Santana with Eric Clapton - Jam At Wally's Place (1970)

In October 1970 Eric Clapton and the Dominoes arrived in Berkeley for some concerts at the Community Theatre, and while they were there Clapton decided to check out a young teenage kid called Neil Schon, who was creating quite a stir on the local scene. He was recording with Santana down at the Village Recorder in San Francisco, so Clapton and some of the Dominoes went down to check him out, and before long the Santana band and Eric and co were jamming away, although Santana himself has admitted that he was suffering from a particularly bad acid trip at the time and so was unable to participate. Eric was certainly impressed and invited Schon to play with him and the Dominoes at the Berkeley shows, and the results were so good that Clapton asked him to join the band. Schon declined the offer, going on to become a key member of Santana, and when he eventually left he formed the enormously successful Journey. The jam sessions at the recording studio were taped, and are made up of a few Santana songs with Clapton playing along, and a couple of loose jams, all of which feature some excellent playing from all participants, and so are well worth hearing.  

Track listing

01 Just Like You
02 Everything Is Coming Our Way
03 Batuka
04 Jamtana
05 Blues Shuffle Jam
06 Try To Make It Real Compared To What