![]() " Oye Como Va" was a hit by Tito Puente in the early 1960s and the group played it live regularly, as they realized it was good for audiences to dance to. The band added a cover of Gabor Szabo's instrumental "Gypsy Queen" to the end. Both were influenced as guitarists by B.B. We questioned the painting, berated it, made love to it, prayed to it: We called it mother, called it whore and slut, called it our beloved, called it Abraxas." Songs Ĭarlos Santana had been interested in Fleetwood Mac's leader and songwriter Peter Green, having seen him perform at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, and decided to cover the band's song " Black Magic Woman". The title of the album originates from a line in Hermann Hesse's book Demian, quoted on the album's back cover: "We stood before it and began to freeze inside from the exertion. It was released on Septemby Columbia Records and became the band's first album to reach number one in the United States. That version of Europa also includes homages to Marvin Gaye’s “I Want You,” and Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Be Ever Wonderful” (and they borrowed it from “Ponta de Areia,” written by Brazilian songwriter Milton Nascimento).Abraxas is the second studio album by Latin rock band Santana. ![]() Perhaps it was playing the song in concert for 16 years, but Santana really hits his stride on that version. His tone is smooth and powerful, the classic Santana sustain seems to go on forever, and the band pushes the song to a new level. Europa on Moonflower (1977) takes the original version up a notch, but the 1993 live version of Europa on Sacred Fire: Live in South America is the ultimate. Interestingly, the initial version of Europa from Amigos, which was recorded in the studio, was later overshadowed by two much more potent live recordings. The rest of the song alternates between a more prosaic minor i, iv, and v (Cm, Fm7, Gm7). There is an inspired twist just before the “B” section, where the harmony modulates to C major (with a Cmaj7), which is mirrored in the guitar melody. The chords for the “A” section are: Bb7sus4 – Bb7 – Ebmaj7 – Abmaj7 – G7sus4 – G7 – Cm. Watch the Video Europa Chord Progressionīased in C minor, Europa has a slick chord progression that utilizes a descending cycle of suspensions, and complements perfectly Santana’s accessible melody. (Also in the running is the lyrical “Samba Pa Ti.”)ĭue in great part to Coster’s influence, it is also one of Santana’s most harmonically complex songs - and certainly the most sophisticated, harmonically, of his hits.Ĭheck out the new video for this guitar and percussion-driven song by the leading Santana Tribute and Latin-rock band. Where Rolie’s style was solidly grounded in blues and rock, Coster was much more heavily influenced by jazz, and jazz-related genres.ĭuring their time together, Santana and Coster wrote a number of songs, but the most memorable was the the instrumental, “Europa (Earth’s Cry, Heaven’s Smile)”, considered by many to be Santana’s most beautiful instrumental song. Though Santana worked with a number of different keyboard players, he eventually gravitated toward an extended relationship with Tom Coster. It was early in this period that long-time partner and collaborator Gregg Rolie left Santana. ![]() Check out the new video for this guitar and percussion-driven song by the leading Santana Tribute and Latin-rock band.
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