Santana With Neal Schon In Germany In 1971

Veteran rock acts Santana and Journey will pair up for three-night run of shows together this April, including a co-bill at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The two bands share a long history together with guitarist Neal Schon serving as one of the bridges between the two storied groups.

Carlos Santana enlisted a 15-year-old Schon to play guitar alongside him in Santana. The young axeman appeared on the band’s 1971 album Santana III and made an appearance that year with the band on the German television program Beat Club. Rounding out the group at that point was Gregg Rolie on keys, Michael Shrieve on drums, David Brown on bass and percussionists Coke Escovedo, Chepito Areas and Mike Carabello. For Throwback Thursday, below are clips from that April 1971 studio taping of Santana performing the instrumentals “Jungle Strut” and “Samba Pa Ti”, and their classic “Black Magic Woman,” watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJmx5y1zrUo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sneqWW49lI8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVhpzhSdAfM