Re: Nu Metal vs. Steve Vai vs. Santana

[Matthias Grob <matthias@grob.org>]

>
>I've always love Carlos's music (heck, I used to go see him play in the
>parks for free on Sundays growing up when his band was called the Carlos
>Santana Blues Band and he had not even begun his Latino/Blues hybrid and 
>was
>only playing straight Chicago styled electric blues)
>so my ears perked up when he was so successful last year.
>
>What I noticed was that for about 4 months his music was EVERYWHERE in 
>Santa
>Cruz: in coffee shops, bookstores, bars, on people's car stereos.

right and all arround the world, while some other supposedly famous 
stuff I may never have heard of because I was not in US and dont 
listen to the radio. But the Santana CD I experienced at full lenght 
for sun down from some cottage at the beach in Salvador...
And in Europe similarely, one of the few islands in techno land...

And I trust that his motive to play is not the money nor beeing 
better than others...
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