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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: yorost on February 25, 2013, 01:20:00 PM
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https://www.noise11.com/news/exclusive-santana-reforms-santana-20130222
Carlos Santana has confirmed he is putting the original Santana band together for his next album.
In an interview with Noise11.com Carlos said that he is putting the line-up from the first three albums back together for his next record. “So far we have invited the original members like Greg Rolie from the first three albums,” he told Noise11. “It will be like Santana IV because we stopped at ‘Santana III’”.
Journey’s Neal Schon broke the news of the reunion to Noise11 this week and Carlos has confirmed that he has just about everyone on board for the project. “As well as Neal we have the two Mikes, Mike Carabello and Michael Shrieve. I am pretty sure Greg’s going to do it. So that is pretty much everyone,” he says.
Bass player David Brown passed away in 2000.
According to Carlos, the album will have the African feel of the first three Santana records. “We have been checking out a lot of African music, African patterns,” he says. “Each artist has his own thing that he listens to. Led Zeppelin listened to Otis Rush. Cream listened to Freddie King and Albert King. We all had someone that we listened to. It was a beautiful common ground for Santana to play African music”.
The band will start work on the album after Carlos finishes a big year of touring that will see him head to Deniliquin in New South Wales next month for the Deni Blues and Roots Festival. He says to “expect it in 2014”.
:dangerwillrobinson:
My bet's on Alphonso Johnson to replace Brown on bass. He's ex-Weather Report but also played with Santana during the 80's and has worked with Schon, Rolie, Shrieve, and Carabello on other projects.
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Holy crap, I'm on this like nobody's business!
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Surprised to see Neal here, wasn't he a little bitter for not getting deserved credit on one of his albums or something like that?
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Yes, his role on III was downgraded on some release, apparently. The liner notes on the more recent Legacy edition aren't a problem, though. (fabulous package, btw, tremendous detail on the recording of the entire album) He is still friends with everyone in the group, including Carlos. The two of them talk pretty fondly of one another in interviews. Schon's solo album released earlier this year even had a tribute song to Carlos on it, Song of the Wind II, a sequel of sorts to their duel on Caravanserai. Carlos, Gregg, and Neal have all been dropping hints in the last year or two about wanting to play together again. They have in the past, too, I didn't think anything would come of it.
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I've never really checked old Santana before, but this would be a good reason for me to do so! Are the first 3 albums pretty good enough for me to get?
-Marc.
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Pretty good!?! :lol
III and Abraxas are the best places to start. Caravanserai is as great as those two, but it is wildly different and marked a transition from more of a band to a solo act
I, Santana & Buddy Miles Live, and the 90's band Abraxas Pool (semi-reunion) are all right there, close, too, but not quite as good..
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12 songs in A Harmonic Minor.
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How long til Schon tries to kick Santana out of the band again? :lol
Seriously though, this sounds pretty cool.
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What again? Are you thinking about the Abraxas Pool reunion? Santana turned down an invitation, Schon didn't snub him.
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It's on, they're writing and rehearsing. ...from Schon's Facebook page.
(https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1/s403x403/1958110_653444548049357_1560547391_n.jpg)
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I'm listening to Santana IV right now. :omg: I love listening to Schon and Carlos play off each other. I'm gonna need to buy this for the house stereo. It would be perfect cocktail party music!
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super old bump.
Carlos collapsed on stage tonight in Michigan.
Let's hope he'll be okay.
https://twitter.com/sfchronicle/status/1544515762622287872
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super old bump.
Carlos collapsed on stage tonight in Michigan.
Let's hope he'll be okay.
https://twitter.com/sfchronicle/status/1544515762622287872
Saw that earlier and thought it sounded pretty grim. Looks like it’s just heat exhaustion and he’s doing well after getting checked out.
https://people.com/music/carlos-santana-is-doing-well-after-passing-out-from-heat-exhaustion-during-performance/