European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Quit trait Carlo ,., Santana Tat left Tad is linger buddy mile to Canter Chat during a meant Piti enl tone in Frankfurt carte Tayt to a Back to being a renegade Ana a on Freedom s Trail by Wendy Bourland staff writer of can take the Man out of the Woodstock Era but you can t Lake the Woodstock Era out of the Man. It 5 base in years since guitarist Carlos Santana and his band made a name for themselves at Max Yasser s farm with a blistering rendition of so i sacrifice and 10 years since Carlos became a Follower of spiritual mysticism adding de Vadle to his name. I had to learn the rhythm of the Mystic tile he says. I needed to Lind a balance but the soil spoken 39-year-old Rocker insists i went through All the discipline i needed to go through. I m Bach to being a renegade and a sitting among the members of his band which includes rhythm and bluesman buddy Miles on Lead vocals Carlos talked eagerly about Santana s 19th and newest album Freedom the scene was a press conference at Frankfurt Airport to promote the Santana Lour and the album. Personally i be been inspired by a lot of things renegades in the music Industry like Bob Martey and Jim Hendrix he said. The word Freedom is our door to say what we want to say. In Europe there s a much better Chance to produce Art for Art s Sake to America they try to put you in a straitjacket Cario teals thai with few exceptions today s music is lacking in substance and originality there s a lot of people who want More than Lionel Richie or Barry Manilow. Though they re great composers he said people should take a stand or their own individuality. I like Cyndi Lauper a lot and us. T like what they land Lor. We need renegades. We need people who can change what a single should sound like like the fabulous thunderbird a and Robert Cray. Unfortunately a lot of people copy things like the fusion of afro latin rhythms and hard driving Rock n Roll which Santana became famous for in the late 1960s was innovative for that time but it s today s artists in particular Paul Simon with his grammy award winning album Graceland who Are getting the credit for introducing african music 10 pop and Rock fans. If Carlos Santana feels any resentment about this ii does t show he has Only Praise for Simon. We need to keep a locus on South Africa until we make Progress he said. I congratulate Paul Simon for his efforts. We re going through a movement expanding consciousness he added. I m part of the generation on tour Kassel Eisse Orthall mar. 13 Wurzburg Carl diem Halle mar. 14 Stuttgart Schley Ettal a mar. 17 Frankfurt Fesl Hatle mar. I Bremen Sta Thalle. 21 Hamburg spor Thalla mar. 22 Heidelberg Rhein nectar Halle mar. 24 Essen Grug Halle mar. 25 Hannover mar. 26 Munich Olympia Halle mar. 31 Saa Brucken Saarland Halle apr. 1 Cologne spot Halle apr. 2 Kiel Osl Seehale apr. 3 London Hammersmith Odeon May is & 17 thai lived through Vietnam that got Nixon out of Power and we re working on Ronald Reagan. We re living in a Lime when musicians Ere utilizing their Arl for a buddy Miles a longtime Friend of Carlos first worked with the guitarist 15 years ago. Their 1972 live album recorded in Hawaii was panned by critics but eventually went Gold Miles explained what brought them together again ii was really ironic How the whole thing happened. Tha song hat started it off which i think is one of the focal Points on the album is a song called he said. He Carlos asked me if i would come and sing the song. It just so happened the song turned out the Way that it did. And it brought chills and tears to me. I m proud that Carlos took the Lime and the consideration to have me be a part of Carlos plans for the future include working with his band with afro cuban musicians with John Lee Hooker and with the Boston symphony. In America a lot of Whites end Blacks look Down on the blues he said. To me the blues Are classically american it s important for me do to something with the blues by putting them in the Selling of lha Boston symphony. The blues Are our National treasure in he Bald he Hopes to get the classical project Oil the ground by the end of the year. Carlos said he has a Friend who knows Hooker s itinerary so they can keep in touch All Over the world. We have a dream and today s dream is tomorrow s Carlos promises his fans a 2v to 3-hour show during his Lour through Europe and a says the band will play eld As Well As new Tia Tana tunes. Well play a vast accumulation of everything he said Well take monday March 9, 1987 the stars and stripes Paga 17
