Forty years after his historic Woodstock drum solo, Michael Shrieve played “Soul Sacrifice” at Tost tonight, wowing a standing-room-only crowd. Here’s a video of the first nine minutes or so, going up through his drum solo. That’s JC Johnny Conga playing congas. The lighting was bad where he was (off stage off to the side), [...]
This weekend was the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. I’ve heard Santana’s “Soul Sacrifice” on the radio several times this weekend and have watched this YouTube video a few times as well.
This performance started my infatuation with world percussion and rhythm culture. From those first conga licks, through Michael Shrieve’s shredding drum solo, and right up [...]