Santana North American Tour 1974

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Santana North American Tour 1974

Tour by Santana
Associated album	Welcome
Start date	January 13, 1974 (1974-01-13)
End date	October 29, 1974 (1974-10-29)
Legs	1
No. of shows	61 (approximately)
Santana concert chronology

Listen to this concert Santana North American Tour 1974 or buy cd/DVDs of this concert on amazon Santana North American Tour 1974 was a North American tour by Santana promoting their new album, Welcome.

History

After releasing their new album Welcome on November 9, 1973, the band went on tour in the United States and Canada to promote the release. The group added saxophonist Jules Broussard and singer/keyboardist Leon Patillo, and drummer Michael Shrieve left due to health problems and wanting to pursue a solo career. Santana knew the tour wouldn't be canceled, and he was getting curious to know how the group's sound will change and evolve. Shrieve ended up getting replaced by Leon "Ndugu" Chancler. Doug Rauch quit the band and David Brown, who had played with Santana from 1966 to 1971, followed in his footsteps.

The set lists of this tour were similar to the set lists of their previous tour, the difference being the addition of "Mirage" and "Give and Take", months before their release on Borboletta and the removal of certain songs from the last tour.

One of the largest crowds Santana performed to during this tour was an appearance at the World Series of Rock festival in Cleveland's Cleveland Stadium on August 31, before a crowd of around 88,000 people. Another large crowd Santana performed to was at the First Annual Barndance and Bar B. Q. in Austin, Texas, playing to a crowd of at least 80,000 people. The band sometimes opened for other artists during this tour such as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

Recordings

No songs from this tour have been officially released, although bootleg recordings exist of certain shows, such as the performance on September 27 in Oklahoma City. The concerts on July 28 and September 14 were broadcast on American radio, but only the July concert has surfaced.

Tour band

• Carlos Santana – electric guitar, Echoplex, Latin percussion, vocals
• Leon Patillo – vocals, piano, organ
• Tom Coster – Yamaha organ, Hammond organ, electric piano, electric organ, vocals
• David Brown – bass guitar
• Jules Broussard – saxophone, flute
• Armando Peraza – Latin percussion, congas
• José "Chepito" Areas – timbales, congas, vocals
• Michael Shrieve – drums (through an unknown date)
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums (beginning on an unknown date)

Set list

The tour started on January 14 in Ithaca, New York, and ended on October 29 in College Park, Maryland. Here is a typical set list of this tour:

1. "Going Home" (Anton Dvorák; arranged by Alice Coltrane, Carlos Santana, Tom Coster, Richard Kermode, Doug Rauch, Michael Shrieve, José Areas, Armando Peraza)
2. "A-1 Funk" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
3. "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve)
4. "Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green)
5. "Gypsy Queen" (Gábor Szabó)
6. "Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente)
7. "Mirage" (Leon Patillo)
8. "Just in Time to See the Sun" (Gregg Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
9. "Bambele" (Areas, Peraza)
10. "Give and Take" (Santana, Coster, Shrieve)
11. "Incident at Neshabur" (Alberto Gianquinto, Santana)
12. "Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, David Brown, Marcus Malone)
13. "Samba Pa Ti" (Santana)
14. "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
15. "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)

The shows on August 11, August 18, September 1, and October 15 were the only shows that are known to have an encore. The encore was just "Toussiant L'Ouverture".

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
January 14, 1974	Ithaca	United States	Cornell University
February 24, 1974	Vancouver	Canada	n/a
July 13, 1974	Allendale Charter Township	United States	Grand Valley State University
July 22, 1974	Edmonton	Canada	Kinsmen Field House
July 24, 1974	Vancouver		Pacific Coliseum
July 25, 1974	Seattle	United States	Paramount Theatre
July 26, 1974	Portland		Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
July 28, 1974	San Diego		Balboa Stadium
July 31, 1974	Los Angeles		CBS Convention – The Century Plaza Hotel
August 2, 1974	Santa Barbara		Robertson Gymnasium
August 4, 1974	Milwaukee		Henry Maier Festival Park
August 6, 1974	Clear Lake		Surf Ballroom
August 7, 1974	Ashwaubenon		Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena
August 9, 1974	Mays Landing		Atlantic City Race Course
August 10, 1974	Clarkston		Pine Knob Music Theatre
August 11, 1974	Orchard Park		Summerfest at the Stadium – Rich Stadium (opened for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
August 14, 1974	Winnipeg	Canada	Winnipeg Arena
August 16, 1974	Allendale Charter Township	United States	Grand Valley State University
August 17, 1974	Saint Paul		Saint Paul Civic Center
August 18, 1974	Milwaukee		Milwaukee Auditorium
August 31, 1974	Cleveland		World Series of Rock – Cleveland Stadium
September 1, 1974	Austin		First Annual Barndance and Bar B. Q. – Memorial Stadium
September 13, 1974	San Francisco		Winterland Ballroom
September 14, 1974
September 15, 1974	Fresno		Selland Arena
September 17, 1974	Phoenix		Celebrity Theatre
September 18, 1974	Las Vegas		Las Vegas Ice Palace
September 20, 1974	San Bernardino		Swing Auditorium
September 21, 1974	Bakersfield		Bakersfield Civic Auditorium
September 23, 1974	Albuquerque		University Stadium
September 24, 1974	Las Cruces		Pan American Center
September 26, 1974	Tulsa		Tulsa Assembly Center
September 27, 1974	Oklahoma City		All Sports Stadium
September 28, 1974	Houston		Sam Houston Coliseum
September 29, 1974	Shreveport		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
October 2, 1974	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum
October 3, 1974	Tampa		Curtis Hixon Hall
October 4, 1974	Orlando		Orlando Sports Stadium
October 5, 1974	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Coliseum
October 6, 1974	Miami		Miami Jai-Alai Fronton
October 9, 1974	Passaic		Capitol Theatre
October 10, 1974
October 11, 1974 (2 shows)	New York City		Academy of Music
October 12, 1974 (2 shows)
October 13, 1974
October 14, 1974	Ithaca		Barton Hall
October 15, 1974	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum
October 17, 1974	Providence		Providence Civic Center
October 18, 1974	Henrietta		The Dome Arena
October 19, 1974	College Park		William P. Cole, Jr. Student Activities Building
October 20, 1974	Boston		Music Hall
October 22, 1974	Erie		Erie County Field House
October 23, 1974	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
October 24, 1974	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena
October 25, 1974	Chicago		International Amphitheatre
October 26, 1974	Oshkosh		Kolf Sports Center
October 27, 1974	Madison		Dane County Coliseum
October 28, 1974	Milwaukee		Milwaukee Auditorium
October 29, 1974	College Park		William P. Cole, Jr. Student Activities Building

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Santana, Carlos (2014). The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-31624-492-3. Search this book on

External links

• Santana Past Shows 1974 at Santana official website

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