Woodstock Music and Arts Festival
It was played by Santana at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. It was filmed and later released as a part of the iconic Woodstock documentary. The Woodstock performance of the song is often remembered for Michael Shrieve's elaborate drum solo; Shrieve's name has become synonymous with the early days of Santana and their performance at Woodstock. The performance also features Santana playing two long solos that epitomize his hard-driven, ultra-fast Latin rock-blues sound.
Santana has since admitted he was under the influence of LSD during the performance of the song, due to the fact the bands' set was pushed up 12 hours ahead of its original start time.
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