In August 1970, riding the Woodstock triumph and on the cusp of the breakthrough album Abraxas—which established Santana as a Latin-rock fusion phenomenon with percussive improvisations and Carlos Santana’s searing guitar solos—the band performed at Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home where rock acts like Jefferson Airplane and The Who drew a record crowd for the venue. Their 70-minute set, captured in the open-air amphitheater under starry skies, embodied the group's nascent era, merging Latin rhythms with blues-rock for a transcendent vibe, marking a pivotal chapter in their ascent to worldwide acclaim.
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