- Michael Shrieve
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Michael Shrieve Born 6 July 1949
San Francisco, California, USInstruments Drums Associated acts Santana
Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve
Klaus Schulze
SpellbinderMichael Shrieve (born July 6, 1949, in San Francisco) is a U.S. drummer, percussionist, and later, an electronic music composer. He is best known as the drummer in Carlos Santana's eponymous band, playing on their first eight albums from 1969 through 1974.[1] His performance at the 1969 Woodstock festival, when he was just 20 years old, made him one of the youngest musicians to perform at the festival. Shrieve's drum solo during an extended version of Soul Sacrifice in the Woodstock film has been described as "electrifying".[2]
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Education
His name is included on the alumni "Wall of Fame" at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Redwood City, California. He is an alumnus of Junípero Serra High School (San Mateo, California). In 1967/68 he attended the College of San Mateo, California; learned to read sheet music and played in the school's jazz band.
History
Shrieve's first full-time band was called Glass Menagerie,[3] followed by experience in the house band of an R&B club, backing touring musicians including B.B. King and Etta James. At 16, he played in a jam session at the Fillmore Auditorium where he attracted the attention of Santana's manager Stan Marcum. When he was 19, Shrieve jammed with Santana at a recording studio and was invited to join that day.[4] The 2004 two-disc Legacy release of Santana features additional tracks recorded before Shrieve joined the band.
On August 16, 1969, Santana played the Woodstock Festival, shortly after Shreive's twentieth birthday, but before the release of their eponymous first album (1969). He would continue with Santana for Abraxas (1970), Santana III (1971), Caravanserai (1972), Welcome (1973), Borboletta (1974) and the live Lotus {1974}. He co-wrote four of the tracks on Caravanserai as well as co-producing the album.[5]
Shrieve left the original Santana band to pursue solo projects. He moved to London, England to record the 1976 album Automatic Man with guitarist Pat Thrall, bassist Doni Harvey and keyboardist Todd Cochran (billed as Bayete). While in London Shrieve was part of the fusion supergroup Go with Stomu Yamashta, Steve Winwood, Al Di Meola and Klaus Schulze, releasing two studio albums Go (1976) and Go Too (1977) and the live album Go Live from Paris (1976).[6]
He played in the band Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve (with Sammy Hagar, Neal Schon, and Kenny Aaronson).[7] Later, he played drums on (former Supertramp member) Roger Hodgson's first solo album, In the Eye of the Storm.
From 1979 to 1984, he collaborated as a percussionist in Richard Wahnfried, a side project of Klaus Schulze (another drummer turned electronic composer) while recording with Schulze his own first "solo" album of electronic music, Transfer Station Blue, in 1984.
In 1997, he joined former Santana musicians Neal Schon, Gregg Rolie, José "Chepito" Areas, Alphonso Johnson, and Mike Carabello to record Abraxas Pool.
He has also collaborated with David Beal, Andy Summers, Steve Roach, Jonas Hellborg, Buckethead, Douglas September, and others. He has served as a session player on albums by Todd Rundgren and Jill Sobule.
In 2004, he appeared on the track The Modern Divide on the Revolution Void album Increase the Dosage. The album was released under a Creative Commons license.[8]
As of April, 2010 Shrieve lives in Seattle Washington, where he plays in a fusion jazz group, Spellbinder, at TōST in Fremont, Seattle, with Danny Godinez, Joe Doria, John Fricke, and Farko Dosumov.
He recently worked as a producer on his son Sam Shrieve's debut album Bittersweet Lullabies.
Shrieve has composed music for several films, most notably Paul Mazursky's Tempest and Apollo 13.[9]
Honors
In 1998 Shrieve was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for his work with Santana.[10]
In March 2011 Rolling Stone Readers picked The Best Drummers of All Time: Shrieve ranked #10.[11]
Discography
Drummer
(This is a partial discography.)
- (1969) with Santana — Santana (drums)
- (1970) with Santana — Abraxas (drums)
- (1971) with Santana — Santana III (drums)
- (1972) with Santana — Caravanserai (drums)
- (1973) with Santana — Welcome (drums)
- (1974) with Santana — Borboletta (drums)
- (1976) with Automatic Man
- (1976) with Go/Stomu Yamashta
- (1979) with Richard Wahnfried — Time Actor (percussion)
- (1980) with Pat Travers Band — Crash and Burn (percussion)
- (1981) with Novo Combo — Novo Combo (drums)
- (1981) with Richard Wahnfried — Tonwelle (drums)
- (1982) with Novo Combo — Animation Generation (drums)
- (1984) with Richard Wahnfried — Megatone (percussion)
- (1984) with Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve (HSAS) — Through the Fire (drums)
- (1984) with Roger Hodgson — In the Eye of the Storm (drums)
- (1993) with Jonas Hellborg and Buckethead — Octave of the Holy Innocents (drums)
- (1997) with ex-Santana members — Abraxas Pool (drums)
- (2004) with Revolution Void — Increase the Dosage (drums) (one track)
Composer
- (1971) If Only I Could Remember My Name (David Crosby one track )
- (1984) Transfer Station Blue (with Kevin Shrieve & Klaus Schulze, recorded 1979–83)
- (1989) Big Picture (with David Beal)
- (1989) Stiletto (with Mark Isham, David Torn, Andy Summers, & Terje Gewelt)
- (1989) The Leaving Time (with Steve Roach)
- (1995) Two Doors (with Jonas Hellborg & Shawn Lane)
- (2001) Fascination (with Bill Frisell & Wayne Horvitz)
- (2005) Oracle (with Amon Tobin) Available only on iTunes
- (2006) Drums of Compassion (with Jeff Greinke, Jack DeJohnette, Zakir Hussain, & Airto Moreira)
Producer
- (1998) Douglas September — Ten Bulls (producer)
- (2007) AriSawkaDoria — Chapter One (coproducer)
- (2009) Sam Shrieve — "Bittersweet Lullabies" (producer)
Filmography
Michael makes a very brief appearance in the film Gimme Shelter, explaining to Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh the scene of violence that has occurred at the concert.
References
- ^ "Michael Shrieve bio". Drummerworld.com. http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Michael_Shrieve.html. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
- ^ Cianci, Bob (1). Great Rock Drummers of the Sixties. Hal Leonard. p. 215. ISBN 0634099256.
- ^ "Michael Shrieve Intro Speech by Jim McCarthy". Jim McCarthy. http://zh-cn.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=459149985596. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
- ^ Kugiya, Hugo (2009-08-14). "Legendary Woodstock drummer Michael Shrieve now plays in Fremont". Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2009659504_woodstock14.html. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
- ^ "Michael Shrieve: Original Santana drummer". Ultimate Santana. http://www.ultimatesantana.com/Michael-Shrieve.html. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
- ^ McCarthy, Jim; Sansoe, Ron (1). Voices of Latin rock: people and events that created this sound. Hal Leonard. pp. 184–187. ISBN 063408061X.
- ^ "Music review: Guitarist Neal Schon journeys to El Rey Theatre". The Chico Enterprise Record. http://www.chicoer.com/entertainment/ci_14794874. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
- ^ "Revolution Void - Electronic Breakbeat Jazz". Revolution Void. http://www.revolutionvoid.com/rv003/. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
- ^ "IMDB credit list". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795390/. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
- ^ "Santana Biography". The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. http://rockhall.com/inductees/santana/bio/. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
- ^ "Rolling Stone Readers Pick Best Drummers of All Time". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/rolling-stone-readers-pick-best-drummers-of-all-time-20110208/10-michael-shrieve-0791046. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
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Categories:- 1949 births
- American rock drummers
- American electronic musicians
- Living people
- Santana (band) members
- Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve members
- People from San Francisco, California
- People from San Mateo County, California
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