My Seventies Music

Carlos Santana – “Samba Pa Ti”

I could listen to Carlos Santana playing “Samba Pa Ti” for hours, and yet for years I didn’t even know what the song was called – I just knew that I loved it!

Actually I could listen to anyone playing it, as long as they played it well.

My main Seventies memory associated with this song, off the 1970 Santana album “Abraxas”, is the Awapuni Tavern in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

We used to go to all kinds of student functions there, but also just to hear whoever was playing. It was quite a way out of town, so you had to make an effort to go there.

Usually it was worth it…

So here it is, “Samba Pa Ti” by Santana, the original:

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“Rocky Mountain Way” by Joe Walsh

“Rocky Mountain Way” by Joe Walsh of The James Gang fame has always been one of my favourites from the Seventies.

Definitely a touch harder than the “America” tune we had yesterday….

If you’re into blues/slide guitar and all kinds of effects, then this piece from the album “The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get” is for you.

In fact I like it so much that I decided to do videos of more than one version today. 🙂

So first here he is after moving on from The James Gang, with his band Barnstorm, still looking quite young:

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