight Theatre, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 April 4 Thu: Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA
Quote from Carlos Santana (The Universal Tone 2014): I was with Marcus the night Martin Luther King Jr. got shot. We had a gig that night at Foothill College in Palo Alto, and he was driving. (p176)
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🎫 April 6 Sat: De Saisset Art Gallery, Santa Clara, CA
Note: Show performed at an art exhibit preview.
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🎫 April 13 Sat: Straight Theatre, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 April 20 Sat: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 April 21 Sun: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 May 11 Sat: Straight Theatre, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 May 18 Sat: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 May 19 Sun: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 May 24 Fri: Balconades Ballroom, San Jose, CA |
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🎫 May 25 Sat: Balconades Ballroom, San Jose, CA |
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🎫 May: CA
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🎫 Spring Tue: Audition Night. Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
Quote from Carlos Santana (The Universal Tone 2014): In the spring of ’68 Bill was holding open auditions at the Fillmore Auditorium on Tuesday nights. Despite being unofficially blacklisted, we were welcome to play those, and we did. (p189)
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🎫 June 16 Sun: Matrix Benefit. Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
Note: First appearance at this venue since June 17, 1967, when Bill Graham banned the band for showing up late. On the poster, the band’s name is changed from Santana Blues Band to simply Santana.
Quote from Carlos Santana (The Universal Tone 2014): In June we played a benefit for the Matrix at the Fillmore Auditorium---the first time we had played there in a year. Stan and Bill talked, and Stan told him we had a new lineup with new songs. We wanted to play the Fillmore West, and we’d never be late. He also told him the band had a new name---just one word, and it wasn’t blues. (p189)
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🎫 June 20 Thu: The Sanctuary, South Lake Tahoe, NV |
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🎫 June 21 Fri: The Sanctuary, South Lake Tahoe, NV |
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🎫 June 22 Sat: The Sanctuary, South Lake Tahoe, NV |
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🎫 June 29 Sat: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 June 30 Sun: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 Summer: Dino and Carlo’s Bar, San Francisco, CA
Note: For a period of about four years from 1965 until 1968, there was a bar in San Francisco on Vallejo Avenue (on the opposite side of Columbus Avenue from North Beach) called Dino and Carlo’s. The bar was owned by and named after Dino Pettuchi and Carlo Morrela, and was managed by Lou “the Glue” Marcelli. This period of time was an exceptional fertile period in the development of rock and acid rock music. Dino and Carlo’s, a relatively small establishment, showcased many new musical groups, poets and artists. The performers were never paid. They put a hat on the front of the small stage to earn some compensation for their performance.
Quote from Devil’s Kitchen Band (http://www.devilskitchenband.com/gigs.htm): We played there once or twice a week all summer. It was pass the beer pitcher for pay. Other young, new groups at the time like Creedence Clearwater Revival and Santana did the same, sometimes the same evening, splitting the take.
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🔔 July 5 Fri: San Francisco, CA
Note: Fillmore Auditorium is "moved" to a new location formerly known as Carousel Ballroom (Market Street & South Van Ness Avenue), and renamed Fillmore West.
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🎫 July 28 Sun: Stanford Summer Rock. Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Quote from Michael Parrish (http://cryptdev.blogspot.com/2010/09/summer-rock-frost-amphitheater-stanford.html Sept 2, 2010): Following the Sons were the Santana Blues Band, who were not in the advertised lineup. I knew their name from their frequent appearances as a supporting act at the San Francisco ballrooms, but did not know at all what to expect since they had no recorded music released at the time. As you might imagine, seeing Santana in their formative years was quite another unexpected treat. Having no context at the time, I imagine their set was mostly drawn from material that ended up on their first album, along with regularly performed early material like “Fried Neckbones”. I clearly remembered them closing their set with a long, long piece called “Freeway”, but did not see any evidence of this composition either on records or on concert tapes until the 2 CD Live at the Fillmore ’68 was released. That double disc set, which concludes with a ripping half hour “Freeway”, is probably a good representation of what the the band sounded like that July afternoon. This was a transitional version of the Santana band with fellow Cubberley High school alum Greg Rolie already on keyboards and vocals but with original drummer “Doc” Livingston and a somewhat different percussion lineup. They all looked to be about 14 years old. I clearly remember a trumpet player, which does not jibe with the family tree at the San Francisco Sound website, but perhaps this was either a guest musician or an early appearance of Jose “Chepito” Areas, who joined the band officially the next year. From what I have been able to determine researching Frost shows in the ‘60s, this was in fact Santana’s first appearance there, which means this was probably the first time future drummer Michael Shrieve saw the band as well.
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🎫 July 30 Tue: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA
Note: First appearance at this venue, and reconciliation with Bill Graham.
Quote from Carlos Santana (The Universal Tone 2014): Bill was the guy who got down and lit the fuse for us. (…) And it all happened very, very fast, beginning with Bill bringing us back to play for him---playing the Fillmore West the first month it opened. Bill put us on the bill with the Butterfield Blues Band---Michael Bloomfield wasn’t in the band anymore. The week went great---the music felt good, but most of all it was a relief to be back in Bill Graham’s embrace. (p192)
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🎫 July 31 Wed: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA
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🎫 Aug 10 Sat: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 Aug 11 Sun: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 Aug 28 Wed: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 Aug 29 Thu: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 Aug 30 Fri: An Annual Benefit For The Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic & The Atheneum Arts. Palace Of Fine Arts Festival. San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 Sept 13 Fri: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 Sept 14 Sat: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 Sept 21 Sat: Autumn Rock Concert. Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA |
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🎸 Sept 28 Sat: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA
Note: Carlos Santana is guest of Mike Bloomfield, John Kahn, Al Kooper, Skip Prokop for 7 min. on: Sonny Boy Williamson. Quote from Carlos Santana (The Universal Tone 2014): My own connection with Columbia actually started before Santana did anything with the label. That September, Michael Bloomfield and Al Kooper were booked to record a live album at the Fillmore West. It was Bill who invited me to play. (...) It was the first time my name was on an album---right on the back cover. That felt great, but it was strange because I didn’t get to play with Michael. (p200)
Selected Formats:
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper" in 1968 on 2LP (gf) (CBS/Sony Japan SONP-50064)
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper" in Feb 1969 on 2LP (gf) (Columbia USA KGP 6)
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper" in 1969 on 2LP (gf) (CBS Europe S 66216)
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper" in 1974 on Best Rock Collection - 11 2LP (gf) (CBS/Sony Japan SOPJ 62-63)
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper" in 1977 on 2LP (CBS/Sony Japan 25AP 612~3)
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper" in 1978 on Rock Best 2LP (CBS/Sony Japan 40AP 1203~4)
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper" in 1988 on 2LP (Edsel Records UK DED 261)
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper" in 2009 on 2LP (Sundazed Music USA LP 5276)
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper" on Oct 17, 2016 on 2LP (180gram) (Music On Vinyl Netherlands MOVLP1620)
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper" in 1987 on CBS CD Rock Classics 100 2CD (CBS/Sony Japan 48DP 1092-3)
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper" in 1988 on 2CD (Edsel Records UK ED CD 261)
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper" on June 1, 1992 on Nice Price Line 2CD (Sony Japan SRCS 6193-4)
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper" in 1997 on Live From The Vaults 2CD (remastered) (Columbia/Legacy USA C2K 64670) (Columbia Europe 485151 2)
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper" on June 4, 2003 on Limited Edition 2CD (gf/remastered/papersleeve) (Sony Records Int'l Japan MHCP 11~12)
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper" on Dec 24, 2008 on Limited Edition 2BSCD (remastered) (Sony Records Int'l SICP 20026-7)
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper" on March 6, 2013 on Legacy Recordings 2BSCD2 (remastered) (Sony Records Int'l SICP 30064-5)
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper" on Jan 29, 2014 on Limited Edition 2BSCD2 (remastered/papersleeve) (Sony Records Int'l SICP 30454-5)
"The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper" on April 12, 2017 on Limited Edition Guitar Legend Series 2CD (Sony Records Int'l SICP 5368-9)
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🎸 Sept 29 Sun: Midpeninsula Free University (MFU) Be-In. El Camino Park, Palo Alto, CA
Note: Carlos Santana is guest of Steve Miller Band.
Quote from Michael Parrish (http://cryptdev.blogspot.fr/2010/09/mfu-be-in-el-camino-park-palo-alto.html): As documented in Al Kooper’s liner notes from the album, another guest guitarist that evening was Carlos Santana, and Miller apparently invited Santana down to Palo Alto the next afternoon to sit in for part of his set. Since I had heard the still unrecorded Santana a few weeks before, I knew what to expect, and the two played off each other with aplomb. Unfortunately, I ran out of film earlier in Miller’s set, so I did not get to document their collaboration photographically.
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🎫 Fall 1968: School Dance. Moreau Catholic High School, Hayward, CA |
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🎫 Oct 1 Tue (9:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.): University Way Northeast (a.k.a. The Ave), University District, Seattle, WA |
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🎫 Oct 1 Tue (11:00 p.m. to sunrise): Benefit For New American Community. Drumheller Fountain (a.k.a. The Frosh Pond), University Of Washington, Seattle, WA |
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🎫 Oct 6 Sun: Civic Center Park (Provo Park), Berkeley, CA
Quote from Corry Arnold (http://berkeleyfolk.blogspot.fr/2010/07/provo-park-berkeley-concerts-1967-69.html): This too must have been a major event. The Youngbloods had moved to the Bay Area the previous year, and they were a headline act by this time. Santana was still a year away from their debut album, but they were a popular local band, as were The Sons of Champlin and Lafayette’s Frumious Bandersnatch.
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🎫 Oct 18 Fri: St. Elizabeth High School, Oakland, CA |
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🔔 Oct: Record Deal With Columbia
Note: The band is signing its first record deal with Columbia. The contract is taking effect in December.
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🎫 Nov 1 Fri: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA |
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🎫 Nov 13 Wed: The Matrix, San Francisco, CA
Incomplete: Waiting - Fried Neckbones And Some Home Fries - As The Years Go Passing By - Soul Sacrifice - Impose (Canto De Xango)
W/Al Burdett
Note: This entry is taken from the date on live recordings of what is clearly an early show that circulates with both a 1967 and 1968 date. However, there is no other evidence to substantiate this show took place either at the Matrix or on either of these dates.
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🎫 Nov 15 Fri: Sound Factory, Sacramento , CA |
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🎫 Nov 21 Thu: Los Altos High School Gym, Los Altos, CA
Quote from Light Into Ashes (http://rockprosopography101.blogspot.fr/2014/10/november-21-1968-santana-quicksilver.html): I first heard of this show when corresponding with Randy Beucus, a graduate of Los Altos High, about various concerts he’d seen. He commented, “When I was in high school I was able to book Santana and Quicksilver… I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of these high school shows have been forgotten.” This show had indeed been forgotten, and I was surprised to hear that a concert with these two bands had never been reported before. A search revealed that a few people had mentioned the show online after all - in fact, it left quite an impression on them. For instance, on the “Fandalism” site, musicians were asked, “What was the first concert you ever went to?” Byron Laursen: “Late 1968 at Los Altos High School, with my brother, then a teacher, who had to chaperone at a concert featuring two emergent SF bands... The show was so loud that all I could be sure of was that the second band was rock-and-roll and the first one had some Latin influence. It was Santana opening for Quicksilver Messenger Service.” Alan Eglington: “The first pro Pop Concert I ever bought tickets for and attended without adult supervision was, dare I say it? (drum roll please!) “Chad & Jeremy” (hey! I had a good time so sue me!) at the Los Altos High School main gym. But to show how fast things changed…I attended my second pro concert in the same location, the “Santana Blues Band” opening for “Quicksilver Messenger Service!” That concert had a huge impact on my personal development, because soon after I was drumming in my second band. And that band ended up playing a lot of Santana & Quicksilver material.”
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🎫 Nov: Audition. Tennis Court, Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, CA |
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🎫 Dec 1 Sun: Delano Benefit Concert. Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA |
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🎫 Dec 7 Sat: A Senior Class Of 1969 Fundraiser. Gymnasium, Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, CA |
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🎫 Dec 19 Thu: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA
Incomplete: Jingo - Persuasion - Treat - Chunk A Funk - Fried Neckbones And Some Home Fries - Conquistadore Rides Again - Soul Sacrifice - As The Years Go Passing By - Freeway
Selected Formats:
"Live At The Fillmore '68" on March 11, 1997 2CD (Columbia/Legacy USA C2K 64860) (Columbia/Legacy Europe 485106 2)
"Live At The Fillmore '68" in 1997 on promotional 2CD (Columbia/Legacy USA C2K 64860)
Note: Combined set lists from Dec 19, 1968, Dec 20, 1968, Dec 21, 1968, Dec 22, 1968.
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🎫 Dec 31 Tue: Winterland, San Francisco, CA
Quote from Dave Lee (Facebook Fillmore Poster Appreciation Society Group Dec 31, 2022): On December 31st of 1968 the Grateful Dead with Quicksilver Messenger Service, Santana, and It’s a Beautiful Day played an epic all-nighter concert from 9 pm to 9 am at the Winterland Arena, in San Francisco. Brotherhood of Light provided the visual stimulation for the enchanted evening of decadence. Here is an original ticket for that show. Notice that the ticket has a miniature image of the poster. Beginning with BG-68 all Bill Graham Presents tickets had matching images of the poster. They were printed with different progressive stages of the colors on the poster, a different stage for each show date. Being a single show and this the only ticket for it, the image on the ticket looks similar to the poster, sans the bright orange. On the bottom of the ticket it reads “Valid New Years Eve Only” and “$7.00 includes breakfast”. It has a blank back. People have asked me why so many of the original tickets from the Bill Graham events survive. That is because the venues had more capacity than the city of San Francisco legally permitted. So the pre-show sold tickets were taken at the door, collected in a box, then taken back outside and resold to those in line who arrived without a ticket. The tickets were never destroyed.
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From San Francisco,
Please Welcome... SANTANA!
Bill Graham
© 1999 Santanamigos
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