I vaguely remember attending this Santana and Bob Dylan concert at the Jones Beach Theatre in September of 1993 with seats in the orchestra to the left side of the outdoor venue’s stage. Truth be told, I am a somewhat casual fan of Santana, and while I have been a fan of Bob Dylan through the years, I only more recently truly appreciate his genius, now finding myself playing catch up, obsessed with listening to all of the numerous phases of Dylan’s extraordinary career. Bob Dylan performed at the Beacon Theatre this past November and Santana is on tour this summer with Earth, Wind & Fire after last year’s Covid postponements. Some of the best, and most fun, Chicago concerts that I have attended through the years were when they toured with EWF and joined forces on songs from each other’s catalogues throughout the shows. While the bands are fundamentally different stylistically, they complimented each other magnificently, particularly the horn sections, making for a crowd pleasing joyous night of entertainment.

Black Magic Woman

Rock on!

GQ