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Santana, possibly with Derek Trucks Band - Casino Rama Apri. 17th


Basher

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Personally I would rather not see anyone at the Casino as the sets are nearly always cut short by the Casino promoters to put peoples asses back at the tables. But if someone I love is playing there I often end up seeing them play a shorter set than usual.

I haven't seen Santana since the Supernatural Tour as I wasn't a big fan of that album or that tour compared to when I had saw him last. Much time has past since then and I could see myself seeing Santana again, Casino venue or not.

Peace,

Tim

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I've seen Santana a number of times over the years. None since that Supranatural show though. That one made me cringe. He'd gone so mainstream at that point and the crowd was annoying. Prior to that, I recall the RR/Sanatana show and Carlos' Jesus rants did go on too long for my liking.

I was fortunate enough to see him in Vegas in '91 when he opened 2 shows for the Grateful Dead. Came out and did a sweet Bird Song with the boys one day too :) Such a fun time that weekend, and it was my wife-to-be's birthday as well :) Too bad his set each day was INDENTICAL!!

I'm up for seeing him again as he is a phenomenal guitarist and can really take you out there. If I can get some of those comp Players Club tix I might just make the effort to get to Rama :)

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yeah Vintage Santana is still tops for me - He had a wicked hit in the 90's with the song/album Milagro - it had that vintage feel.

The whole Supernatural thing was that Santana was about to be dropped by his record company and A&R people were telling him he was done. I think he purposely went out of his way to do something so mainstream to rebuild his image and the demand for his body of work - and it worked. Now that that's all behind him - hopefully he's stick to his tasty guitar playing and forget the Matchbox20 stuff.

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