🎫 Jan 1 Fri: Sunshine ‘71 Festival. Waikiki Diamond Head Crater, Oahu, HI

Incomplete: Waiting - Batuka - Samba Pa Ti

Note: Because of drug problems in and around the band, Carlos Santana feels the need to talk to Michael Carabello with whom he founded an unnamed band back in Fall 1966, which later became the Santana Blues Band.

Quote from Carlos Santana (The Universal Tone 2014): On New Year’s Eve we played a festival in Hawaii and had a few days off. The morning after the concert I woke up around five thirty in the house we stayed in, right on the beach. It was still dark, but I couldn’t sleep, so I went and woke up Carabello. I said, “Michael, I need your help, man. I need you to wake up and take a walk with me.” (…) “You and I started this thing, man. But something has to change, because we’re not making any progress---we’re getting worse with our attitude to the music. We’re getting really arrogant and really belligerent.” (…) “I need your help, man. I think we need to have a meeting and bring this up and talk about it and really, really deal with it.” (…) That morning on the beach, Carabello looked at me and said, “Okay, Man. Let’s take care of this.” But it was a long time before we did. (268-269)

Quote from Wayne (http://www.midlifecrisishawaii.com/2012/03/22/do-you-remember-crater-festivals/): My first Crater Festival was actually the first one ever in 1970. I was a young marine stationed at Kaneohe MCAS. The next year I was living off base at a house we rented in Kailua. The memory of Santana playing Samba Pa Ti while the sun was going down over the crater wall was awesome.

🎧 Jan 16 Sat: Wally Heider Recording Studios, San Francisco, CA

Note: Recording (2nd session) of “Pretty As You Feel” (from Jefferson’s Airplane’s “Bark”). 1st session on Dec 14, 1970.

Quote Paul Kantner (Facebook July 20, 2022): “Pretty As You Feel” came out of a jam with Carlos Santana, Jack, and Jorma, and Joey took like three minutes out of a 30-minute jam and wrote some words to it.

🎧 Jan: Columbia Studios, San Francisco, CA

Note: Recording of "Jungle Strut" (from "Santana III"). Recording of "Folsom Street-One" (from "Santana III. Legacy Edition").

🎧 Feb: Columbia Studios, San Francisco, CA

Note: Recording of "Guajira" (from "Santana III") W/Mario Ochoa, Rico Reyes. Recording of "Bambele", "Gumbo" (from "Santana III. Legacy Edition").

🎸 Feb 22 Mon: The Matrix, San Francisco, CA

Note: Carlos Santana plays with Merl Sanders.

🎫 March 6 Sat: Soul To Soul. Independence Anniversary. Black Star Square, Accra, Ghana

♥ March: Santana #7

(left to right) Coke Escovedo (perc), David Brown (b), Michael Carabello (perc), Jose "Chepito" Areas (perc), Neal Schon (g), Gregg Rolie (kbd/vo), Carlos Santana (g/perc/vo), Michael Shrieve (ds)

Note: A third percussionist joins the band, Coke Escovedo. Doug Rauch (b) travels with them for the European tour. Victor Pantoja (perc) and Rico Reyes (perc) play with the band occasionally after the European tour.

Quote from Carlos Santana (The Universal Tone 2014): That’s how things flowed in San Francisco. Santana was never exclusive---like many bands, we played and jammed and did sessions with each other and found new ideas and people to go on the road with. (…) Coke came in and added so much to the sessions from the start that we had to give him credit for the inspiration he brought to that album. (…) Coke helped write “No One To Depend On,” the second single from Santana III, and he started touring with us. (p272-273)

Quote from Carlos Santana (The Universal Tone 2014): Chepito recovered from his aneurysm, and he and Coke Escovedo joined us after we got back from Africa. (p283)

Tour: USA West-East

🎫 March 20 Sat: Cal Expo. Sacramento, CA

🎫 March 22 Mon: The Forum, Los Angeles, CA

🎫 March 23 Tue: The Forum, Los Angeles, CA

81 min.

Exact: Waiting - Ballin' - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Oye Como Va - Savor - Samba Pa Ti - Toussaint L'Overture - Evil Ways - Incident At Neshabur - Jungle Strut - Everybody's Everything - Gumbo - Black Magic Woman (1) - Oye Como Va (1) - Guajira (1)

W/Jose Feliciano (1)

🎫 March 26 Fri: Winterland, San Francisco, CA

🎫 March 27 Sat: Winterland, San Francisco, CA

🎫 March 28 Sun: Winterland, San Francisco, CA

Note from Dick Dixon (The Santanamigos Group on Facebook July 15, 2023): I'm guessing that when Bill Graham decided to add that third show on Sunday for Santana, there was no time to print up new tickets so he just used some of the older ones he had laying around that he could turn over and stamp the back. Leftover tickets from Aug 27-28-29, 1968 were used for that show.

🎫 🎫 April 1 Thu: Fillmore East, New York, NY

Note: Two shows played in the same evening.

🎫 🎫 April 2 Fri: Fillmore East, New York, NY

Note: Two shows played in the same evening.

🎫 🎫 April 3 Sat: Fillmore East, New York, NY

1st or 2nd show. 62 min.

Exact: Soul Sacrifice - Jungle Strut - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Oye Como Va - Savor - Samba Pa Ti - Toussaint L'Overture - Evil Ways - Everybody's Everything - Gumbo

Note: Two shows played in the same evening.

Tour: Europe

🎫 April 14 Wed: K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark

🎫 April 16 Fri: Stockholm Konserthus, Stockholm, Sweden

🎫 April 18 Sun: The Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands

108 min.

Exact: Waiting - Incident At Neshabur - Taboo - Jungle Strut - Toussaint L’Overture/Evil Ways - Samba Pa Ti - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Oye Como Va - Savor/Jingo - Soul Sacrifice - Gumbo - Everybody’s Everything - Se A Cabo - You Just Don’t Care - Conquistadore Rides Again

Note: Percussionist Jose "Chepito" Areas is not playing this show.

🎫 April 19 Mon: Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany

🎫 🎫 April 20 Tue: Circus Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany

1st or 2nd show

Incomplete: Incident At Neshabur - Taboo - Jungle Strut - Toussaint L'Overture/Evil Ways - Samba Pa Ti - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Oye Como Va - Savor/Jingo - Soul Sacrifice - Gumbo - Se A Cabo - Treat

Note: Two shows played in the same evening. Percussionist Jose "Chepito" Areas is not playing this show.

🎫 April 22 Thu: Beat Club. NDR Studios, Bremen, Germany

Exact: Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen (1) - Jungle Strut - Samba Pa Ti

Selected Formats:

(1) "The Best Of Musikladen Live. Volume 1" on Nov 17, 1998 on DVD-R1 (Pioneer Artists USA)

(1) "The Best Of Musikladen Live. Volume 1 & 2" in 2000 on DVD-R1 (Pioneer Artists USA PA-98-601-D)

(1) "The Best Of Musikladen Live. Volume 1 & 2" in 2002 on DVD-R1 (Pioneer Artists USA PA-11925)

Note: TV show. Broadcast at various dates on TV.

🎫 April 23 Fri: Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg, Germany

🎫 April 24 Sat: L'Olympia, Paris, France

🎫 April 25 Sun: L'Olympia, Paris, France

Incomplete: Jungle Strut - Taboo - Toussaint L'Overture - Evil Ways - Soul Sacrifice - Samba Pa Ti - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Oye Como Va - Savor/Jingo

Note: 57-min. segment broadcast at an unknown date on French radio Europe1.

🎫 April 27 Tue: Palazzetto Lido Sport, Milan, Italy

Exact: Waiting - Incident At Neshabur - Jungle Strut - Taboo - Toussaint L'Overture/Evil Ways - Soul Sacrifice - Samba Pa Ti - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Oye Como Va - Savor/Jingo

🎫 April 28 Wed: Rome, Italy

🎫 April 29 Thu: Rome, Italy

🎫 🎫 May 1 Sat: Super Pop Montreux. Golden Rose Pop Festival. Casino De Montreux, Montreux, Switzerland

1st or 2nd show

Incomplete: Waiting - Incident At Neshabur - Jungle Strut (1) - Taboo - Toussaint L’Overture/Evil Ways - Soul Sacrifice - Samba Pa Ti - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Oye Como Va - Savor/Jingo * - Everybody’s Everything - Gumbo *

Selected Formats:

(1) "Viva Santana!" in Aug 1988 on 3LP (gf) (CBS USA C3X 44344) (CBS Europe 462500 1)

(1) "Viva Santana!" on Oct 4, 1988 on 2CD (CBS USA C2K 44344) (CBS Europe 462500 2) (CBS/Sony Japan 46DP 5334~5)

(1) "Viva Santana!" on Nov 3, 2010 on Limited Edition 3CD (remastered/papersleeve) (Sony Records Int’l Japan SICP 2897~9)

Note: Two shows played in the same evening. 56-min. segment broadcast in the show "Super Pop Montreux" at various dates on TV. * 10-min. segment broadcast in the show "40 Jahre Jazz Festival Montreux" in 2006 on German TV 3 Sat. A Carlos Santana interview from Montreux is shown in the program "Carrefour" in April 1971 on Swiss TV RTS. Percussionist Jose "Chepito" Areas is not playing these shows.

🎫 🎫 May 8 Sat: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK

1st show

Incomplete: Batuka/Ballin' - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Jungle Strut - Toussaint L'Overture/Evil Ways - Taboo - Se A Cabo - Everybody's Everything - Gumbo - Soul Sacrifice

2nd show

Incomplete: Batuka/Ballin' - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Jungle Strut - Incident At Neshabur - Toussaint L'Overture/Evil Ways - Se A Cabo - Everybody's Everything/Gumbo - Soul Sacrifice - Savor/Jingo

Note: Two shows played in the same evening. Percussionist Jose "Chepito" Areas is not playing these shows.

Quote from Jim McCarthy (The Santanamigos Group on Facebook July 20, 2024): Santana******* Hammersmith, London 1971*** No "Chepito", with Coke Escovedo and Neal Schon... Well----- the bomb obviously...??

🎫 May 9 Sun: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK

🎧 June 4 Fri: Columbia Studios, San Francisco, CA

W/Rico Reyes

Note: Recording of "Toussaint L'Overture" (from "Santana III").

🎧 June 5 Sat: Columbia Studios, San Francisco, CA

W/Linda Tillery, Tower Of Power Horn Section

Note: Recording of "Everybody's Everything" (from "Santana III").

Tour: USA Midwest

🎫 June 10 Thu: Kentucky Fair And Exposition Center, Louisville, KY

🎫 June 11 Fri: Milwaukee Auditorium Arena, Milwaukee, WI

🎫 June 12 Sat: State Fair Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN

🎫 🎫 June 13 Sun: International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL

Note: Two shows played in the same evening.

🎧 June 15 Tue: Columbia Studios, San Francisco, CA

Note: Recording of "Taboo" (from "Santana III").

🎧 June 16 Wed: Columbia Studios, San Francisco, CA

Note: Recording of "Batuka" (from "Santana III"). Recording of "No One To Depend On" (from "Santana III") W/Gregg Errico, Rico Reyes.

🎧 June 17 Thu: Columbia Studios, San Francisco, CA

W/Linda Tillery

Note: Recording of "Everything's Coming Our Way" (from "Santana III").

🎧 June 18 Fri: Columbia Studios, San Francisco, CA

W/Luis Gasca, Rico Reyes

Note: Recording of "Para Los Rumberos" (from "Santana III").

🎫 July 4 Sun: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA

🎫 July 18 Sun: Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Incomplete: ? - Guajira - ?

♥ Aug: Santana #8

Carlos Santana (g/perc/vo), Tom Rutley (b), Michael Shrieve (ds), Michael Carabello (perc), Jose “Chepito” Areas (perc), Coke Escovedo (perc), Gregg Rolie (kbd/vo), Neal Schon (g)

Note: David Brown is replaced by Tom Rutley.

Quote from Carlos Santana (The Universal Tone 2014): Not long after that it was clear to everyone that David was not doing well---his heroin use was showing, and his playing and the music were starting to suffer. (…) I made the decision to fire David. (…) We had dates to play; so we replaced David with Tom Rutley, an acoustic bass player Shrieve had worked with in a big band in college. (…) He was only with us for a short time before Dougie Rauch took over, but Tom helped us at just the right time. (p288-289)

🎸 Aug 15 Sun: Concord Festival. Concord, CA

Note: Carlos Santana and several of his musicians are guests of Gabor Szabo’s Quintet.

🎧 Aug 17 Tue: Columbia Studios, San Francisco, CA

Note: Recording of Luis Gasca's "For Those Who Chant".

🎧 Aug 18 Wed: Columbia Studios, San Francisco, CA

Note: Recording of Luis Gasca's "For Those Who Chant".

🎧 Aug: Premiere of "Soul To Soul". U.S. Movie Theaters

Recorded: Soul To Soul. Independence Anniversary. Black Star Square, Accra, Ghana March 6, 1971

Selected Formats

Tour: USA West

🎫 Sept 16 Thu: Spokane Coliseum, Spokane, WA

🎫 Sept 17 Fri: Seattle Coliseum, Seattle, WA

🎫 Sept 18 Sat: Seattle Coliseum, Seattle, WA

🎫 Sept 24 Fri: Festival Internacional Da Cancao. Theatro Municipal, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

W/Luisao

Note: Broadcast at an unknown date on Brazilian TV Globo.

🎧 Sept: Release of Santana's 3rd Official Album "Santana III"

Selected Analog Formats:

"Santana III" in Sept 1971 on LP (gf) (CBS USA KC 30595/PC 30595) (CBS Netherlands S 64390/S 69015) (CBS Germany S 69015/S 61512) (CBS UK/Spain/Italy S 69015) (CBS/Sony Japan 25AP 815)

"Santana III" in 1972 on DP Master Sound SX68MARK II LP (gf) (CBS Japan SOPC 57150)

"Santana III" in May 1972 on LP (quad) (CBS USA CQ 30595/PCQ 30595)

"Santana III" in May 1972 on LP (gf/quad) (CBS UK PCQ 30595)

"Santana III" in 1973 on LP (gf/quad) (CBS/Sony Japan SOPN-18)

"Santana III" in 1974 on LP (repress/gf/quad) (CBS/Sony Japan SOPN-88)

"Santana III" in 1977 on LP (repress/gf) (CBS/Sony Japan 25AP 815)

"Santana III" in 1983 on LP (repress/gf) (CBS/Sony Japan 20AP 2603)

"Santana III" in 1985 on Precio Redundo LP (repress/gf) (CBS Spain 32058)

"Santana III" in 2001 on LP (gf/180gram) (ARS Joerg Kessler/CBS Germany CBS 30595)

"Santana III" on Nov 25, 2010 on 2LP (gf/180gram) (Music On Vinyl Netherlands MOVLP132) ***

"Santana III" in 2013 on Limited Edition Silver Label Vinyl Series LP (gf/numbered) (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab USA MOFI 1-039)

Selected Digital Formats:

"Santana III" in 1986 on CD (CBS USA CK 30595) (CBS Europe CDCBS 69015)

"Santana III" on May 21, 1986 on CD (CBS/Sony Japan 30AP 308)

"Santana III" on July 22, 1987 on CBS CD Rock Classics 100 - 16 CD (CBS/Sony Japan 28DP 1018)

"Santana III" on June 21, 1993 on Nice Price Line - 27 CD (Sony Japan SRCS 6317)

"Santana III" on March 31, 1998 on 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition CD (24-bit/remastered) (Columbia/Legacy USA CK 65491) (Columbia/Legacy Europe 489544 2) *

"Santana III" on March 31, 1998 on CD (repress/remastered) (Sony Japan SRCS 9440) *

"Santana III" in 1998 on Club Edition CD (repress/remastered) (Columbia USA CK 65491) *

"Santana III" in 2000 on Nice Price Line Limited Edition CD (repress/dgpck) (Columbia Europe 489544 9) *

"Santana III" on Feb 20, 2006 on Legacy Edition 2CD (remastered) (Columbia/Legacy Europe 82796902702) **

"Santana III" on Feb 21, 2006 on Legacy Edition 2CD (remastered) (Columbia/Legacy USA 82796 90270 2) **

"Santana III" on April 19, 2006 on Legacy Edition 2CD (remastered) (Sony Records Int’l Japan MHCP-1028-9) **

"Santana III" on May 3, 2006 on Limited Edition DP Master Sound CD (remastered/vinyl replica) (Sony Records Int’l Japan MHCP 999) *

"Santana III" on March 25, 2009 on Limited Edition BSCD (remastered) (Sony Records Int’l Japan SICP 20098) *

"Santana III" in 2016 on Original Master Recording Ultradisc UHR SACD (numbered) (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab USA UDSACD 2158)

"Santana III" on April 12, 2017 on Guitar Legend Series CD (repress) (Sony Records Int’l Japan SICP 5333)

"Santana III" on Nov 24, 2021 on Limited Edition SACD (quad/remastered/papersleeve mini LP) (Sony Records Int’l Japan SICP 10138)

Side 1: 1. Batuka (3:35) - 2. No One To Depend On (5:25) - 3. Taboo (5:40) - 4. Toussaint L'Overture (5:54)

Side 2: 1. Everybody's Everything (3:30) - 2. Guajira (5:50) - 3. Jungle Strut (5:19) - 4. Everything's Coming Our Way (3:19) - 5. Para Los Rumberos (2:44)

Musicians: Carlos Santana, Jose "Chepito" Areas, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Coke Escovedo, Gregg Rolie, Neal Schon, Michael Shrieve

W/Gregg Errico S1#2, Luis Gasca S2#5, Mario Ochoa S2#2, Rico Reyes S1#2, S1#4, S2#2, S2#5, Linda Tillery S2#1, S2#4, Tower Of Power Horn Section (Greg Adams, Emilio Castillo, Mic Gilette, Steve Kupka, Skip Mesquite) S2#1

Recorded: Columbia Studios, San Francisco, CA. S1#1, S2#5 June 18, 1971, S1#2 May 16, 1971, S1#3 June 15, 1971, S1#4, S2#1 May 1971, S2#2 Feb 1971, S2#3 Jan 1971, S2#4 June 17, 1971

Note:

* features three extra tracks from Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA July 4, 1971: Batuka (3:41) - Jungle Strut (5:59) - Gumbo (5:26).

** features the following extra tracks: Disc 1 (previously unreleased studio recordings): Gumbo (Feb 1971) - Folsom Street/One (Jan 1971) - Bambele (wrongly entitled “Bambeye”) (Feb 1971) - No One To Depend On (single version) (June 16, 1971). Disc 2 (all from Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA July 4, 1971): 1. Batuka - 2. No One To Depend On - 3. Toussaint L'Overture - 4. Taboo - 5. Jungle Strut - 6. Black Magic Woman/Gyspy Queen - 7. Incident At Neshabur - 8. In A Silent Way - 9. Savor - 10. Para Los Rumberos - 11. Gumbo.

*** features four extra tracks: Gumbo - Folsom Street/One - Bambele (wrongly entitled "Bambeye") - No One To Depend On (single version).

🎧 Sept: Release of Jefferson Airplane's "Bark"

Selected Formats:

Jefferson Airplane’s "Bark" in Sept 1971 on LP (Grunt USA FTR-1001) (Grunt Japan SRA-5529)

Jefferson Airplane’s "Bark" in Sept 1971 on LP (gf) (Grunt Germany FTR-1001)

Jefferson Airplane’s "Bark" in 1972 on LP (gf/quad) (Grunt Japan R4P-5028)

Jefferson Airplane’s "Bark" in 1973 on LP (Grunt Japan RCA-6140)

Jefferson Airplane’s "Bark" in ? on LP (repress) (RCA Victor USA AYL1-4386)

Jefferson Airplane’s "Bark" in ? on LP (repress) (Grunt Europe NL 84386)

Jefferson Airplane’s "Bark" on Jan 30, 1996 on CD (RCA USA 07863 66574-2)

Jefferson Airplane’s "Bark" in 1997 on Prime Artists Collection CD (BMG Japan BVCM-7327)

Jefferson Airplane’s "Bark" on July 20, 2005 on Jefferson Airplane Original Album Paper Sleeve Collection CD (repress/papersleeve) (BMG Japan BVCM-37630)

Jefferson Airplane’s "Bark" on Sept 10, 2013 on Limited Edition Collection The Legends Of Rock CD (repress/24-bit/remastered/card sleeve/vinyl replica) (Culture Factory USA 819514010241)

Jefferson Airplane’s "Bark" in 2015 on CD (remastered) (Iconoclassic Records USA ICON 1039) *

Track: Pretty As You Feel

Musicians: Jack Casady, Joey Covington, Papa John Creach, Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Carlos Santana, Michael Shrieve, Grace Slick

Recorded: Wally Heider Recording Studios, San Francisco, CA Dec 14, 1970/Jan 16, 1971

Note: * features two extra tracks: Pretty As You Feel (mono single version) - Feel So Good (unedited).

♥ Late Sept: Santana #9

Tom Rutley (b), Michael Shrieve (ds), Michael Carabello (perc), Jose “Chepito” Areas (perc), Coke Escovedo (perc), Gregg Rolie (kbd/vo), Neal Schon (g)

Note: Due to serious tensions between members, the band goes on tour without Carlos Santana.

Quote from Carlos Santana (The Universal Tone 2014): Sometime in September, before another tour across the country, I opened my mouth, and there was an argument, and by the end of it I said, “I’m not going unless we get rid of Stan Marcum and Carabello, because they’re suppling the band with the heavy stuff and we sound like shit. We’re not practicing, and it’s embarrassing. Either those guys are out or I’m out.” I had to do what I had to do. Stan and Carabello were in the room and I said this in front of them. They laughed and said I coldn’t do that. “We leave on Monday, man. If you don’t show up, then you’re not in the band.” And that’s exactly what happened. It felt horrible. It felt really, really horrible to be part of a band that just left on tour without me. But that was it---there was no official separation announcement, no press release, and no legal agreement. Everyone left, and I stayed behind, licking my wounds. (p291)

Tour: USA West-Midwest-East-South/Puerto Rico

🎫 Sept 28 Tue: Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO

76 min.

Exact: Batuka/No One To Depend On - Taboo - Se A Cabo - Waiting/Incident At Neshabur - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Oye Como Va - In A Silent Way/Marbles - Toussaint L'Overture - Evil Ways/Para Los Rumberos - Soul Sacrifice

🎫 Sept 29 Wed: Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO

🎫 Sept 30 Thu: Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO

🎫 Oct 1 Fri: Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, OH

🎫 Oct 2 Sat: Public Auditorium, Cleveland, OH

🎫 Oct 4 Mon: Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI

🎫 Oct 5 Tue: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

🎫 Oct 7 Thu: Buffalo, NY

🎫 Oct 8 Fri: Syracuse, NY

🎫 Oct 11 Mon: Boston Garden, Boston, MA

74 min.

Exact: Batuka/No One To Depend On - Taboo - Se A Cabo - Waiting/Incident At Neshabur - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Oye Como Va - In A Silent Way/Marbles - Toussaint L'Overture - Evil Ways/Para Los Rumberos - Jambalaya/Gumbo

🎫 Oct 12 Tue: National Guard Armory, Washington, DC

69 min.

Exact: Batuka/No One To Depend On - Taboo - Se A Cabo - Waiting/Incident At Neshabur - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Oye Como Va - Treat - In A Silent Way/Marbles - Evil Ways/Para Los Rumberos - Jambalaya/Gumbo

♥ Mid-Oct: Santana #10

(left to right) Tom Rutley (b), Carlos Santana (g/perc/vo), James “Mingo” Lewis (perc), Jose “Chepito” Areas (perc), Michael Shrieve (ds), Gregg Rolie (kbd/vo), Neal Schon (g)

Note: Michael Carabello is taken out of the band, and Carlos Santana returns to the band for the rest of the tour. During a show in New York, NY, a young percussionist, James “Mingo” Lewis, is taken from the audience, and is invited to join the band. Pete Escovedo plays with the band occasionally.

Quote from Carlos Santana (The Universal Tone 2014): Three weeks after Santana left for the road (minus this Santana), the phone rang. It was Neal. The band was going through the East Coast and was at the Felt Forum in New York. “Hey, Man, I don’t want to say this, because it’s probably bad for your ego, but the audience are screaming and booing---they want to hear you. They know you’re in Santana. Come on---why don’t you get on the next plane?” I wasn’t changing my mind. “No. Not unless you put Carabello and Stan on the next plane home. Then I’ll be there.” I heard later that when the band made up its mind to get me back and send Carabello and Stan home, the two of them went around to everyone’s room, letting people know how upset and hurt they were. (…) The feeling right away was that this was going to be a new chapter for Santana. It wasn’t just that we had to find a new conguero; we also needed to do that while we were thousands of miles from the musicians we knew best. So one night in New York City we decided to put it out into the world, and we asked if there was a conga player in the audience. That’s how we found Mingo Lewis. He was a street musician with a lot of energy. (…) During those first shows there was definitely a division, or the feeling of a divide, in the band. (p292-293)

Quote from Carlos Santana (The Universal Tone 2014): But at the end of 1971, Santana was falling apart. Two of my oldest friends were gone from the band, and the mood in the band wasn’t pleasant---things were getting intense. (…) When something is over, it’s over. (…) We had gone from rooting each other to tolerating each other to being two bands in one, in conflict musically and philosophically. (p296)

Quote from Carlos Santana (The Universal Tone 2014): I am Santana---if I’m not in the band and it has the name Santana, then it’s a Santana tribute. (p298-299)

🎫 Oct 14 Thu: Felt Forum, New York, NY

🎫 🎫 Oct 15 Fri: Felt Forum, New York, NY

1st or 2nd show. 85 min.

Exact: Batuka - No One To Depend On - Taboo - Se A Cabo - Waiting/Incident At Neshabur - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Oye Como Va - In A Silent Way - Toussaint L'Overture/Evil Ways/Para Los Rumberos - Soul Sacrifice

Note: Two shows played in the same evening.

🎫 🎫 Oct 16 Sat: Felt Forum, New York, NY

Note: Two shows played in the same evening.

🎫 Oct 18 Mon: Onondaga County War Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY

🎫 Oct 21 Thu: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC

🎫 Oct 22 Fri: Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA

🎫 Oct 23 Sat: Baltimore, MD

🎫 Oct 24 Sun: ?, NJ

🎫 Oct 25 Mon: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

🎫 Oct 27 Wed: Miami-Hollywood Sportatorium, Miami, FL

🎫 Oct 28 Thu: Miami-Hollywood Sportatorium, Miami, FL

🎫 Oct 30 Sat: Puerto Rico Naval Training Range, Vieques, Puerto Rico

Note: Free show for only the military families.

🎫 Oct 31 Sun: Hiram Bithorn Municipal Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico

🎫 Nov 4 Thu: Albuquerque, NM

🎫 Nov 5 Fri: Sports Arena, San Diego, CA

Incomplete: Savor/Para Los Rumberos - Taboo - Se A Cabo - Waiting/Incident At Neshabur - Samba Pa Ti - Toussaint L'Overture/Evil Ways/Jungle Strut

Quote from P.J. Padilla (The Santanamigos Group on Facebook July 20, 2024): Up to then the third concert I'd gone to in my life was my first Santana concert, November 5, 1971, age 15 (first two were The Doors, followed by Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass... how's that for contrast, ha!). Each at San Diego Sports Arena, my parents dropped me off and picked me up. This audio recording claims to be that Santana concert. I'm unable to verify. After all, I was only 15, lol.

🎫 🎫 Nov 6 Sat: Selland Arena, Fresno, CA

1st or 2nd show

Incomplete: Savor/Para Los Rumberos - Taboo - Se A Cabo - Waiting/Incident At Neshabur - Batuka/No One To Depend On - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Oye Como Va - Treat - Toussaint L'Overture/Evil Ways/Bambele/Gumbo - Samba Pa Ti - Soul Sacrifice

Note: Two shows played in the same evening.

🎫 Dec 5 Sun: Honolulu International Center Arena, Honolulu, Oahu, HI

W/Buddy Miles

🎫 Dec 6 Mon: Honolulu International Center Arena, Honolulu, Oahu, HI

W/Buddy Miles

🔔 Dec 10 Fri: Aeropuerto Jorge Chavez, Lima, Peru

Note: Santana is prevented by the military dictatorship from performing at the Universidad Nacional Mayor De San Marcos, Lima, Peru on Saturday Dec 11, 1971. Santana returns to perform in this city on July 21, 1995 and March 21, 2006.

Quote from Carlos Santana (The Universal Tone 2014): When we got to Lima, we hung out with the mayor while our luggage went to the hotel. We got the key to the city, took some photos, and then we went to visit a few churches at my request. (…) We were at the first one for just fifteen minutes when suddenly the place was surrounded by cops. (…) Then the cops told us there’d been some more problems with students; we were in danger, and we had to leave. They asked a plane that was flying from Brazil to Los Angeles to land and pick us up so that we could get back safely. We went straight to the airport. (p295)

Quote (https://elcomercio.pe/luces/musica/ocurrio-1971-suspenden-concierto-santana-lima-181523) (Dec 10, 2014): Santana and its crew arrived in Lima on Dec 8, 1971. The following day, the band was taken to the Seguridad del Estado de la Policía de Investigaciones del Perú (PIP), and stayed there all day. On Dec 10, 1971, an official statement from the Ministerio del Interior announced the cancelation of the event. Santana was directly taken from the PIP station to the Jorge Chavez airport.

🎧 Dec: Release of Papa John Creach's "Papa John Creach"

Selected Formats:

Papa John Creach's "Papa John Creach" in Dec 1971 on LP (gf) (Grunt USA/Canada/Germany FTR-1003) (Japan Grunt SRA-5535)

Papa John Creach's "Papa John Creach" in 1971 on LP (Grunt USA BXL1-1003)

Papa John Creach's "Papa John Creach" in 1972 on LP (gf) (Grunt UK FTR-1003)

Papa John Creach's "Papa John Creach" in 1972 on LP (quad) (Grunt USA/Japan R4P-5024)

Papa John Creach's "Papa John Creach" on Nov 24, 2017 on Collector's Edition LP (gf/remastered/translucent blue vinyl) (Culture Factory USA CFU01143)

Papa John Creach's "Papa John Creach" in 1997 on CD (One Way Records OW 34511)

Papa John Creach's "Papa John Creach on Feb 17, 2009 on CD (repress) (Acadia UK ACA 8089)

Track: Papa John's Down Home Blues (2:41)

Musicians: Papa John Creach, Nick Buck, Bruce Conte, Doug Rauch, Carlos Santana, Tony Smith

Recorded: Wally Heider Recording Studios, San Francisco, CA

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