Drummer MICHAEL SHRIEVE had just turned 19 when Santana, a relatively unknown band, performed at Woodstock in 1969. Here is the speech Michael gave at his induction into the Roll & Roll Hall of Fame:
When I was 16 years old, I called up about a dozen of my musician friends [...]
Archive for November, 2007
The Youngest Musician @ Woodstock
Posted in Jazz, Rock, Santana, tagged drums, michael shrieve, Mike Bloomfield, Santana, Woodstock on November 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Read an excerpt from Eric Clapton’s Autobiography
Posted in Blues, Eric Clapton, Music, tagged autobiography, Blues, book, Eric Clapton, excerpt on November 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“The electric guitar I chose was one I had had my eye on in the window of Bell’s, where we had got the Hoyer. It was the same guitar I had seen Alexis Korner playing, a double-cutaway semi-acoustic Kay, which at the time was a quite advanced instrument, although essentially, as I later learned, it [...]
