In addition to the misconception that this was originally a Santana song, most folk are unaware that Fleetwood Mac existed for eight years before Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined the band in 1975 and helped bring the band to its mainstream notoriety.
From Santana’s second album “Abraxas,” “Black Magic Woman” peaked on the US singles charts at #4 in 1970. To hear this song in its pristine entirety, you must listen to it in the context of the previous cut, “Singing Winds/Crying Beasts,” that opens the album and segues directly into “Black Magic Woman.” In addition, the LP version features “Black Magic Woman” as a medley with Hungarian jazz guitarist Gabor Szabó’s “Gypsy Queen.”
Gabor Szabó: Gypsy Queen
Gregg Rolie, who plays a Fender Rhodes electric piano and Hammond Organ on the Santana version, also handles the lead vocals. Rolie, and later Santana member Neil Schon, formed Journey in 1973.
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