I just got back from watching Santana at the Festival d’Été de Québec. It was an outdoor concert on the Plains of Abraham. Definitely in my top ten, it was a great show. Outdoor concerts are always better! Including Carlos, Santana consisted of two drummers, a dude on the congos, trombone, trumpet, bass, guitar, and two singers.
They played a good sampling of the Santana catalogue including ‘Evil Ways’, ‘Jingo’, ‘Singing Winds, Crying Beasts’, ‘Black Magic Woman’, ‘Oye Como Va’, ‘Smooth’, ‘Into the Night’, ‘Maria Maria’. The rest I didn’t recognise or didn’t know the title because it had no lyrics. They also played a great cover of ‘Sunshine of Your Love’.
It also turns out that Carlos Santana is engaged and introduced us to his fiancé who performed a five minute long drum solo. Good times!