Welcome Tour

After releasing their new album Welcome on November 9, 1973, the band went on tour in North America and Europe to promote the release. The band started the tour with a European tour, starting on November 13, 1973 in England. The tour was scheduled to have two shows in Yugoslavia, but the band was denied entry into the country.{{Harvnb|Santana Changes European Tour}} Following the European tour, the band ended 1973 with a New Year's Eve show at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. In 1974, the band started a North American tour. After finishing a short tour with British guitarist John McLaughlin, Carlos Santana assembled a new lineup of the band. The group added saxophonist Jules Broussard and singer/keyboardist Leon Patillo. Drummer Michael Shrieve left due to health problems and he ended up getting replaced by Leon "Ndugu" Chancler for a short period.{{Harvnb|Santana|2014|p=368}} Doug Rauch quit the band and David Brown, who had played with Santana from 1966 to 1971, followed in his footsteps.

The set lists of this tour were similar to the set lists of their previous tour, the difference being the addition of "Mirage" and "Give and Take", months before their release on Borboletta and the removal of certain songs from the last tour.{{Harvnb|Search for Setlists: Santana 1974}}

One of the largest crowds Santana performed to during this tour was an appearance at the World Series of Rock festival in Cleveland's Cleveland Stadium on August 31, before a crowd of around 88,000 people.{{Harvnb|Gorman|Feran|2008|p=77}}{{Harvnb|Gorman|Feran|2008|p=78}}{{Harvnb|Bornino 1974}} Another large crowd Santana performed to was at the First Annual Barndance and Bar B. Q. in Austin, Texas, playing to a crowd of at least 80,000 people.{{Harvnb|Wilson 2015}} The band sometimes opened for other artists during this tour such as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

A show on October 11, 1974 was given a positive review by Billboard.{{Harvnb|Ford 1974}}

Live material from this tour has appeared on the following releases:

• "Bambele" from December 31, 1973 at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California was released on the 1988 compilation album Viva Santana!.

No songs from 1974 have been officially released on an album. The concerts on July 28 and September 14 were broadcast on American radio, but only the July concert has surfaced.{{Harvnb|Santana Live at Balboa Stadium, July 28, 1974}}

• Leon Patillo – lead vocals, piano, organ
• Carlos Santana – electric guitar, Echoplex, Latin percussion, vocals
• Tom Coster – Yamaha organ, Hammond organ, electric piano, electric organ, vocals
• David Brown – bass guitar
• Jules Broussard – saxophone, flute
• Michael Shrieve – drums (through an unknown date)
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums (beginning on an unknown date)
• José ”Chepito” Areas – timbales, congas, percussion, vocals
• Armando Peraza – congas, percussion

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1. "Going Home" (Dvorák; arr.: Coltrane, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
2. "A-1 Funk" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
3. "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve)
4. "Black Magic Woman" (Green)
5. "Gypsy Queen" (Szabó)
6. "Oye Como Va" (Puente)
7. "Just in Time to See the Sun" (Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
8. "Bambele" (Areas, Peraza)
9. "Um Um Um" (Thomas)
10. "Batukada" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
11. "Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)" (Moreira)
12. "Stone Flower (Introduction)" (Jobim)
13. "Waiting" (Santana)
14. "Castillos de Arena Part 1 (Sand Castle)" (Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza, Corea)
15. "Flor de Canela" (Carlos Santana, Doug Rauch)
16. "Free Angela" (Cochran)
17. Concierto de Aranjuez (Rodrigo)
18. "Samba de Sausalito" (Areas)
19. "Castillos de Arena Part 2 (Sand Castle)" (Corea, Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
20. "When I Look into Your Eyes" (Shrieve, Coster)
21. "Se Acabó" (Areas)
22. "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
23. "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
24. "Samba Pa Ti" (Santana)

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1. "Going Home" (Anton Dvorák; arranged by Alice Coltrane, Carlos Santana, Tom Coster, Richard Kermode, Doug Rauch, Michael Shrieve, José Areas, Armando Peraza)
2. "A-1 Funk" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
3. "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve)
4. "Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green)
5. "Gypsy Queen" (Gábor Szabó)
6. "Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente)
7. "Mirage" (Leon Patillo)
8. "Just in Time to See the Sun" (Gregg Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
9. "Bambele" (Areas, Peraza)
10. "Give and Take" (Santana, Coster, Shrieve)
11. "Incident at Neshabur" (Alberto Gianquinto, Santana)
12. "Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, David Brown, Marcus Malone)
13. "Samba Pa Ti" (Santana)
14. "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
15. "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)

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• {{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EAkEAAAAMBAJ&q=Santana+Changes+European+Tour|title=Santana Changes European Tour|magazine=Billboard|date=December 1, 1973|access-date=2020-04-12|ref={{SfnRef|Santana Changes European Tour}}}}
• {{cite book|last1=Santana|first1=Carlos|title=The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light|publisher=Little, Brown and Company|year=2014|isbn=978-0-31624-492-3}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/search?query=santana+1974|title=Search for Setlists: Santana 1974 {{!}} setlist.fm|publisher=Setlist.fm|access-date=2019-05-15|ref={{SfnRef|Search for Setlists: Santana 1974}}}}
• {{cite book|last1=Gorman|first1=John|last2=Feran|first2=Tom|title=The Buzzard: Inside the Glory Days of WMMS and Cleveland Rock Radio – A Memoir|publisher=Gray & Company|year=2008|isbn=978-1-59851-051-5}}
• {{cite news|last1=Bornino|first1=Bruno|title=Rock Fans Jam Stadium – 88,000 Rock Fans Win Modell's Praise|newspaper=Cleveland Press|date=September 2, 1974|page=A-1|ref={{SfnRef|Bornino 1974}}}}
• {{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Dave|url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/12937247/the-night-zz-top-concert-trashed-texas-longhorns-stadium|title=Remembering the infamous ZZ Top show at Texas' Memorial Stadium|work=ESPN.com|date=May 25, 2015|access-date=2019-05-19|ref={{SfnRef|Wilson 2015}}}}
• {{cite magazine|last1=Ford|first1=Bob|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lAkEAAAAMBAJ&q=Santana+Tower+of+Power|title=Talent in Action|magazine=Billboard|date=November 2, 1974|access-date=2020-04-12|ref={{SfnRef|Ford 1974}}}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.wolfgangs.com/music/santana/audio/20050357-6254.html?tid=16011|title=Santana Live at Balboa Stadium, Jul 28, 1974 at Wolfgang's|work=Wolfgang's|access-date=2019-05-19|ref={{SfnRef|Santana Live at Balboa Stadium, July 28, 1974}}}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/santana/1973/rainbow-theatre-london-england-3db9543.html|title=Santana Concert Setlist at Rainbow Theatre, London on November 15, 1973 {{!}} setlist.fm|publisher=Setlist.fm|access-date=2019-07-12|ref={{SfnRef|Set list for 11/15/1973}}}}
• {{cite web|url=http://santanamigos.pagesperso-orange.fr/1973.htm|title=Santanamigos. 1973|publisher=Santanamigos.pagesperso-orange.fr|at=Site contains pictures of concert tour posters and ticket stubs|access-date=2020-04-12|ref={{SfnRef|Santanamigos. 1973}}}}
• {{cite web|url=http://santanamigos.pagesperso-orange.fr/1974.htm|title=Santanamigos. 1974|publisher=Santanamigos.pagesperso-orange.fr|at=Site contains pictures of concert tour posters and ticket stubs|access-date=2019-07-07|ref={{SfnRef|Santanamigos. 1974}}}}

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• [https://www.santana.com/1974/?post_type=tour_archive Santana Past Shows 1974] at Santana official website

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