![]() ![]() He was so engrossed in what he was playing and we only stopped it when he finally lost it. “And headphones start to come off – they were almost on his nose and on the back of his head, and Fred almost stopped it… But I said, ‘Wait till he makes a mistake!’ His headphones actually ended up on the ground. “He was recording it, and he had his earphones on, and I’m in the control room with Fred Catero, who was the main engineer and producer of the Abraxas album,” Rolie recalled. Indeed, one of Rolie’s standout memories from the Samba Pa Ti recording sessions is Carlos’ sweet lead overdub. While Abraxas rhythm tracks were usually recorded live, the band weren’t averse to overdubbing lead parts and solos. Samba Pa Ti means ‘Samba For You’ in Spanish, and Rolie remembers percussionist José ‘Chepito’ Areas coming up with the title. Santana IV: Live at the House of Blues, Las VegasHe was playing to his headphones on the floor – it was an amazing thing to watch and I’m just glad I was there to tell Fred, ‘Don’t stop!’” "-" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.Ĭorazón – Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It ![]()
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