Have you ever heard the album McLaughlin did with Carlos Santana, Love, Devotion, Surrender? To me, it's the best work either ever did (Santana used to be awesome long, long ago, before he did collaborations with Rob Thomas and women's shoe designers).
Yes I have! You recommended it last time Mahavishnu came up, haha:D I agree it's amazing, but like I told tng I think Abraxas was Santana's best-- it was raw carlos imo.
When he hit the scene he was a phenom. A teenager playing the same stages as the biggest acts in San Fran in the late 60's. He's mentioned a good deal in Bill Graham Presents, a must read for any fan of rock and roll.Santana used to be awesome long, long ago, before he did collaborations with Rob Thomas and women's shoe designers
-this is so hard to believe, given the absolutely awful songs he put out with Rob Thomas.
I read his biography in like 6th grade. It gave me a much better image of him as, like you said, a young phenom. The passion coming out of Abraxas was awesome, dude was a prodigy. I think he's just old now. Eh.