'What the hell do I do with this?’: At first, Gregg Rolie

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'What the hell do I do with this?’: At first, Gregg Rolie wasn’t so sure about classic Santana song
by Something Else!

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Interest in the classic era of Santana couldn’t be higher, with the announcement that the band is working again on a studio project. They’ll be building on the successes of legendary tracks like “Oye Como Va,” a 1971 No. 13 hit.


Ringo Starr & All Starr Band - Oye Como Va (Santana)

http://youtu.be/XqYKuVB5flc


Not that lead singer and organist Gregg Rolie saw that one coming.

“Carlos brought it into the band in, I guess, 1970,” Rolie says in this clip, “and my first inclination was: ‘What the hell do I do with this?’ It’s a Tito Puente song, and I was writing things like ‘Hope You’re Feeling Better.’ But he brought this in, and it turned out to be one of my favorites.”

Neal Schon, who worked with Rolie both in Santana and then later in the early incarnations of Journey, has confirmed that the Santana band is at work on new material. Carlos Santana, Michael Carabello, Michael Shrieve and Rolie were key figures on the groundbreaking Santana and Abraxas albums in 1969-70. Schon joined for 1971′s Santana III and 1972′s Caravanserai.


Ringo Starr

http://youtu.be/XqYKuVB5flc


Santana and Rolie took the stage alongside the current Journey lineup for a guest appearance in August. Rolie is now working with Ringo Starr on another leg of his on-going All-Starr Band tour, with dates in Argentina, Peru and Mexico through the rest of November.

“Oye Como Va” is replacing the Santana hit “Everybody’s Everything,” a No. 12 hit from 1971, during these dates: “I said: ‘Ringo, you’re the boss, but if we go to South America and play ‘Oye Como Va,’ I think they might go nuts.’ He goes: ‘Done!,’ Rolie adds, showing off a canny imitation of Starr’s Liverpudlian accent.