{"id":5084,"date":"2016-04-19T19:37:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T00:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/?p=5084"},"modified":"2021-05-11T09:49:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T14:49:46","slug":"journey-santana-mohegan-sun-arena-april-15-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theentertainmentoutlet.com\/?p=5084","title":{"rendered":"Journey
Santana <\/b>
Mohegan Sun Arena
April 15, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

The greatest part of a co-headlining tour is seeing two great bands at once. This was no exception. The line up of Santana and Journey was an excellent mix. On one hand you have Santana, whose fusion of rock and latin music has been filling seats since the late 60s. He has had hits on top of hits, including \u2018Black Magic Woman\u2019, \u2018Soul Sacrifice\u2019 and my personal favorite \u2018Smooth\u2019. Then you have Journey, a legend on their own. The group formed in San Francisco, and has been touring since the late 70s. Even though they have had to replace their lead singer, they can still sell out a venue with their amazing catalogue of music.<\/p>\n

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Santana<\/h3>\n

Carlos Santana has not changed. I was expecting a colorful wardrobe when he appeared on stage, but he didn\u2019t need it. Once he started to play, there was no doubt who it was. The rest of the band was amazing as well. Santana just reunited with his original lineup, and this same day released the first album with this lineup in 45 years, Santana IV<\/i>. Throughout the set, there were 3 drummers, and more drums than I could count. Gregg Rolie on lead vocals and piano\/keyboard, another guitarist, and a bassist. Then hidden on the opposite side of the stage was another piano\/keyboard player! The show started with some of his older tracks, \u2018Soul Sacrifice\u2019 and \u2018Jing-go-lo-ba\u2019. There was a video playing behind them with some african dancers that went along with the music, and I wasn\u2019t sure where to look since they were both very eye catching.<\/p>\n

\"Santana\"<\/a>

Carlos Santana<\/p><\/div>After the third song, Santana started talking about inviting someone on stage. Then out popped Neal Schon, who was in Santana\u2019s band before he formed Journey. He played a few songs with them, and the crowd loved it. Some stood and danced, but everyone stood and cheered at the end of each song. It wasn\u2019t until Santana played \u2018Black Magic Woman\u2019 that everyone stood, and continued to stand. Once the hits started rolling in, they didn\u2019t stop. Santana\u2019s wife, Cindy Blackman-Santana, took over on the drums partway through. She was amazing! She did an incredible drum solo while the rest of the band rested and then proceeded to blast through the rest of the set. I was thoroughly surprised when he had back up singers come out and sing \u2018Maria, Maria\u2019. I had forgotten about the song, but knew every word when they sang it. My only let down of the night was when Santana played \u2018Smooth\u2019. I kept waiting for Rob Thomas to make a surprise guest appearance, but he never showed up. I also waited for Santana to show up when I saw Rob last summer. Hearing that song performed by one or the other is missing half the greatness of it. He rounded out his set with one encore song, \u2018Toussaint L\u2019 Ouverture\u2019. It was a high energy, fast paced song that Santana told us was about Toussaint fighting to abolish slavery. It was a very uplifting way to end the set.<\/p>\n\n\t\t