Some drummers only have chops, but Michael Shrieve has vision, thus says Carlos Santana of Mike Shrieve, an American drummer, percussionist and electronic music composer, best acknowledged for being the original drummer of Santana.

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Born on July 6, 1949 in San Francisco, California, Shrieve attended the Junipero Serra High School, and then joined the early lineup of the band Santana at the age of nineteen. At 20, he became the youngest man to perform at the 1969 Woodstock…