06-07-2018, 21:17
Michael Shrieve was born on this day in 1949, in San Francisco, California, USA. Drummer extraordinaire who has done a whole shedload since his debut appearance at the tender age of 20 on stage with Santana at Woodstock. He worked and recorded with Carlos Santana for a good few moons, got a guru, as did Mr S, and mutually partook of a few other things beside – them being the times n all. Can’t find a comprehensive bio, but he must’ve had a natural aptitude for drums and percussion; he was actually responsible for turning CS on to John Coltrane and Miles Davis and had a formidable grasp of the much broader music scene from a really young age. In one interview I heard, he said, of touring with Santana, “We booked Weather Report to open for us just so we could watch ‘em every night”! Not something I imagine every twenty something year old would have chosen, and sheesh, what a privilege!!
Shrieve has made a number of collaborative albums through a number of genres, I’d say erring on the fusion and world music side of things but he’s also toyed with electronica and there’s a fair helping of ambient stuff thrown into the mix too. He is a composer, has scored a couple of movies, and has worked with a host of diverse musos, from Roger Hodgson and David Crosby to Klaus Schulze and everyone in between! He’s made peace with being remembered primarily for “Soul Sacrifice” but would really like people to have a listen to some of the other music he’s made. The obligatory clip … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqZceAQSJvc
I’ve heard his The Big Picture, with David Beal before, and a bit of the supergroup Go (which means five, in Japanese) – musicians included Michael Shrieve, Al Di Meola, Steve Winwood, Klaus Schulze and founder Tsutomu Yamashita aka Stomu Yamashta). This is from the aforementioned …
Shrieve has made a number of collaborative albums through a number of genres, I’d say erring on the fusion and world music side of things but he’s also toyed with electronica and there’s a fair helping of ambient stuff thrown into the mix too. He is a composer, has scored a couple of movies, and has worked with a host of diverse musos, from Roger Hodgson and David Crosby to Klaus Schulze and everyone in between! He’s made peace with being remembered primarily for “Soul Sacrifice” but would really like people to have a listen to some of the other music he’s made. The obligatory clip … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqZceAQSJvc
I’ve heard his The Big Picture, with David Beal before, and a bit of the supergroup Go (which means five, in Japanese) – musicians included Michael Shrieve, Al Di Meola, Steve Winwood, Klaus Schulze and founder Tsutomu Yamashita aka Stomu Yamashta). This is from the aforementioned …
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