Michael Shrieve (born July 6, 1949, in San Francisco) is a U.S. drummer, percussionist, and later, an electronic music composer. His name is included on the alumni "Wall of Fame" at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Redwood City, California. He is an alum of Junípero Serra High School.
History
Michael Shrieve is best-known as the drummer in an early lineup of Carlos Santana's eponymous band and for his performance at the 1969 Woodstock festival, 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 solo during an 11-minute version of Soul Sacrifice. The solo was filmed as a part of Woodstock, a documentary film, 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 Thrall.
In 1967/68 he attended the College of San Mateo, Ca. and played in the jazz band. He was able to read drum music. He asked the guitar player to join him in a soul band he was in at that time by the name of "Living Color". A short time later, he left the band to join Santana.
He also played in the band Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve (with Sammy Hagar, Neal Schon, and Kenny Aaronson).
In addition, he played drums on (former Supertramp member) Roger Hodgson's first solo album, In the Eye of the Storm.
From 1979 to 1984, he collaborated as a percussionist in Richard Wahnfried, a side project of Klaus Schulze (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 Summers, Steve Roach, Stomu Yamashta, Jonas Hellborg, Buckethead, Douglas September, and others.
In 1998 Shrieve was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for his work with Santana.
In 2001, he appeared on the Revolution Void album Increase the Dosage.
Michael Shrieve currently lives in Seattle, Washington, and plays in his fusion jazz group, Spellbinder, at TōST in Fremont, 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.
Discography
Drummer
(This is a partial discography.)
Composer
Producer
- (1998) Douglas September — 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 Shelter, 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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