Santana | Samsung Four Seasons of Hope Gala
I’ve been pretty lucky lately. Last week, I went to the Webby Awards Gala, and last night I went to Samsung’s Four Seasons of Hope Gala. Coincidentally, both were at Cipriani Wall Street, an awesome venue for any event, but even more suited to an intimate private concert by Carlos Santana.
Out front of Cipriani, they had the red carpet setup for the celebs in attendance – all representing their respective charity organizations, including Wayne Gretzky, Boomer Esiason, Dan Marino, Arnold Palmer and Rudy Giuliani. The MC was good ole Regis Philbin. Co-hosts included Jason Taylor (Miami Dolphins & yes, Dancing with the Stars) and Michael Strahan (NY Giants).
Carlos was there representing his Milagro Foundation. He played for about an hour and it looked like he and the band were having a blast. I’m sure corporate gigs aren’t the best, but it seemed that they were enjoying themselves – and they sounded awesome. The set list included Black Magic Woman, Oye Como Va, Maria Maria and Smooth (not a complete list).
All said, it was a very cool evening hanging out with some of my coworkers watching Carlos jam…
Pics are here for your viewing pleasure (quality is eh, they’re from my phone)… http://www.flickr.com/photos/hlevenson/tags/carlos
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~ by Howard's Spot on June 17, 2008.
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Tags: esiason, giuliani, gretzky, marino, milagro, palmer, regis, samsung, santana, strahan, taylor
Had a great time there as well. As a guitar player, sitting less than 15 feet away from center stage while one of my guitar hero’s plays some his classics was not something I will soon forget. Oye Como Va was definatley the highlight of the show for me. Anyone want to buy me a PRS SE??
looks like a blast!
To be that close must have been spine tingling. It never fails though, every time Santana’s (guitarist or Mets pitcher) name is mentioned I think of the scene from “Nice Dreams” when Cheech Marin tell a woman “Hey! I’m Santana!” and she says “You have a wonderful tan!”