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9. Meeting Carlos
I'll never forget the day I met Carlos Santana under the banyan tree in Lahaina. I was playing at an art fair in front of the courthouse when I looked up and saw Santana (and his new wife drummer Cindy Blackman) looking at art. You couldn't miss him but no one seemed to notice but me. I immediately went into "don't screw up now" mode and started playing the most soulful Stick I could possibly muster. It worked. He looked up and smiled my way and a few minutes later he walked right up, pulled out his wallet and dropped a hundred dollar bill in my tip jar. He asked what I was playing and I answered that it was just an improvisation. He smiled warmly and looked me right in the eye when he said: "You have a gift from the heart. The moment I heard your music it made me- and everyone else under this tree- feel good". I was in the presence of greatness and I knew it. I asked him to sign the back of my instrument and he obliged. As soon as I got home that night I figured I better record the song I was playing or I would never remember it. Heck, Carlos Santana liked it, did he not? A few months later I met a musician on one of the cruise ships (Ron Feather of Montreal) that had anchored in Lahaina and he added all the percussion tracks with me back and forth via the Internet. Santanas autograph on the back of my instrument has long since worn off, but you can see a photo of it next to the hundred dollar bill he dropped in my tip jar here:
www.flickr.com/photos/michaelkollwitz/16672381251/

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from Chapman Stick From Hawaii, released February 9, 2015
Ron Feather- percussion

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Michael Kollwitz - Solo Chapman Stick Sedona, Arizona

3 BILLBOARD ALBUMS IN A ROW! 'Santa Plays The Stick' debuted at #4 as a Top 10 album in 2019. It also won ZMR's Best Holiday Album award. ‘Serenity III’ charted at both #2 & #3 in 2019. ‘Serenity II’ debuted at #8 in 2018. Michael's music is played worldwide and continues to find appreciative new listeners. Carlos Santana once described Michael’s music as “a gift of the heart.” ... more

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