1. Michael Shrieve was born on July 6,1949 and is an American drummer, percussionist, and composer.
20 Facts About Michael Shrieve
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Michael Shrieve is best known as the drummer of the rock band Santana, playing on the band's first seven albums from 1969 to 1974.
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At age 20, Shrieve was the second youngest musician to perform at Woodstock.
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At 16, Michael Shrieve played in a jam session at the Fillmore Auditorium, where he attracted the attention of Santana's manager, Stan Marcum.
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When he was 19, Michael Shrieve jammed with Santana at a recording studio and was invited to join that day.
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Michael Shrieve remained with Santana for Abraxas, Santana III, Caravanserai, Welcome, Borboletta and the live Lotus.
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Michael Shrieve co-wrote four of the tracks on Caravanserai, as well as co-produced the album.
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Michael Shrieve left the original Santana band to pursue solo projects.
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Michael Shrieve moved to London to record the 1976 album Automatic Man with guitarist Pat Thrall, bass guitarist Doni Harvey and keyboardist Todd Cochran.
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Michael Shrieve played in the band Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve.
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From 1979 to 1984, Michael Shrieve collaborated as a percussionist in Richard Wahnfried, a side project of Klaus Schulze while recording with Schulze his own first "solo" album of electronic music, Transfer Station Blue, in 1984.
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Michael Shrieve was credited for playing percussion on the 1980 album Emotional Rescue by The Rolling Stones and in 1984, he played on Mick Jagger's She's the Boss album.
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When Jagger, Nile Rodgers and Michael Shrieve were mixing the album at The Power Station in New York City, Jaco Pastorius invited Michael Shrieve for a recording session downstairs.
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Michael Shrieve has served as a session player on albums by Todd Rundgren and Jill Sobule.
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In 2004, Michael Shrieve appeared on the track "The Modern Divide" on the Revolution Void album Increase the Dosage.
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Michael Shrieve has composed music for several films, including Paul Mazursky's Tempest and Apollo 13.
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Michael Shrieve currently plays a DW Collector's Series drum set and recently joined the Istanbul Agop cymbals family.
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Michael Shrieve has played a variety of other drum sets in the past, including sets by Camco, Premier and Ludwig, the latter visible in the Woodstock footage.
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Michael Shrieve played both Zildjian and later Paiste cymbals in his early days before becoming a longtime Sabian user.
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Michael Shrieve makes a very brief appearance in the film Gimme Shelter, explaining the scenes of violence that occurred at the Altamont free concert to Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh.