# List of Santana live performances (1960s–1970s)

Santana is an American rock band, formed in 1966 by American guitarist Carlos Santana, which has performed for five decades.
The group's first concert tours were North America, with performances in Europe, where they performed at small and medium-size venues and rock festivals. Following a lineup change in early 1972, they toured the world from 1972 to 1973. During this tour, the band performed at arenas and theaters, while doing several concerts in South America, one of the first tours of the continent by a major American rock act. After a North American tour in 1974, the last remaining members of the group from their famous lineup, Michael Shrieve and José Areas, quit the group, and the band underwent multiple lineup changes during the following years. In the 1970s to the 1980s, the band played at arenas, but mostly theaters and seldom music festivals.
In the 1990s, the group lost their recording contract, but they continued to tour extensively throughout the decade, mostly playing at theaters and amphitheaters. However, the band ended the decade with the Supernatural Tour, a vehicle for their popular 1999 album Supernatural. The 177–date tour was a success with audiences and critics, and the group continued to perform within the 2000s. In the third quarter of 2010, Carlos Santana proposed to drummer Cindy Blackman after her solo on the song "Corazón Espinado", and she became an official member of the band in 2016. The group continues to tour the world to this day.

## 1967–68 performances (1967–1968)

Santana, then known as the Santana Blues Band, performed in 1967 and 1968 in many line-ups throughout the West Coast of the United States.

### History

In January 1967, Carlos Santana was offered a slot by Bill Graham as an opener for an upcoming show at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium after Graham was impressed with Santana's performance with Paul Butterfield at the same venue in late January. In February 1967, his group, the Santana Blues Band, was officially formed when guitarist Tom Fraser invited Carlos Santana to jam with his friend Gregg Rolie, after seeing Santana play with Butterfield at the Fillmore. The band's first performance was on March 1, 1967, at The Ark club located inside a converted ferry boat in Sausalito, California. At the second show on March 17 at the Winchester Cathedral in Redwood City, California, the band was paid $75 for their performance, and allegedly, future drummer Michael Shrieve was in the audience at that show.
After a hiatus due to Santana being treated for tuberculosis, the group opened for the Who at the Fillmore on June 16 and 17, 1967, but the band was blacklisted from performing at the venue due to players Sergio "Gus" Rodriguez and Danny Haro showing up late for the gig on the 17th. In July, manager Stan Marcum made Santana remove Rodriguez and Haro from the band, and Haro was replaced by Bob Wehr for one performance at the Grant & Green jazz bar, where David Brown was asked to join after the performance. In November 1967, the band changed their name to Santana.

### Live releases

Live material from these performances has appeared on the following:
* Songs from the band's shows from December 19 to 22, 1968 were released on the 1997 live album Live at the Fillmore 1968.
* A performance from 1968 was released as The Very Best of Santana – Live in 1968 in 2007.

### Tour band

* Gregg Rolie – lead vocals, Hammond organ, piano
* Carlos Santana – lead guitar, percussion, vocals
* Tom Fraser – rhythm guitar (through August 1967)
* Sergio "Gus" Rodriguez – bass guitar (through July 1967)
* David Brown – bass guitar (beginning July 1967)
* Danny Haro – drums (through July 1967)
* Bob Wehr – drums (in July 1967)
* Rod Harper – drums (from July to November 1967)
* Bob "Doc" Livingston – drums (beginning November 1967)
* Michael Carabello – congas, percussion (to July 1967)
* Marcus Malone – congas, percussion (beginning July 1967)

### Set list

The group's set list usually consisted of covers of Latin music and blues songs, such as Willie Bobo's "Fried Neckbones and Some Homefries" and Chico Hamilton's "Conquistadore Rides Again." The set list of the live album Live at the Fillmore 1968 consists of the following:
* "Jingo" (Babatunde Olatunji)
* "Persuasion" (Gregg Rolie)
* "Treat" (Carlos Santana, Rolie, David Brown)
* "Chunk a Funk" (Santana, Rolie)
* "Fried Neckbones and Some Homefries" (Willie Bobo, Melvin Lastie)
* "Conquistadore Rides Again" (Chico Hamilton)
* "Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, Marcus Malone, Brown)
* "As the Years Go Passing By" (Deadric Malone)
* "Freeway" (Santana, Rolie)

### Performance dates

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue :
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| March 1, 1967 | Sausalito | United States | The Ark |
| March 17, 1967 | Redwood City | United States | Winchester Cathedral |
| March 30, 1967 | San Francisco | United States | California Hall |
| March 31, 1967 | San Francisco | United States | California Hall |
| June 16, 1967 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore Auditorium |
| June 17, 1967 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore Auditorium |
| June 23, 1967 | San Francisco | United States | Folsom Street & 7th Street |
| July 28, 1967 | San Carlos | United States | Carlmont YMCA |
| November 10, 1967 | San Francisco | United States | 55 Colton Street |
| November 17, 1967 | San Francisco | United States | The Matrix |
| November 18, 1967 | San Francisco | United States | The Matrix |
| November 19, 1967 | San Francisco | United States | The Matrix |
| November 24, 1967 | San Francisco | United States | 55 Colton Street |
| November 29, 1967 | Fresno | United States | Fresno State Amphitheater |
| December 1, 1967 | San Francisco | United States | Straight Theater |
| December 2, 1967 | San Francisco | United States | Straight Theater |
| December 3, 1967 | San Francisco | United States | Straight Theater |
| December 26, 1967 | San Francisco | United States | Straight Theater |
| January 18, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | The Matrix |
| January 19, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | The Matrix |
| January 20, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | The Matrix |
| January 26, 1968 | Sausalito | United States | The Ark |
| January 27, 1968 | Sausalito | United States | The Ark |
| January 30, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Straight Theater |
| January 31, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Straight Theater |
| February 1, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Straight Theater |
| March 1, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Straight Theater |
| March 2, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Straight Theater |
| March 20, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Avalon Ballroom |
| April 4, 1968 | Los Altos Hills | United States | Foothill College |
| April 12, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Straight Theater |
| April 13, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Straight Theater |
| April 19, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Carousel Ballroom |
| April 20, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Carousel Ballroom |
| April 21, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Carousel Ballroom |
| May 7, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Straight Theater |
| May 8, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Straight Theater |
| May 9, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Straight Theater |
| May 10, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Straight Theater |
| May 11, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Straight Theater |
| May 17, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Avalon Ballroom |
| May 18, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Avalon Ballroom |
| May 19, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Avalon Ballroom |
| May 24, 1968 | San Jose | United States | Balconades Ballroom |
| May 25, 1968 | San Jose | United States | Balconades Ballroom |
| May 28, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Avalon Ballroom |
| June 16, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore Auditorium |
| June 20, 1968 | South Lake Tahoe | United States | The Sanctuary |
| June 21, 1968 | South Lake Tahoe | United States | The Sanctuary |
| June 22, 1968 | South Lake Tahoe | United States | The Sanctuary |
| June 28, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Avalon Ballroom |
| June 29, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Avalon Ballroom |
| June 30, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Avalon Ballroom |
| July 20, 1968 | Winters | United States | Lake Berryessa Bowl |
| July 26, 1968 | Sacramento | United States | The Sound Factory |
| July 27, 1968 | Sacramento | United States | The Sound Factory |
| July 28, 1968 | Stanford | United States | Laurence Frost Amphitheater |
| July 30, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore West |
| July 31, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore West |
| August 1, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore West |
| August 9, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Avalon Ballroom |
| August 10, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Avalon Ballroom |
| August 11, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Avalon Ballroom |
| August 27, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore West |
| August 28, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore West |
| August 29, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore West |
| August 30, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Palace of Fine Arts |
| September 2, 1968 | Sultan | United States | The Farm |
| September 12, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore West |
| September 13, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore West |
| September 14, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore West |
| September 21, 1968 | San Jose | United States | Santa Clara County Fairgrounds |
| September 25, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore West |
| October 6, 1968 | Berkeley | United States | Provo Park |
| October 18, 1968 | Oakland | United States | St. Elizabeth High School |
| October 31, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore West |
| November 1, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore West |
| November 2, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore West |
| November 3, 1968 | Fresno | United States | Selland Arena |
| November 13, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | The Matrix |
| November 21, 1968 | Los Altos | United States | Los Altos High School Gym |
| November 22, 1968 | Moraga | United States | Campolindo High School |
| December 1, 1968 | Los Altos Hills | United States | Foothill College |
| December 19, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore West |
| December 20, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore West |
| December 21, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore West |
| December 22, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Fillmore West |
| December 26, 1968 | Daly City | United States | Cow Palace |
| December 28, 1968 | Sacramento | United States | The Sound Factory |
| December 30, 1968 | Fresno | United States | Rainbow Ballroom |
| December 31, 1968 | San Francisco | United States | Winterland Ballroom |