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Title: Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles - Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1972, Blues Rock, San Francisco, California 5/26
Matrix #: KC 31308
Condition: EX, sounds great, looks good, some light marks (CC) | Members: Carlos S (47' - Alive), Buddy M (47' - 08')
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Santana came to San Francisco from Mexico as a teenager, carrying migration, club work, and Mission District identity into a scene that often exoticized Latin music.
2. Scene Ecology: The album came from the 1972 Sunshine Festival in Hawaii, where rock, Latin percussion, soul, and festival culture collided in a very 70s way.
3. Family Ties: Buddy Miles had played with Hendrix in Band of Gypsys, making this pairing feel like a bridge between Woodstock-era guitar mythology and Santana’s expanding fusion world.

5/19/2026 CC