The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light (62 page)

Me in 1968. (© Coni Beeson)

Another photo from the same shoot. (© Coni Beeson)

The band that started it all! (L to R) Me, Marcus Malone, Gregg Rolie, David Brown, and Doc Livingston. (© Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images)

The Woodstock,
Santana, Abraxas,
and
Santana III
band: (L to R) me, Michael Shrieve, Michael Carabello, Gregg Rolie, David Brown, and José “Chepito” Areas, 1969. (© Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images)

Performing at Woodstock, August 16, 1969. (© Ken Regan)

Bill Graham takes a break while we play at Woodstock. (© Baron Wolman)

Gregg Rolie and I play to the crowd while the cameras capture the Woodstock experience. (© Jim Marshall Photography LLC)

A few moments later. (© Jim Marshall Photography LLC)

My fingers on the “electric snake.” (© Photofest)

The snake talking back. (© Brandt Cotherman)

Santana at Altamont, December 6, 1969. (© Jim Marshall Photography LLC)

Santana and Clive Davis with double platinum album award, 1969. (Courtesy Sony Music Entertainment / Clive Davis)

Clive Davis’s letter to Bill Graham about Miles Davis and Santana, 1970. (Courtesy Sony Music Entertainment / Clive Davis)