The Caravanserai Tour was a series of performances by American

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band

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in support of their album '' Caravanserai'' during 1972 and 1973. It started on September 4, 1972, at the

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in Griffin, Indiana, and ended on October 21, 1973 at Ginasio Municipal Novo in

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. This tour could be considered to be the group's most eclectic tour at this point, as the band did concerts at every continent except Africa and Antarctica, including one of the first, if not the first, tours of Latin America by a major American rock act. The tour was the first and only tour to feature the group's second lineup, "The New Santana Band", consisting of guitarist Carlos Santana, percussionists

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and

José Areas José Octavio "Chepito" Areas Dávila (born 25 July 1946) is a Nicaraguan percussionist best known for having played timbales and Conga drums in the Latin rock group Santana in 1969–1977 and 1987–1989. In 1998, he was inducted into the Roc ...

, bassist

Doug Rauch Douglass Haywood Rauch (September 14, 1950 – April 23, 1979) was an American Bass guitar, bassist. He played with Carlos Santana during his jazz fusion period in the early 1970s. He also teamed up with David Bowie for his Diamond Dogs tour ...

, drummer

Michael Shrieve Michael Shrieve (born July 6, 1949) is an American drummer, percussionist, and composer. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band Santana, playing on the band's first seven albums from 1969 to 1974. At age 20, Shrieve was the second you ...

, and

Tom Coster Tom Coster (born August 21, 1941) is an American keyboardist, composer, and longtime backing musician for Carlos Santana. Early years Detroit-born and San Francisco-raised, Coster played piano and accordion as a youth, continuing his studies ...

and

Richard Kermode Richard Kermode (October 5, 1946 – January 16, 1996) was an American keyboardist, known for performing with Janis Joplin, Malo, Santana, and Ray Cepeda. History Richard Kermode was born on October 5, 1946, in Lovell, Wyoming. Kermode gre ...

on keyboards. The group often performed material from ''Caravanserai'' along with other improvisations and covers. Some concerts were recorded and filmed and released as albums and films. The shows on July 3 and 4, 1973 at the Osaka Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan in

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, Japan were released as the triple

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LP '' Lotus'' (1974). Select concerts during the tour's Latin American portion were filmed and incorporated into the documentary, ''Santana en Colores'' (1973).

History

On October 11, 1972, Santana released ''Caravanserai'', a major turning point in Carlos Santana's career. The album aimed towards a more experimental jazz fusion sound, a contrast from the group's earlier releases. In the same year, Santana became interested in the jazz fusion outfit

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and its guitarist,

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. Aware of Santana's interest in meditation, McLaughlin introduced Santana, and his girlfriend Deborah, to his guru,

Sri Chinmoy Chinmoy Kumar Ghose (27 August 1931 – 11 October 2007), better known as Sri Chinmoy, was an Indian spiritual leader who taught meditation in the West after moving to New York City in 1964.Love Devotion Surrender ''Love Devotion Surrender'' is an album released in 1973 by guitarists Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin (musician), John McLaughlin, with the backing of their respective bands, Santana (band), Santana and The Mahavishnu Orchestra. The album was ...

'' with members of Santana and the Mahavishnu Orchestra in 1973. After becoming a disciple of the guru, Santana got his hair cut short and he started to dress in white clothes. Some time later, Santana, having obtained legal rights to the band's name, Santana, formed a new version of the band with renowned

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percussionist

and Nicaraguan percussionist

on bass,

on drums, and

and

on keyboards. Dubbed "The New Santana Band", they toured North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania in support of ''Caravanserai'', travelling in a

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airliner, which generated a lot of buzz in Australia. At the start of the European tour of 1972, a press conference was held in the afternoon of November 4, 1972, before the concert at London's Empire Pool, where Santana answered questions about his new look and spiritual direction. His devotion to Chinmoy was evident during the press conference, as a picture of Jesus was perched on top of an amplifier next to a photo of the guru during the conference. The band followed this European tour with a North American tour lasting from December 1972 to June 1973. During April to June 1973, the group took a break to record their fifth studio album, ''

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''. This album was much more experimental than Santana's previous albums, and did not produce any hit singles. Though the tour mainly promoted ''Caravanserai'', songs from upcoming Santana albums were played during this tour, such as tracks from ''Welcome'': " Going Home", "Samba de Sausalito", "When I Look into Your Eyes", "Yours Is the Light", "Light of Life", "Welcome", and "Mantra". After the conclusion of the North American tour, an Asian tour started, where the group played in Japan, Hong Kong and Malaysia. The tour of Asia was followed by a tour of Australia and New Zealand. Another North American tour followed, and the group subsequently toured Latin America. The tour of Latin America in late 1973 was announced around September 22, and it generated a lot of publicity as it was one of the first, if not the first, tour of Latin America by a major American rock act. When the group arrived at

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in Guatemala on September 26, 1973, they were received by the daughter of

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Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio and they answered questions by reporters. Later that day, the band did a benefit concert at Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores organized by First Lady Álida España and

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. When the band landed at Las Mercedes Airport in

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, Nicaragua on October 2, 1973, a swarm of fans mobbed the group when they were boarding their tour bus. Percussionist José Areas, who is Nicaraguan, was given a standing ovation by the crowd. Santana met up with former

Anastasio Somoza Debayle, while Areas privately traveled to León to see his family. At 8 p.m. on October 3, the group did a free benefit concert for victims of the

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at Estadio Nacional Somoza. During October 6, 1973, at the Plaza de toros Monumental de Valencia in

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, two fans died at the concert, one man committed suicide by jumping from a tall structure located in the bullring, and a woman suffocated. In Caracas, there was a riot between the concert-goers and the police over the constant marijuana usage at the performance which resulted in hundreds of fans being detained and fifteen officials injuring themselves in the fight.

Tour band

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– lead vocals, sound effects, percussion (beginning June 21, 1973) * Carlos Santana – guitar,

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, percussion, vocals *

– Yamaha organ, Hammond organ, electric piano, percussion, vocals *

– Hammond organ, Mellotron, piano, electric piano, percussion, vocals *

– bass guitar *

– drums * José "Chepito" Areas – timbales, congas, percussion, vocals *

– bongos, congas, percussion * James "Mingo" Lewis – congas, percussion (through April 8, 1973)

Typical set lists

September–October 1972: First North American tour

A 16-date tour of North America started on September 4, 1972, at the

, held near

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on Bull Island and ended on October 30, 1972 at the Academy of Music in New York City. This is a usual set list for this leg (actual set list taken from the October 15 Seattle show): # "A-1 Funk" ( Carlos Santana,

) # "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve) # " Samba Pa Ti" (Santana) # "Look Up (To See What's Coming Down)" (Rauch,

Gregg Rolie Gregg Alan Rolie (born June 17, 1947) is an American singer and keyboardist. Rolie served as lead singer of the bands Santana and Journey – both of which he co-founded. He also helmed rock group The Storm, performed in Ringo Starr & His A ...

, Santana) # "Just in Time to See the Sun" (Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "

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" (Alberto Gianquinto, Santana) # "Bambele" (Areas, Peraza) # "Stone Flower" (

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) # "Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)" ( Airto Moreira) # "Castillos de Arena Part 1 (Sand Castle)" (Joaquim Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza, Chick Corea) # "Free Angela" (

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) # "Mantra" (Coster, Santana, Shrieve) # "Castillos de Arena Part 2 (Sand Castle)" (Corea, Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "Earth" # "Se Acabó" (Areas) # "Savor" (Areas, David Brown,

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, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "Welcome" (

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) # "La Fuente del Ritmo" (

Mingo Lewis James "Mingo" Lewis (born 8 December 1953) is an American percussionist and drummer who played with Santana, Al Di Meola, Return to Forever (he was a band member for Di Meola's first five albums), and The Tubes. Playing Lewis plays congas, b ...

) On the other hand, the concert on September 12, 1972 at the Keystone in

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was very different from the usual set list, as more songs from ''Caravanserai'' were performed on this date. The set list for this performance was as follows: # "Eternal Caravanserai Of Reincarnation" (Tom Rutley,

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, Shrieve) # "Waves Within" (Rauch, Rolie, Santana) # "Look Up (To See What's Coming Down)" (Rauch, Rolie, Santana) # "Just in Time to See the Sun" (Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "

" (Gianquinto, Santana) # "Se Acabó" (Areas) # "Bambele" (Areas, Peraza) # "Stone Flower" (

) # "Batukada" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)" ( Airto Moreira) # "Castillos de Arena Part 1 (Sand Castle)" (Joaquim Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza, Corea) # "Free Angela" (Cochran) # "Castillos de Arena Part 2 (Sand Castle)" (Corea, Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "Earth" # "La Fuente del Ritmo" (Lewis) # "Welcome" (Coltrane) # "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve)

November–December 1972: First tour of Europe

The band started a European tour on November 4, 1972 at Empire Pool in London, England, concluding on December 5, 1972 at Philips Halle in

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. New additions to the set list include " Going Home", which opened every concert during the entire tour, and the instrumental " Samba Pa Ti". Here is a common set list for this leg (actual set list taken from the December 1 Rotterdam gig): # " Going Home" ( Anton Dvorák; arranged by

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, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "A-1 Funk" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve) # " Samba Pa Ti" (Santana) # "Look Up (To See What's Coming Down)" (Rauch, Rolie, Santana) # "Just in Time to See the Sun" (Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "

" (Gianquinto, Santana) # "Bambele" (Areas, Peraza) # "Stone Flower" (Jobim) # "Batukada" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)" (Moreira) # "Waiting" (Santana) # "Castillos de Arena Part 1 (Sand Castle)" (Joaquim Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza, Corea) # "Free Angela" (Cochran) # "Mantra" (Coster, Santana, Shrieve) # "Castillos de Arena Part 2 (Sand Castle)" (Corea, Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "Earth" # "Se Acabó" (Areas) # "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)

December 1972–June 1973: Second tour of North America

A tour of North America began on December 9, 1972 at

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, Louisiana and ended on June 21, 1973 at the Anchorage Sports Arena in Anchorage, Alaska. A new song, "Kyoto", was added to the set list. Here is a typical set list for this leg (actual set list taken from the January 30 San Diego show): # " Going Home" (Dvorák; arr.: Coltrane, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "A-1 Funk" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve) # " Samba Pa Ti" (Santana) # "Look Up (To See What's Coming Down)" (Rauch, Rolie, Santana) # "Just in Time to See the Sun" (Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "

) # ''

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'' (

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) # "Mantra" (Coster, Santana, Shrieve) # "Kyoto" (Shrieve) # "Castillos de Arena Part 2 (Sand Castle)" (Corea, Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "Earth" # "Se Acabó" (Areas) # "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)

June–July 1973: Asian tour

The group started their very first tour of Asia on June 27, 1973 at the Fukuoka Kyuden Kinen Gymnasium in

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, Japan and ended on July 19, 1973 at

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, Malaysia. A live album, ''Lotus'', was recorded during this tour. The album's track listing is as follows: # " Going Home" (Dvorák; arr.: Coltrane, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "A-1 Funk" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve) # "

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" ( Peter Green) # "Gypsy Queen" (

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) # "

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" (

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) # "Japan" (Hayashi, Matsuhima; arr.: Santana, Kermode, Shrieve, Rauch, Coster, Peraza, Areas) # "Bambele" (Areas, Peraza) # "Um Um Um" (

) # "Yours Is the Light" (Kermode) # "Batukada" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)" (Moreira) # "Stone Flower (Introduction)" (Jobim) # "Waiting" (Santana) # "Castillos de Arena Part 1 (Sand Castle)" (Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza, Corea) # "Free Angela" (Cochran) # "Samba de Sausalito" (Areas) # "Mantra" (Coster, Santana, Shrieve) # "Kyoto" (Shrieve) # "Castillos de Arena Part 2 (Sand Castle)" (Corea, Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "Light of Life" (Santana, Kermode, Coster) # "Se Acabó" (Areas) # " Samba Pa Ti" (Santana) # "Mr. Udo" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "The Creator Has a Master Plan" (Thomas, Pharoah Sanders) # "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "Conga Solo" (Peraza) # "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "

" (Gianquinto, Santana)

July–August 1973: Oceanic tour

The group's first tour of Oceania lasted from July 23, 1973 at

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, Australia to August 8, 1973 at

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, New Zealand. No set list information exists of this leg, but the set lists were reportedly similar to the previous ones.

August–October 1973: Third North American tour

The band did another North American tour from August 12, 1973 at

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in Jersey City, New Jersey to October 3, 1973 at Estadio Nacional Somoza in

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, Nicaragua. Mexican television crews taped the shows at the Auditorio de la Reforma in Puebla, Mexico on September 22–23, 1973. Here is a typical set list for this leg (actual set list taken from the August 12 Jersey City show): # " Going Home" (Dvorák; arr.: Coltrane, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "A-1 Funk" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve) # "

" (Green) # "Gypsy Queen" (Szabó) # "

" (Puente) # "Japan" (Hayashi, Matsuhima; arr.: Santana, Kermode, Shrieve, Rauch, Coster, Peraza, Areas) # "Bambele" (Areas, Peraza) # "Um Um Um" (Thomas) # "Yours Is the Light" (Kermode) # "Batukada" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)" (Moreira) # "Stone Flower (Introduction)" (Jobim) # "Waiting" (Santana) # "Castillos de Arena Part 1 (Sand Castle)" (Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza, Corea) # "Free Angela" (Cochran) # "Samba de Sausalito" (Areas) # "Castillos de Arena Part 2 (Sand Castle)" (Corea, Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "Light of Life" (Santana, Kermode, Coster) # "Se Acabó" (Areas) # "Mr. Udo" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "The Creator Has a Master Plan" (Thomas, Sanders) # "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # " Samba Pa Ti" (Santana) # "

" (Gianquinto, Santana)

October 1973: Tour of South America

A series of shows in South America began on October 5, 1973 at Plaza de toros Monumental de Maracaibo in Maracaibo,

and ended on October 21, 1973 at Ginasio Municipal Novo in

. Here is a typical set list for this leg (actual set list taken from the October 19 São Paulo show): # " Going Home" (Dvorák; arr.: Coltrane, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "A-1 Funk" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve) # "

" (Green) # "Gypsy Queen" (Szabó) # "

" (Puente) # "Bambele" (Areas, Peraza) # "Um Um Um" (Thomas) # "Yours Is the Light" (Kermode) # "Batukada" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)" (Moreira) # "Stone Flower (Introduction)" (Jobim) # "Waiting" (Santana) # "Castillos de Arena Part 1 (Sand Castle)" (Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza, Corea) # "Free Angela" (Cochran) # ''

'' (Rodrigo) # "Samba de Sausalito" (Areas) # "Castillos de Arena Part 2 (Sand Castle)" (Corea, Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza) # "Se Acabó" (Areas) # " Samba Pa Ti" (Santana) # "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)

Live releases

Live material from this tour has appeared on the following releases: * The shows on July 3 and 4, 1973 at the Osaka Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan in

, Japan were released as the triple

LP '' Lotus''. * Fragments of shows from the Central and South American concerts of this tour were used in the 1973 concert film ''Santana en Colores''. * " Samba Pa Ti" from ''Santana en Colores'', filmed on September 28, 1973 at

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in San Salvador, El Salvador was released on the video ''Viva Santana! An Intimate Conversation With Carlos Santana'' in 1988.

Reception

During the band's first North American tour in 1972, it was reported that "the crowds were sparer than expected in a few spots than the last tour, but there were standing ovations in San Francisco and New York, and encores almost everywhere else." However, in a review for ''

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'', reporter Don Tollefson gave their performance at San Francisco's

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on April 6, 1973 a poor review, saying that the talent of the members was underutilized, and one of the other acts on the bill,

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, delivered a better performance than headliner Santana. Additionally, the band's shows in Venezuela and Colombia were negatively received by the media.

Tour dates

North American leg (September 4 – October 30, 1972)

European leg (November 4 – December 5, 1972)

North American leg (December 9, 1972 – June 21, 1973)

Asian leg (June 27 – July 19, 1973)

Australasian leg (July 23 – August 8, 1973)

North American leg (August 12 – October 3, 1973)

South American leg (October 5–21, 1973)

Unknown dates

Notes

Footnotes

References

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External links

Santana Past Shows 1972
at Santana official website
Santana Past Shows 1973
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