Michael Shrieve

aydee

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Of the 4 iconic drum solos etched on the pages of rock history, I see lots of mention of 3 of them.

Moby Dick, Tom Sawyer, The Mule.

But I dont read much about Soul Sacrifice or Santana's Mike Shrieve the guy who made Santana a household name way back by this stirring solo at Woodstock.

So what happened to him since? I remember a project with Steve Winwood and a guy called stomu yamashta years ago, but then he just went off the radar.

Just youtubed him and found this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K87bY_wiYkE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WijqZt33zZA&feature=related

Anybody got any news?
 
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"......whoa.......wo ah wo oh......"
Was he 18 at Woodstock?.....that was good.
 
Michael Shrieve was one of my earliest drumming obsessions, and I had no idea who the drummer was at the time!
Thanks for bringing this up striker and jda.
 
"......whoa.......wo ah wo oh......"
Was he 18 at Woodstock?.....that was good.
He was 20, born July 1949.
Woodstock took place in August 1969. Still very impressive.

I like the Two Doors recording he did with two different trios.
 
Went back to NY in 2019 to the Woodstock site - found this cool original photo in a gallery nearby. It was my souvenir for the trip.
 

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He also had a way of propelling that band....without getting in the way of the percussion....sometimes he was an invisible wash....and it worked good.....well.
 
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Michael Shrieve was one of my earliest drumming obsessions, and I had no idea who the drummer was at the time!
Thanks for bringing this up striker and jda.

I first saw him when I watched the Woodstock movie in the movie theater with my elder brother who played guitar.
As a very young drummer, watching his solo was one of those OMG moments.
 
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I think in one of his interviews he said that he was trained in Jazz which is not surprising. I guess many drum teachers in the 50's and 60's came from the Jazz background. He is a traditional gripper and in one of his drum solos I saw him use the Jazz style cross stick at the middle of the Latin Rock tune!
 
Underage outside a club where John Coltrane Elvin Jones Quartet was playing. Mike and his buddies spied an open window on the establishment They hoisted each other up to the open window and dropped in the room. They happened to hit the Men's Room where Elvin and Coltrane were prepping getting dressed for the show :) Mike tells that story He must of been 15
 
Thanks jda......that is a good album...I always liked "Stone Flower." Had not heard the whole thing forever..... and Shrieve?....he's doing it again (invisible propulsion) on this. cool...not always so invisible.
 
I think in one of his interviews he said that he was trained in Jazz which is not surprising. I guess many drum teachers in the 50's and 60's came from the Jazz background. He is a traditional gripper and in one of his drum solos I saw him use the Jazz style cross stick at the middle of the Latin Rock tune!
@striker How old are you?

When you write "...drum teachers in the 50´s and 60´s..." you mean born then or already teaching at that time?

Thanks!
 
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@striker How old are you?

When you write "...drum teachers in the 50´s and 60´s..." you mean born then or already teaching at that time?

Thanks!

I meant already teaching at that time.

I guessed that Michael Shrieve had a Jazz background, but I was not sure 100%. The last clip that I posted in this thread confirmed it. He makes references to Elvin Jones and says, "I never played Latin, I did everything like a Jazz drummer". He is another luminary drummer form my neighborhood along with David Garibaldi.
 
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