i was there at the Kabuki theater in San Francisco my favorite city before Carlos went to europe for the tour he did w dylan he was a great freeking show it was loud but i didnt care i got to talk to Raul before i really became close to him my mentor and inspiration . before the concert me and my brother and a couple of close friends of mine were standing outside of the Kabuki my friend says lets walk around we snuck in thru the back door and ended on the stage right behind Rauls Orestes Armandos congas and timbales then one of the stage hans saw us and said we would have to leave so we did walked back in line and my brother says to me look down the street i looked and there was the big orange sign Winterland Post and Stiener were some of the greatest shows in SF and rock history were played so we wwre standing in line ad there in a jaguire its the GREATEST ROCK PROMOTER OF ALLTIME BILL GRAHAM HE PARKED RIGHT IN FRONT and my friend and guitar player Lalo RIP told Bill we have Latin Rock band he says to him send me a tape that was a cool moment so were standing outside and i see Chester Thompson from Genesis the drummer and i told myself whats he doing here well it ended up that he was doing the show that night w Santana AND THE 84 TOUR LET ME TELL THAT CONCERT KICKED FREEKING ASS CHESTERS SOLO ON THE DRUMS ON SOUL SACRIFICE WAS FREEKING INCREDIBLE THE WHOLE SHOW AS AMAZING ALSO ON KEYBOARD WAS dAVID sANCIOUS AND THIS WAS ALPHONSO Johnsons firts gig w Santana what a show just wanted to share.
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