Still Smokin'

Carlos Santana on the debut of Lopez Tonight (with George Lopez) 11/9/09

Carlos & Company for a Monday Afternoon

Life is definitely too short for all the great music there is to listen to. OldRockr1's blog is a great one to check out if you're interested in downloading live music...

Too Old To Rock & Roll... Too Young To Die

In looking at what he's put up since October, I have barely scratched the surface. He's going strong, posting up all sorts of bands and artists, too many to name so you'll just have to go and see what he's got for ya.

The next GD show here, I hope, will be one from '87, a request received, a request soon-to-be fulfilled. Santana opened for the Dead that day and I looked high and low for a copy of that to include in the post... but no luck. I found one person with a copy, someone who hasn't been an active trader in many years so blahhhhhh, oh well.

But I still wanted to hear some Santana and the following show I saw over at Too Old To Rock & Roll and it just sounded too good to pass up.

Santana April 19, 1988 Sunrise Musical Theatre Sunrise, Florida
Everybody's Everything, Black Magic Woman-> Gypsy Queen-> Oye Como Va, Samba Pa Ti, Batuka-> No One To Depend On, Spirits Dancing In The Flesh, Healer, Smooth Criminal, Europa, Cloud Nine, Soul Sacrifice, Once It's Gotcha

Wow. What a sweeeeeeeeeeet soundboard recording.
5 Stars out of 5 -- All The Way!

A great and fun show this is, without a doubt. I dig this music so much but since I'm not an aficionado, I'll leave the critiquing to those in the know. What I do know is if you don't play this LOUD, you're a fool! No offense or nothin' but this has just GOT to be played LOUD, man. LOUD!!!! Get up from your chair. Loosen up. Let the music envelope you, enter you, take you over, and ultimately move you. Dance around the house to this for an hour and who needs to go running or to a gym to work out?!

One of the oddest tunes here (perhaps the only odd one) has got to be Smooth Criminal by the one and only Michael Jackson. No, seriously. I had no clue that Santana performed this song. A few years ago I heard, and wouldn't mind getting into my ears, the version by Alien Ant Farm. But Santana? One of the things that makes this peculiar is the fact that this was a hugely popular single for The Gloved One at the time of this show. It had to've been released by Michael Jackson within a month or two before this... and here so soon is Santana using it live. I'm just scratching my head over this. It's interesting.

Overall, this is such a cool show and the sound is impeccable. I am gonna love listening to this many times!

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Today, hiking boots...

Short hike today but as always it is great to be on the trail, even if it's the very same trail over and freakin' over -- a short hike on the same (here's that word again!) monotonous trail is better than sitting around being lazy and getting fat. There is absolutely no doubt about that.

Time on the trail:
an even 1 hour & 30 minutes

tunes...

John Williams, London Symphony Orchestra

Main Title/Approaching the Death Star/Tatooine Rendezvous

(from Return of the Jedi)

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Thelonious Monk -- Underground
(5 songs from the 1967 studio album)

Thelonious, Ugly Beauty, Raise Four,

Boo Boo's Birthday (Take 11), Easy Street

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Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!
(1972)

Marbles » Lava,
Evil Ways » Faith Interlude » Them Changes,
Free Form Funkafide Filth

192 kbps dload @ Music: Than And Now

Great music! The amazingness of Carlos & Buddy Miles really puts into perspective all of the mediocre albums that I listen to. That is such a fun album full of fantastic playing. Rather than just renting it, I might just hafta buy a copy for me very own. And the Monk, well, beautiful stuff. All in all a great selection of music for today.