Woodstock flashback

By weeklyvolcano on January 10, 2009

MATT DRISCOLL: MICHAEL SHRIEVE AT THE BONEYARD >>>

Michael Shrieve "Dude got a lot of face time in that Woodstock movie," pointed out my boss, Pappi Swarner, when I mentioned I'd be covering drummer Michael Shrieve and his band Spellbinder's performance at Jazzbones in Tacoma tonight.

Yes, he sure did. And for good reason.

At the ripe age of 20- and actually just days after his birthday- Shrieve took the stage at Woodstock as part of Carlos Santana's band, making him- among other things- the youngest performer at Woodstock. Though Shrieve would eventually leave Santana's band to pursue solo projects, the most vivid image most music fans hold of Shrieve is of him wailing away at his kit on that historic day in Bethel, N.Y. Though the most memorable moment of Shrieve's career happened nearly 40 years ago, the man hasn't exactly been sitting idly since.

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