Carlos Santana show

[santellavision]

Went to see Carlos live last night in El Paso. The Doobies opened for him. Good, solid show, I would recommend catching both bands if you can. They both brought it, tons of hits and great players. Carlos is 80 and still played well. Definitely not the Carlos of youth. He had to sit for most of the show due to age, but, I still enjoyed his moments of greatness last night.

OK, got to mention this...
When they were switching bands, Carlo's tech brought out his rig and fired it up. OMG. Now, I've seen a LOT of shows in my 67 years. I have NEVER heard a live amp that loud. Not through the PA, this was just the rig on stage. I was over 100' away and it was insane. I have to repeat, it was INSANELY loud and CLEAN. Looked like an old 100w Boogie combo on top of a 4x12 cab. I've google'd a bit and his last rig had some Blutotone and Dumble amps off-stage, So, that 4x12 cab might be a mix of amps. The Boogie was mic'd as well as the 4x12. But, the stage volume was crazy.

When the band started, he was no where near being put through the PA. It was just his rig live. We're talking a basketball size arena stage show. You could hear him direct. In fact, even the full band through the PA was not as loud has he was! Not sure who I felt bad for, the FOH mixer or the band dealing with that stage volume! One more shout out, but his wife on Drums was off-the-chart great. Wowza.

Here's a quick clip.
https://youtu.be/ZLKZdzQNEHE

Edited 6 hours ago by santellavision

[BoogieMKIIA]

Great tone, he always sounds like Carlos no matter the right. Could've been his old Mark 1 or a Kingsnake.

Wonder how he is able to hear anything after all the years 

[Dave Scepter]

I remember growing up as a kid in San Francisco, cutting class/getting high and stumbling upon Santana in a free impromptu street jam in Golden Gate park's clamshell venue... extremely cool experience as a kid, forever etched in my mind 😃

[specialk]

 

[mathman]

Santana was my first concert.  1975 in Mobile Alabama IIRC.  can't find that ticket stub.