I saw this guy for the first time last night. At the time he was a 19 year old playing drums on the same set he learned on. I am currently learning how to play drums and have been for about a month now. Mike Shrieve destroys his drum set during the solo in the video I am going to link. If you are a fan of Santana or rock music in general, watch this video up through the big drum solo, starting at about 3 minutes in. Michael Shrieve is my new idol when it comes to music.
Michael Shrieve is absolutely fantastic. He killed at Woodstock. I actually think his playing was the best thing about Santana’s set.
If you haven’t already, you might want to check out some of his solo output. “Fascination”, especially is a great album. The fact that Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz also played on that album certainly didn’t hurt.
OMG! Santana when he was younger
That kinda reminds me of The Mars Volta: I’ve got a couple of their albums - perhaps that’s who they got their inspiration from.