Michael Shrieve (born July 6 1949, in San Francisco) is a U.S.
drummerA drummer is a person who plays drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays classical or Latin percussion. Most bands for Rock, Pop, Jazz, R&B etc...
, percussionist, and later, an
electronic musicElectronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
composer. His name is included on the alumni "Wall of Fame" at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Redwood City,
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
. He is an alum of
Junípero Serra High SchoolJunípero Serra High School can refer to:* Junípero Serra High School * Junípero Serra High School * Junípero Serra High School * Serra High School...
.
Michael Shrieve is best-known as the
drummerA drummer is a person who plays drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays classical or Latin percussion. Most bands for Rock, Pop, Jazz, R&B etc...
in an early lineup of
Carlos SantanaCarlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican-born American Grammy Award-winning rock musician and guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered a blend of rock, salsa and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based...
's eponymous band and for his performance at the 1969
Woodstock festivalWoodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969...
, when he was just 20 years old (he turned 20 on July 6 of that year, making him the youngest musician to perform at the festival).
At Woodstock, Shrieve dazzled the crowd by playing an exciting
drum soloA drum solo is an instrumental solo played on a drum kit. A drum solo may be set or improvised, and of any length, up to being the main performance....
during an 11-minute version of
Soul SacrificeSoul Sacrifice by Santana was released on the Prime Cuts label.It was played by Santana at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. It was filmed and later released as a part of the iconic "Woodstock" documentary...
.
Michael Shrieve (born July 6 1949, in San Francisco) is a U.S.
drummerA drummer is a person who plays drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays classical or Latin percussion. Most bands for Rock, Pop, Jazz, R&B etc...
, percussionist, and later, an
electronic musicElectronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
composer. His name is included on the alumni "Wall of Fame" at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Redwood City,
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
. He is an alum of
Junípero Serra High SchoolJunípero Serra High School can refer to:* Junípero Serra High School * Junípero Serra High School * Junípero Serra High School * Serra High School...
.
History
Michael Shrieve is best-known as the
drummerA drummer is a person who plays drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays classical or Latin percussion. Most bands for Rock, Pop, Jazz, R&B etc...
in an early lineup of
Carlos SantanaCarlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican-born American Grammy Award-winning rock musician and guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered a blend of rock, salsa and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based...
's eponymous band and for his performance at the 1969
Woodstock festivalWoodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969...
, when he was just 20 years old (he turned 20 on July 6 of that year, making him the youngest musician to perform at the festival).
At Woodstock, Shrieve dazzled the crowd by playing an exciting
drum soloA drum solo is an instrumental solo played on a drum kit. A drum solo may be set or improvised, and of any length, up to being the main performance....
during an 11-minute version of
Soul SacrificeSoul Sacrifice by Santana was released on the Prime Cuts label.It was played by Santana at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. It was filmed and later released as a part of the iconic "Woodstock" documentary...
. The solo was filmed as a part of
WoodstockWoodstock is a 1970 documentary on the Woodstock Festival that took place in August 1969 at Bethel in New York. Entertainment Weekly called this film the benchmark of concert movies and one of the most entertaining documentaries ever made...
, a
documentary filmDocumentary film is a broad category of visual expressions that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and digital productions that can...
, and it has since been referenced as one of the highlights of the festival.
Shrieve left the original Santana band to pursue solo projects. One little-known but worthy effort was his drumming in the 1976 release of
Automatic Man, with guitarist
Pat ThrallPat Thrall is an American rock guitarist. Thrall is a native of the San Francisco area, and began his recording career in 1976.Thrall has worked with former Deep Purple bassist Glenn Hughes on the Hughes/Thrall project, and was a member of the Pat Travers Band during the peak of their success...
.
He also played in the band
Hagar Schon Aaronson ShrieveHagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve were a band featuring lead vocalist Sammy Hagar, lead guitarist Neal Schon, bassist Kenny Aaronson and drummer Michael Shrieve. The group reportedly rehearsed for less than a month before playing in concert...
(with
Sammy HagarSamuel Roy "Sammy" Hagar , known as "The Red Rocker", is an American rock singer, guitarist, composer and solo artist. Hagar was one of the three singers for Van Halen, as well as of the early 1970s rock band Montrose. On March 12, 2007, Hagar was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a...
,
Neal SchonNeal Joseph Schon is an American guitarist best known for his work with the band Journey. He is the only member to play on all of their recordings.-Biography:...
, and
Kenny AaronsonKenny Aaronson is an American bass guitar player.Aaronson started playing bass at 15, and became a regular on the New York scene. While a teenager, he played bass for heavy metal band Dust, who released two albums. In 1973, Aaronson joined the short-lived New York art rock band Stories, who...
).
In addition, he played drums on (former
SupertrampSupertramp were a British progressive rock band that released a series of top-selling albums in the 1970s and early 1980s.Their early music included ambitious concept albums, from which were drawn a number of hits including "Goodbye Stranger", "Bloody Well Right", "The Logical Song", "Breakfast in...
member)
Roger HodgsonCharles Roger Pomfret Hodgson, born 21 March 1950, in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England is a British vocalist and musician. He was one of the founding members of the progressive rock group Supertramp. He is recognised for his high-pitched singing voice, which became a trademark for Supertramp, and...
's first solo album,
In the Eye of the StormIn the Eye of the Storm is the 1st solo album by former Supertramp member Roger Hodgson.The album's biggest hit was the eight-minute-plus "Had a Dream ", a shorter single version of which neared the pop top 40 , was a big hit at rock radio In the Eye of the Storm is the 1st solo album by former...
.
From 1979 to 1984, he collaborated as a percussionist in Richard Wahnfried, a side project of
Klaus SchulzeKlaus Schulze is a German electronic music composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried. He was briefly a member of the electronic bands Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel before launching a solo career consisting of more than 50 albums lasting over 3 decades.-1970s:In 1969,...
(another drummer turned electronic composer) while recording with Schulze his own first "solo" album of electronic music,
Transfer Station Blue, in 1984.
He has also collaborated with David Beal,
Andy SummersAndy Summers is an English guitarist and composer best known for his work in The Police and Eric Burdon & The Animals.-Early life:...
, Steve Roach,
Stomu YamashtaStomu Yamashta is a Japanese percussionist, keyboardist and composer. He is sometimes credited as Stomu Yamash'ta. His father is the acclaimed artist Kiyoshi Yamashita....
,
Jonas HellborgJonas Hellborg is a Swedish bass guitarist. He has collaborated with John McLaughlin, Ustad Sultan Khan, Fazal Qureshi, Bill Laswell, Shawn Lane, Jens Johansson, Michael Shrieve, V. Selvaganesh, Mattias IA Eklundh and Buckethead.-Career:...
,
BucketheadBrian Patrick Carroll, better known as Buckethead, is an American musician and songwriter. He has released 28 solo albums and performed on over 50 more...
,
Douglas SeptemberDouglas September, musician, born September 25, 1972, in Cape Breton. He is known for his poetic and moving lyrics, as well as his innovative musical style that blends folk and blues with a caustic modern commentary...
, and others.
In 1998 Shrieve was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for his work with
SantanaSantana is a band consisting of a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. The range of these artists has varied greatly. Just like Santana himself, the band is known for helping make Latin rock famous in the rest of the world.-Overview:The band was formed in...
.
In 2001, he appeared on the
Revolution VoidRevolution Void is an electronic jazz music project by Jonah Dempcy . Revolution Void's recordings have included collaborations with Lucas Pickford, Cochemea Gastelum , Seamus Blake and Matthew Garrison...
album
Increase the Dosage.
Michael Shrieve currently lives in Seattle,
WashingtonWashington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the...
, and plays in his fusion jazz group, Spellbinder, at TōST in
FremontFremont is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. Originally a separate city, it was annexed to Seattle in 1891. Named after Fremont, Nebraska, the hometown of two of its founders, L. H. Griffith and E...
, Seattle, with Danny Godinez, Joe Doria, John Fricke, and Farko Dosumov.
He recently worked as a producer on his son Sam Shrieve's debut album Bittersweet Lullabies.
Drummer
(This is a partial discography.)
- (1969) with Santana — Santana
Santana is the debut album released 1969 of the San Francisco rock group Santana. The album features the line-up of Carlos Santana , Gregg Rolie , David Brown , Michael Shrieve , Michael Carabello , and Jose 'Chepito' Areas .It is a release of largely instrumental...
(drums)
- (1970) with Santana — Abraxas
Abraxas is the second album by Santana, the Latin rock n' roll group led by guitarist Carlos Santana. Consolidating their live success at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, and the interest generated by their first album the band took some time to issue a follow-up...
(drums)
- (1971) with Santana — Santana III
Santana is the third album by Santana. The band's second self-titled album, it is often referred to as III to distinguish it from the band's 1969 debut album...
(drums)
- (1972) with Santana — Caravanserai
Caravanserai is an album by Santana released in October 1972. It marked a major turning point in Carlos Santana's career as it was a sharp departure from his critically acclaimed first three albums. 1971 marked the departure of original bassist David Brown who was replaced by Doug Rauch and Tom...
(drums)
- (1973) with Santana — Welcome
Welcome is an album by Santana, released in 1973. It followed the jazz-fusion formula that the preceding Caravanserai had followed, with a different lineup this time. Gregg Rolie had left the band along with Neal Schon to form Journey, and they were replaced by Tom Coster, Leon Thomas and John...
(drums)
- (1974) with Santana — Borboletta
Borboletta is a 1974 album by Santana. It is one of his jazz-funk-oriented albums, along with "Caravanserai", "Welcome", "Love, Devotion and Surrender" with John McLaughlin, "Illuminations" with Alice Coltrane, Jack DeJohnette and Jules Broussard...
(drums)
- (1976) with Automatic Man
- (1976) with Go
Go was a supergroup conceived in 1976 by Stomu Yamashta , which also included Steve Winwood , Al Di Meola , Klaus Schulze and Michael Shrieve ....
/Stomu YamashtaStomu Yamashta is a Japanese percussionist, keyboardist and composer. He is sometimes credited as Stomu Yamash'ta. His father is the acclaimed artist Kiyoshi Yamashita....
- (1979) with Richard Wahnfried — Time Actor (percussion)
- (1980) with Pat Travers Band — Crash and Burn (percussion)
- (1981) with Novo Combo
Novo Combo was a power pop and New Wave rock group who enjoyed some popularity in the early 1980s. The initial lineup was Pete Hewlett Stephen Dees, Jack Griffith and drummer Michael Shrieve, formerly with Santana . Carlos Rios replaced Jack Griffith on the band's second album...
— Novo Combo (drums)
- (1981) with Richard Wahnfried — Tonwelle (drums)
- (1982) with Novo Combo
Novo Combo was a power pop and New Wave rock group who enjoyed some popularity in the early 1980s. The initial lineup was Pete Hewlett Stephen Dees, Jack Griffith and drummer Michael Shrieve, formerly with Santana . Carlos Rios replaced Jack Griffith on the band's second album...
— Animation Generation (drums)
- (1984) with Richard Wahnfried — Megatone (percussion)
- (1984) with Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve
Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve were a band featuring lead vocalist Sammy Hagar, lead guitarist Neal Schon, bassist Kenny Aaronson and drummer Michael Shrieve. The group reportedly rehearsed for less than a month before playing in concert...
(HSAS) — Through the FireThrough the Fire is the first and only recording by the band Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve, also known as HSAS. The album was recorded live with guitar overdubs added later...
(drums)
- (1984) with Roger Hodgson
Charles Roger Pomfret Hodgson, born 21 March 1950, in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England is a British vocalist and musician. He was one of the founding members of the progressive rock group Supertramp. He is recognised for his high-pitched singing voice, which became a trademark for Supertramp, and...
— In the Eye of the Storm (drums)
- (1993) with Jonas Hellborg
Jonas Hellborg is a Swedish bass guitarist. He has collaborated with John McLaughlin, Ustad Sultan Khan, Fazal Qureshi, Bill Laswell, Shawn Lane, Jens Johansson, Michael Shrieve, V. Selvaganesh, Mattias IA Eklundh and Buckethead.-Career:...
and BucketheadBrian Patrick Carroll, better known as Buckethead, is an American musician and songwriter. He has released 28 solo albums and performed on over 50 more...
— Octave of the Holy InnocentsOctave of the Holy Innocents is a studio album by Swedish bassist Jonas Hellborg, experimental guitarist Buckethead and drummer Michael Shrieve first released in 1993...
(drums)
- (1997) with Abraxas Pool — "Abraxas Pool" (drums)
- (2004) with Revolution Void
Revolution Void is an electronic jazz music project by Jonah Dempcy . Revolution Void's recordings have included collaborations with Lucas Pickford, Cochemea Gastelum , Seamus Blake and Matthew Garrison...
— Increase the Dosage (drums) (one track)
Composer
- (1984) Transfer Station Blue (with Kevin Shrieve & Klaus Schulze
Klaus Schulze is a German electronic music composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried. He was briefly a member of the electronic bands Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel before launching a solo career consisting of more than 50 albums lasting over 3 decades.-1970s:In 1969,...
, recorded 1979–83)
- (1989) The Big Picture (with David Beal)
- (1989) Stiletto (with Mark Isham
Mark Isham is an American trumpeter, synthesist, and Academy Award-nominated film composer. He works in a variety of genres, including jazz, electronic, and film.- Career:...
, David TornDavid Torn is an American composer and guitarist.He is known for the organic blending/manipulation of electronic and acoustic instruments and performance techniques that have an atmospheric or textural quality and effect, along with a particular harmonic richness...
, Andy SummersAndy Summers is an English guitarist and composer best known for his work in The Police and Eric Burdon & The Animals.-Early life:...
, & Terje GeweltTerje Gewelt is a Norwegian jazz bassist.He grew up in Larvik, a small town on the southeastern coast. He started playing guitar at the age of 10, switched to electric bass at 14 and added acoustic bass at 17....
)
- (1989) The Leaving Time (with Steve Roach)
- (1995) Two Doors (with Jonas Hellborg
Jonas Hellborg is a Swedish bass guitarist. He has collaborated with John McLaughlin, Ustad Sultan Khan, Fazal Qureshi, Bill Laswell, Shawn Lane, Jens Johansson, Michael Shrieve, V. Selvaganesh, Mattias IA Eklundh and Buckethead.-Career:...
& Shawn LaneShawn Lane was an American musician. He quickly became a noted player in underground guitar circles and joined Black Oak Arkansas when he was just fourteen years old....
)
- (2001) Fascination (with Bill Frisell
William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late '80s Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...
& Wayne HorvitzWayne Horvitz is an American composer, keyboardist and producer.Horvitz has led the groups The President, Pigpen, Zony Mash, and the Four Plus One Ensemble...
)
- (2005) Oracle (with Amon Tobin
Amon Adonai Santos de Araújo Tobin , better known as Amon Tobin, is a Brazilian electronic musician and DJ. He is best known for his use of sampling. Tobin is also credited with helping to create the emerging "trip hop" genre in the late 1990s...
) Available only on iTunes
- (2006) Drums of Compassion (with Jeff Greinke
Jeff Greinke is an American ambient music and jazz artist and composer currently based in Tucson, Arizona. He is known as one of the pioneers of dark ambient music, with his earlier solo albums often compared to works by Robert Rich, Brian Eno, and Vidna Obmana...
, Jack DeJohnetteJack DeJohnette is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. DeJohnette was born in Chicago, Illinois. Besides the drums, he studied the piano, which he plays on several recordings. He first became known as a member of Charles Lloyd's band, a group that pianist Keith Jarrett also was a part...
, Zakir HussainUstad Zakir Hussain , , is an Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and soundtrack composer.-Early life and background:...
, & Airto MoreiraAirto Moreira is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Airto is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. He currently resides in Los Angeles.-Biography:...
)
Producer
- (1998) Douglas September
Douglas September, musician, born September 25, 1972, in Cape Breton. He is known for his poetic and moving lyrics, as well as his innovative musical style that blends folk and blues with a caustic modern commentary...
— Ten Bulls (producer)
- (2007) AriSawkaDoria — Chapter One (coproducer)
- (2009) Sam Shrieve — "Bittersweet Lullabies" (producer)
Filmography
Michael makes a very brief appearance in the film
Gimme ShelterGimme Shelter is a 1970 documentary film directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, chronicling The Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour, which culminated in the disastrous Altamont Free Concert. The film is named after "Gimme Shelter", the lead track from The Rolling Stones' 1969 album Let...
, explaining to Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh the scene of violence that has occurred at the Altamont Free Concert on Dec. 6, 1969.
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