The third Carlos Santana solo album marks a surprising turn toward 1950s rock & roll and Tex-Mex, with covers such as Bo Diddley’s «Who Do You Love» and Chuck Berry’s title song. The album features performances by Booker T & the MGs, Willie Nelson and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and also Carlos’ father Jose singing «Vereda Tropical» — a song Carlos had first heard when his father was serenading his mother following an argument.
Produced by veteran R&B producers Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett, the album features an eclectic mix of sidemen, including Booker T. Jones of Booker T & the MG’s, Willie Nelson, Jimmie Vaughan, Flaco Jiménez, Stephen Kupka (of Tower Of Power) and many more.
Havana Moon is a light effort, but it’s one of Santana’s most enjoyable albums, which may explain why it was also the best-selling Santana album outside the group releases in ten years.
180 gram audiophile vinyl
A1 Watch Your Step
Backing Vocals – Cherline Hall
Horns – Tower Of Power Horn Section
Lead Vocals – Greg Walker
Written-By – Bobby Parker (2), Phil Belmonte
3:49
A2 Lightnin’
Written-By – Booker T. Jones, Carlos Santana
3:50
A3 Who Do You Love
Lead Vocals – Kim Wilson
Written-By – Ellas McDaniel
2:54
A4 Mudbone
Written-By – Carlos Santana
5:50
A5 One With You
Bongos – Armando Peraza
Congas – Raúl Rékow*
Lead Vocals – Booker T. Jones
Timbales – Orestes Vilató*
Written-By – Booker T. Jones
5:17
B1 Ecuador
Engineer [Assistant, Recording] – Maureen Droney
Engineer [Recording] – Ken Kessie
Flute, Vocals – Orestes Vilató*
Keyboards – Richard Baker
Mixed By – Jim Gaines
Mixed By [Assistant] – Jeffrey Norman
Vocals – Armando Peraza, Carlos Santana, Raúl Rékow*
Written-By – Carlos Santana
1:10
B2 Tales Of Kilimanjaro
Bass – David Margen
Engineer – Chris Minto
Keyboards – Alan Pasqua
Producer – Keith Olsen
Rhythm Guitar – Chris Solberg
Written-By – Alan Pasqua, Armando Peraza, Carlos Santana, Raúl Rékow*
4:51
B3 Havana Moon
Lead Vocals – Booker T. Jones
Written-By – Chuck Berry
4:11
B4 Daughter Of The Night
Vocals – Greg Walker
Written-By – H. Huss*, M. Rickfors*
4:18
B5 They All Went To Mexico
Accordion – Flaco Jiminez*
Trumpet – Mic Gillette
Vocals – Willie Nelson
Written-By – Greg Brown (3)
4:59
B6 Vereda Tropical
Arranged By [Strings] – Clare Fisher*
Other [Armonias] – Candelario López, Roberto Moreno
Other [Bojo] – Luis Gonsalez
Other [Tromp] – José Salcedo, Oscar Chavez
Violin – Francisco Coronado, Gabriel Arias, Raymundo Coronado
Violin, Other [Cantador] – Jose Santana
Written-By – Gonzalo Curiel
4:58