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| | | | Santana released a double CD, Multi Dimensional Warrior, yesterday. It will soon be joined by a DVD of two special nights filmed at The Fillmore West in San Francisco, May 20th and May 21st. I was fortunate enough to attend the show on May 21st and it was an exciting evening with over 3+ hours of music. Here is a video clip of this concert, the instrumental I Love You Much To Much, dedicated to the late Bill Graham, a major figure in the music concert scene. Bill Graham managed Santana and helped them get their big break at Woodstock. I felt his spirit in his house The Fillmore that night.
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I must admit I was hesitant if I would enjoy yet another Santana repackaging effort from their catalogue. I was very pleasantly surprised as to this mix of music. It flows very well and is very engaging to the senses.
Multi Dimensional Warrior is a unique project, with every track personally selected and sequenced by Carlos Santana to create an engaging journey through a soundscape of moods and feelings. In an unprecedented concept, disc one comprises 14 vocal performances chosen from albums spanning the 1970s, ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s, while disc two comprises 14 instrumental performances from albums covering the same years. MULTI DIMENSIONAL WARRIOR is the first anthology to include tracks from the band’s three major label associations: Columbia, Polydor/ PolyGram, and Arista/BMG. With just three exceptions, all of the albums represented on disc one are different than the albums represented on disc two. Carlos Santana supervised new overdubs to five tracks on the set. He personally added guitar to “Spirit” and “Right Now,” Santana band member Chester Thompson contributed piano to “Let There Be Light,” and Barbara Higbie added harp to “Praise” and “Let There Be Light".
Track listing:
Disc 1
1. Let There Be Light
2. Brotherhood
3. Spirit
4. Right Now
5. Life is For Living
6. Saga / Right On
7. Somewhere In Heaven
8. I believe It’s Time
9. Serpents And Doves
10. Your Touch
11. I’ll Be Waiting
12. The River
13. Bailando / Aquatic Park
14. Praise
Disc 2
1. Curación (Sunlight On The Water)
2. Aqua Marine
3. Bella
4. Love Is You
5. Full Moon
6. Blues Latino
7. Samba Pa Ti
8. Europa
9. El Farol
10. En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor
11. Luz, Amor U Vida
12. I Love You Much Too Much
13. Blues For Salvador
14. Victory Is Won
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| | | | My first favorite on this CD, is a song called Praise, originally done on the Freedom recording (1987). I love the added harp at the end which is new. They gave this song much new life when I saw it performed live. A very reverent song.
The Santana vocalist during this phase of the band, was the late, great Buddy Miles. God bless him.
Praise
Published by Light Music (BMI), Urmilia Music (ASCAP)
Lyrics by Carlos Santana
Music by Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson, Sterling Crew, Buddy Miles
copyright 1987 Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Let me begin by telling you
Something that happened turned my head around
I took a walk on a cloudy day
I met a friend, this is what he said
Now is the time for change
I'm trying to get to a higher place
Life is surrounded by grace
Let's join together singing songs of freedom
What do you do when you gain the world
You pay the price, baby, you lose your soul
Live in a world of make believe
It won't work, baby, can't you see?
Now is the time for change
I'm trying to get to a higher place
Life is surrounded by grace
Let's join together singing songs of freedom
Praise.....Praise
It's three o' clock in the mornin'
When I'm all by myself
And I feel the spirit comin' on again
Now is the time for change
I'm trying to get to a higher place
Life is surrounded by grace
Let's join together singing songs of freedom
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Work like
you don't need
the money
Love like
you have never
been hurt
Dance like
no one is watching
Anonymous
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