At first I have to admit to thinking Carlos Santana, guitar God of the psychadelic 70’s, sold out accepting a 2-year Gig at (of all places) Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

After all, isn’t this where old stars go to live out the twilight years of their career – Celine Dion, Bobby Vinton, Tim Allen (Oh ya, he wasn’t a musician, just a handyman guy or something)

But then I thought, House of Blues with 1500 intimate seats with a mix of rock and blues guitar legends joining him on stage like Buddy Guy, Derek Trucks, Ben Harper or pretty much anyone you can think of and pretty soon you could erase all of the tackiness going on outside.

If I happen to end up down in Vegas during one of his 80 shows I do know I’ll be looking him up – usually I escape to the sanity of BB Kings blues club when I am stranded on the Strip, now I can take in a little Carlos Santana – come to think of it…pretty cool!

Here’s the release – he talks about “experimentation” – doesn’t that just summarize the career of the wonderful Carlos Santana