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Ain’t natural
TOCOMA, Wash.—Cascade Jack or John Eckerson wants
you to know—“ Litter just ain’t natural.” Washington
State’s Department of Echology hopes to make Cascade
Jack a star in the spirit of Smokey the Bear, Woodsy Owl
and the Indian who sheds a tear over pollution. (AP)
Sounds
Santana’s musical
resurection
By Stan Mieses
PARIS - (NEA) - For two
nights over 10,000 French
teenagers packed the
Pavillion du Paris to hear
Europe’s hottest band, San
tana. Hundreds more tried to
fight their way into the con
verted indoor market to join
the rough and rowdy crowd in
side, dancing, fighting, sing
ing and sweating along with
the continental sensation. San
Francisco’s renowned street
band, led by its curious and
temperamental, yet singular
ly talented holy man, Carlos
Santana, has emerged from
dissention and misdirection to
create a popular force in rock
music that must again be
recognized
Their current album,
“Festival,” is shipping out
with a greater marketplace
demand than any of its seven
predecessors, and it arrives
on the heels of "Amigos,”
generally regarded as the first
satisfying record Santana had
done in years. Somehow,
Carlos’ penchant for a more
intense, jazzy sound did not
quite catch on with the follow
ing that applauded "Oye
Como Va,” “Black Magic
Woman,” and “Evil Ways.”
His image as a disciple of
Sri Chinmoy further confused
fans eager to hear the “earth
music” that made the Santana
band popular. But “Amigos”
did much to mitigate the con
• fusion, and “Festival” should
prove to cement both old and
new followers of the band.
The album is a wide-ranging
effort that includes a distinct
ly European sounding ballad,
“Revelations” (already
released as a single in
Europe), several Latin
burners, “Let The Children
Play,” “Verao,” and “Maria
Caracoles”; hard funk, Earth,
Wind and Fire-style; blues,
and spacey-inspirational in
strumentals. Carlos was once
quoted as saying he didn’t
want to sound like Carlos San
tana, and indeed, here he
makes the attempt to become
the consummate guitarist.
The shift didn’t come easy.
There were a few revolving
door band members, and the
current crew is not the same
line up heard on the “Festival”
Ip. The only standbys are
Chepito Areas, the fine timbal
player, back with the group
after a three year absence,
and keyboard player Tom
Coster, Carlos’ closest friend
in the band and also a follower
of Sri Chinmoy. Also new is
the band’s solid management,
headed by promoter Bill
Graham, and carefully
shepherded by road manager
confidante Ray Etzler. It’s
made a world of difference, as
everyone in the band will
agree.
“All around, he’s changed
for the best,” says Tom
Coster of Carlos. “When I
first began with the band four
and a half years ago, he
wasn’t a disciple then, but it
was around that time that he
and John (McLaughlin) began
that transformation. Now I’d
say he had more tolerance,
greater respect for people,
and virtually no rock star at
titude.
“Devadip (Carlos’ spiritual
name) and I have been
through a lot since 1974. We
had no band, no nothing for
awhile. It’s given us a lot of
strength. Carlos realized that
he had gotten all the other
stuff out of his system, and he
meant to return to the sound
that originally made us
successful. As time went by,
and I became more involved
in the band, I knew what the
public wanted and I felt the
public should be thanked for
making Santana a household
name.
“It’s difficult for a level
headed mudcian, who wants
to grow. Semetimes it leaves
the audience behind. But we
found out that it is possible to
play the kind of music people
want to hear and still show
great musicianship. There’s
no need to be complex and
that’s no cop-out.”
It also helps your creative
mobility when you’ve got a fat
contract under your belt, and
Santana has gotten just that
from Columbia Records. It
calls for seven albums in the
next five years at $400,000 per,
plus what their lawyer called
“the highest” royalty rates.
“Festival” is the first, and is
shipping gold, the fifth album
in the United States for San
tana to reach that sales
plateau. Everybody’s jum
ping. Even Carlos allowed
himself, uncharacter
istically, to buy two velvet
suits in Paris.
The new band, judging from
their Parisian performance,
is as high-energy as the San
tana band has ever been, with
a full complement of rhythm
players, and a new lead
singer, Luther Rabb. Carlos
performed in his velvet suits.
That was the most outstan
ding alteration in his stage
ambience, which is usually
somewhat separate and aloof.
This time, he was having fun.
“We have infinite more
presence now,” says Tom
Coster. “The harmonic struc
tures between the guitar and
keyboards hasn’t changed
since 1972. We’ve kept the
Latin rhythmic construction.
It’s just that now we’re sup
ported by the people around
us.”
Santana will be touring the
United States beginning in
mid-January, and should not
be missed. They are a power
fully good band.
Top 10 Albums
(Week of Jan. 8)
1. Songs in the Key of Life
(Stevie Wonder)
2. Hotel California
(Eagles)
3. Boston
4. Wings Over America
(Wings)
5. A New World Record
(Electric Light Orchestra)
6. A Night on the Town
(Rod Stewart)
7. The Best of the Doobies
(The Doobie Brothers)
8. Frampton Comes Alive
(Peter Frampton)
9. Greatest Hits
(Linda Ronstadt)
(c) Billboard 1977
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