Brandon "Taz" Niederauer - Soul Sacrifice - 9/7/19 Blues & Brews Festival - Lowell, MA 

Hats off to the drummer!!!

This young guy is the best! Our future is on right direction!

Another young US man who plays with a maturity beyond his years.

As Carlos would say ... " let the music set you free ", Brandon is a free spirit...great job !!!

Only one word.. wow!!!!

These boys is colder than ice!!!! Sho nuff jammin!!!

This guy is a fabulous performer and player. Love it. Like 67 on this video. For a short bit in the 9 minute frame I was drifting off to my north woods hideout thinking I was listening to the Allman Brothers.... just for a bit.

ON WHAT PLANET COULD 12 PEOPLE DISLIKE THIS ?

That was awesome 👏

it is an absolute pleasure to watch!

A great player, better than many Santana versions I’ve heard imho. Great to see young guys taking the guitar and remembering the past but not settling too.

Really enjoyed that, thanks.

Sounding good 👍

I love it

Unbelievable performance

Alucinante!

Kudos on a fantastic cover ! Bravo ! Very exploratory and engaging rendition at every turn.

that performance 50 years had about 3-4 guys taking care of percussion.. this drummer is carrying this tune all by himself!

very good....he is getting better....settling into it rather than flailing away good job kid

Great playing, love the D'Angelico

Thank you for posting this! I had to see it...

That band is solid....very nice

Love that Boogie stack! Nice playing....💚🎸

I’m impressed, haven’t been excited by any of the current generation guitarists (that are very good), this kid gets my attention the way Stevie Ray did when I first saw him in fall of 1972. Hoping he stays out of helicopters and small airplanes 👏👌✌️

Impresionante Rejuveneció un clásico bravo!!!!!!

The band synergy is so fine! They need way more stage time! Soooooooooo good!

Crazy talented man!

Goooooooood

Very special being here.

awesome jam, sparks coming off that blue guitar!

I apologize in advance for any typos in my comment as it's hard to see my keyboard and screen through all the smoke coming from my computer. Wow! One of my favorite, iconic Santana songs for 50 years, and these guys just owned it!

Going Coltrane at 7:04...dang son!!

And oh those Gretch Drums gawd❤️😉👍

this is fantastic bro! Keep growing and outlive 27 for us all :D Hope to play along side yall someday. Peace and Love! Thanks for inspiring

Waiting in SF to see you live in co very. Let’s get it done!

You have done Carlos Santana Proud!

Fender Man Approved!

Wow..Brandon, first time seeing you play, or should I say shred. You are amazing ! I cought you yesterday with Joe Bonamassa and it was great. Also, Kendell, you rocked dude !

kids pretty damn good , but he needs to turn that amp to 10 just like the woodstock Santana.. lol

Bravo

More new wave/fuse. But this kid is insanely talented 👍🏻

Drummers a beast tho

7:16 most impressive part to me, hits half step flat and bends in key👌👌

😃🥁🎸👏👏

Fuck yeah

My favorite Santana song, great guitar and percussion. I respect the way he picks this with a slightly funkier way than Carlos.

Great band, and the kid is a major talent. Those D'Angelico guitars are something special. Them and Reverend are really nice affordable alternative styles to Fender and Gibby designs. It's in how the wood choices damp. To me, this one sounds like an Ebony FB SG with better low end and sustain, but not quite like an LP Custom. My one quip might be with the neck joint. I wonder if the body wood gets so thin that it might split, or is the neck shaped to fit inside the joint so that can't happen? I assume the later.

Kendell Lentz - Drums carried the show!

Look-n forward to your set at Suwannee Hulaween .

opener for Jesus Christ Superstar, awesome

Pretty good cover. Guess CS likes it :-)

Just remember 50 years ago we didn't have these high-tech instruments. But he is good for sure.

Great player this little fella is. How old is he ?

for me this one's the best of the bunch!! .... still not blues but a nice lengthy solo. 🤘🙂 🎸...

Holy Cow, this Lad is a good Guitar player.

Santana would be proud of this cover. Shit

Qalquier yo mejorado, si cñor!.

Tommy Bolin esque at times, and Duane

He has the. Young John McLaughlin thing going on

Taz is great. But all 3 guitars are being drowned by the drums. Need to absolutely reverse those volume levels!

Kid is awesome...smart too...knows he lacks the experience with the crowd, so he does not look up....that drummer is the show.

Brandon say, that drum solo went on way too long!

Technically impecable. But too far from the spirit of the Santana original sound and musical idea. Sorry guys but you were supposed to do a soul sacrifice and you didn’t sacrifice a thing. You just kept your jazzy spirit. Which is valid but unmatchable with this song. 😢

Once the young prodigy thing wears off your just another over playing pentatonic man. He needs to slow down. He plays over everyone. Learn theory. Be like Andy Wood or Jack Ruch. Then maybe he can be a Tal Wilkerson. Once he’s 25 no one will remember him.

tinny tone without Carlos's touch or feel (aka soul)