Hyperception and I hit the road for the amphitheatre in Tampa in the midst of a downpour around 5:15. The show was scheduled to start at 7:30, so we knew we were pushing it to get there in time, but he had to work and we needed to make sure Beorn was situated for the night.
Even with the rain for the first third of the trip, we made decent time, and arrived at the parking lot of the Florida Fairgrounds a little less than two hours later. But our parking spot was quite a distance from the amphitheatre entrance, and Steve Winwood had already taken the stage by the time we chose our spot on the lawn. However, the sound from the stage was easily heard from the parking lot, and although we couldn't see him as he took the stage, we were able to enjoy listening.
The first twenty to thirty minutes of Winwood's set seemed to be mostly a jam. If they were songs he has released, they were unfamiliar to either of us, and they ran together.
At 8:00 they stopped playing, and Winwood addressed the audience briefly. Then, the next forty minutes consisted of the following set. He left at 8:40, so played for just over an hour.
Can't Find My Way Home
Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (my personal favorite of his)
Empty Pages
Higher Love
Mr. Fantasy
Summer Lovin'
After a half hour break to switch out equipment, Santana took the stage. As I said in the post above, Hyperception and I guessed at the titles of most of the songs.
Ya luego
Maria Maria (West Side Story)
Fou-fou
Corazon destinado
The band then each had individual band solos. As I also mentioned above, the bassist, Benny Rietveld, was particularly a stand out. But they were all really tight.
Then they launched in to Jingo Ba, with a tribute to Michael Jackson's "Mama-say mama-sah ma-ma-coo-sah" at the end.
Steve Winwood then joined them, Santana referring to him as "the anointed one." He played some chords on the organ while Santana did a brief bit of Gershwin's Summertime on guitar, then Winwood sang a song neither of us recognized with the band Santana backing him.
When Winwood left, the band launched in to a medley of songs. I'm pretty sure I heard a lick of Matchmaker, Matchmaker from Fiddler in there, and Hyperception said he recognized some of Hendrick's version of Dylan's All Along the Watchtower. They finished this set off with a nearly full version of the Rolling Stone's Can't You Hear Me Knocking.
Evil Ways
The Love Supreme
Santana then addressed the audience, making some brief politcal statements, but ending with, and I will admit to paraphrasing here, as I am not the quickest with entering text on my phone:
"When you leave here tonight, if you remember just one thing, try to remember this:
"Who are you?
"Light and Love! This is the healing power of the world and of people.
"Who are you?"
Audience: "Light and Love!"
"Who are you?"
"Light and Love!"
"Who are you?"
"Light and Love!"
Ended with So Smooth.
When they came back for their encore they played:
Samba pa ti
and Dance Long in to the Night
Show ended about 10:40. A ninety minute set all told. With the half hour break between acts, it was a three hour show. Definitely worth the $10 admission.
With traffic out of the parking lot, and a stop for a bite to eat in Wildwood at Steak and Shake, we got home about 2:30-ish