I drove from Stockholm to Copenhagen a few years ago to see them. That took almost 10 hours and it was definitely worth it. Now I no longer have a car, much disposable income (starving musician!) and the closest gig in North Germany would take about…
Lotus, Santana III, Caravanserai and Abraxas are my favorites in that order.
I include the 3rd album because of the continued movement towards Latin Jazz but mostly because I sensed some spiritual searching going on. Some examples include Taboo, Ev…
I've been thinking about this one since this was posted. I think that Alex, Greg Walker, Tony Lindsay and Andy Vargas are the singers that have the greatest vocal range.
At the risk of sounding hippie-polly-anna again, I really enjoy the vocals of…
When I re-visited Michael Shrieve's Spellbinder MySpace website I was reminded that there is current music that has a very similar vibe to Caravanserai and Lotus IMO. Give a listen (if U haven't already) to Every step of the way and Jungle strut on…
Bless, Jeff,
I thought I recognized your name and then I found myself listening to some wonderful guitar tones on Victory on Latin Rock's Myspace site. I look forward to getting to know your work better. Any recommendations on where I can get start…
There's no risk of Carlos or the Santana musicians getting the Las Vegas syndrome. I know I risk sounding like a dye-hard fan of Carlos (I am a fan), but I don't see Supernatural and the two that followed as commercial-pop sell-outs. Carlos is--from…
Hector Gilberto said:Hi Stephen, nice recollection of ur Caravanserai and Lotus memories!!!! I think Santana as a band reached their peak right there and then!!!
Tnx. In some ways, maybe, I agree. I see that period as one of the many caramels of st…
I just happened to listen to Caravanserai today...again...like I do an average of once a week these days.
For me this got started about two years ago when I listened to Lotus from beginning to end for the first time in many years, and with a good s…