SANTANA - MAGGOT BRAIN - KAISER GOLD SOUNDS - 1996 SP 

I still can not understand how many people leave Eddie Hazel out of the mix on greatest guitarist rankings and compilations. He's definitely among the top 10 all time greatest guitarist in my book. I pioneer in the craft.

It amazes me how many times and how many ways maggot brain has been covered. That's the sign of a true masterpiece.

This maggot brain version that Santana and Ronnie earl did was amazing unbelievable ..the whole band was on point no doubt

This, and all versions are awesome...There are no rules here. Maggot Brain is the gift to all who jam it,, and funk is it's own reward.

I would have loved to see Prince do Maggot Brain...

Two guitar masters at work playing another guitar master's masterpiece

NOTHING beats the ORIGINAL!!!!

Beautiful tribute to the God that is Eddie Hazel💜

Wow came here to say exactly this and was amazed to see it was even voted as the top comment, totally agree. Santana really just see's it as a way to shred some melodies and scales, where as Hazel gets into your mind with every note and creates this melty ambivalent environment of love and emotion lol, love Maggot brain. Thanks for playing it Santana but long live Eddie Hazel.

OMG! Santana, this dude is a genuis as well as Earl, I would have NEVER thought anyone could re-do this tune and make me love it as much as the original....OMG!

This shows Eddie Hazel’s underrated legacy. Research how many versions of this one solo are out there.

I met them..even dated Eddies ex..auditioned for for funkadelic...Eddie Hazel, Glen Goins Mike Hampton, Blackbird, Gary Shieder...awesome...

Carlos , I still and can never forget when I first saw you playing - Soul Sacrifice in August 1969 at Woodstock , 50 years ago , And everybody was there Eddie Hazel - Rest In Peace - my friend -- So Eddie kindly look down take a peak at 11 year old Taj Farrant , Playing your Maggot Brain , Very Impressive young man ,, And he is friends with Carlos Santana ,, And I will say a little prayer for everybody tonight

Santana my man hes playing always takes me to a happy place.

Santana kills it here. Such a brilliant guitarist.

Santana once again demonstrates to everyone why it is that he is so great! He takes somebody else's song and makes it his own by playing it his way!

What a joy it must have been to be in that audience...wow

Just discovered this genius by chance. Such beautiful touch, feel and emotion. His name is Ronnie Earl.

Mr Ronnie earl to me has what I call feel! I loved his take! Santana can Holler like no one else and beautiful as always! I love the authenticity at their take on it!

Thanks a lot -- Carlos & Ronnie -- We enjoyed it very much

And for those of you all who are unfamiliar with Ronnie Earl - please give a listen. His style is as soulful as Mr. Santana's. A genuinely superb blues player. Great rendition of this song, too

Klasse Interpretation von den Gitarristen Carlos Santana und Ron Earl dieses großartigen Stücks von Funkadelic! Gänsehautsound!

I was in elementary school in the late 60’s early 70’s and in the auditorium at some function that is blurry in my mind, someone had the Maggot Brain album. The distinctive album cover always stuck with me BUT, even though I later became a big fan of Parliament/Funkadelic of the mid to late 70’s of my high school life I never delved into what became before the releases of those years. Fast forward to the present and the past few days have brought me back to Maggot Brain, this being my first time hearing it and being completely blown away. The depth of emotion in this composition touches me deep in my soul with my mother having passed in August and now my Dad also a little more than 3 months later.

This is just PURE!!! That's what I at least experienced while listening to the song!

Both are great guitarist, yes indeed. There are others, for instance the guitarist who wrote that particular music solo, Eddie Hazel. Listen to the studio cut of "Maggot Brain" next time. A masterpiece! RIP, Eddie...

Such a beautiful song and the talent of the musicians is awesome!

It’s magic to watch the Godliness of maggot unite our emotions through interpretations of Eddie original vessel. We all have a journey….

The original from Hazel is THE one, for sure. But that's a pretty decent cover, much much better than a LOT I've heard on RU-vid.

Maggot Brain is the guitarist holy grail.Everyone tries it at least once. and what are the songs made famous and played by one man has as many spins on it as this one does

THE REASON IT SOUNDS SO SAD, AND THIS IS A FACT, IS THAT GEORGE ASKED EDDIE TO PLAY RE-CALL THE SADDEST MOMENT HE EVER HAD IN HIS LIFE AND EDDIE REFLECTED ON HIS FEELINGS THE DAY HIS MOTHER DIED. NOW THAT'S POWER--A SON'S LOVE FOR HIS MAMMA.! May Mrs. Hazel forever rest in peace!

Idk man.. I get the feeling of surrealism when I hear this. I could be cruising the streets and with this song on for some reason I grab more of the “now moment.” Feels like those nostalgic moments you look back on from the future. Eddie’s sound is great, but Ronnie and Carlos have something just as beautiful here.

Dude..... Ronnie Earl... just wow.

How does this not have a million veiws

Temaso,un genio

Bernie Worell is off the CHAIN!

3:40 beautifullllllllllll :D tnx ERonnie & Carlos

It's a sick cover, love it

Parabéns por ter postado este vídeo. Tenho em VHS, um tesouro.

@1Delta I myself never heard this before, but thanks to Carlos, now I have. Eddie Hazel is not only a great guitarist but he's also an originator. Too bad it took me 41 years before I got to know who he was.

Bravo ! Santana thanks !

I'm atonished! Is that Santana Shredding??!!

awesome performance!

Thank you for this Video ! It's filled with pure emotions and vibes ! Good bless you ! ^_^

8,38 this own Santana's "Hong Kong Blues" song insertion on the finale is terrific!!!

Yeah. Maggot Brain,

can.nobody play like a eddie but Carlos did a good job everybody got their own way of playing it

this song had santana written all over it since i heard it. Glad he did a cover!

every time I hear some one like this do that song I am happy that it will be and still is the greatest song ever written in our time Musiclly. This is a clean version it is good, it is not Hazel and Hampton no but it is a great song just the same.I hope to hear the next generation doing this song their way.

So awesome...

Pretty good but nothing beats the original on this song. RIP Eddie, lots have covered it but yours is still the one

nice quality video and audio

Both talented guitarists, and I've been a Santana fan since Oye como va & Jingo back in the 70's. But it just isn't sad enough. Blues in the minor mode and he and Earl still make you want to just have a Coke and a smile.

the 80s rhodes synth piano REALLY makes this song. yea.

damn, dude on the keyboard tore it up!

I'M IN MAGGOT BRAIN HEAVEN!!!!!

Legends cannot be dead 🖤🙏🏼🧙🏼‍♂️

whenwillpeopleunderstand that sounds are detached from ownership. once it is produced, boom it exists its out there, and in this case you'll never succeed to compare both because there's absolutely no diference between them: they'r just two separeted interpretations of the same idea of the sound. its as simple as if eddie cooked baked potatoes and added a special sauce while santana steals the recipe and changes it for french fries and its own spice. they nothin alike but they both taste awesome

Oh my!!! What a beautiful rendition!!

CARLOS IS ONE OF THE BEST

TOO BEATIFULLLLLLL ROP TROP TROP BEAU BEAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Amazing

GENIUSZ i GENIUSZ na zawsze dziękuję BARDZO KOCHANI KOSMOS

Mr Ronnie Earl !!

Love Santana. Love Eddie Hazel. Flawless as his style is. It doesn't really move me until about 6:30 then he starts to make it his own, but as soon as it ends. It ends.Leaving little to no lasting impression. I just watched a video of Eddie perform in concert on Last.fm it also left me without the feeling or lingering impression that the 1971 single take recording still elicits after 47 years. There's something unique about it that has people entranced from the beginning till long after its over. Clinton fiddled with it in the studio in a way that no other performance can recreate.The entire track was recorded in one take. The solo is played in a pentatonic minor scale in the key of E over another guitar track of a simple arpeggio. Hazel's solo was played through a fuzzbox and a wah pedal; some sections of the song utilize a delay effect. The only things I can figure that give it its unique qualities are maybe the physical dimensions of the recording area and /or the state of mind of the artists and techs making the 1971 recording. uh oh I may have spoken to soon. The mantel has been passed IMO to Michael Weber. Hear him own this piece. I don't believe Eddie Hazel is offended, cuz Michael has risen above it all! KUDOS MIchael! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pEZ_U7T7WZs.html

Santana the best !!!! C'est magnifique 👏👏🙏❤

MERVEILLEUX , SUBLIME , DIVIN SIMPLEMENT

wow~!

Done with style and more true to the original version and opposed to the more modern reading that most do based off of Mike Hampton's 1978 SLAYING of the song. Well done.

I feel like i hopped from one dream to another

People do not understand music this is Eddie Hazel song Forever Maggot Brain

I love Carlos, but I just dont get the feel here. When Hazel played the tune, he was told to play it like his momma just died, and he captured that with amazing feeling. But sorry Carlos, I just dont feel that here. Carlos is great, but I dont know if anyone could ever capture that amazing feeling that Eddie Hazel ever did.

Actually that quote (also used in the recording of "Hong Kong Blues" on Viva Santana!) is from Carlos and Greg Rolie's "Treat" from the first Santana album. Like a jazzman, Carlos often embroiders and interpolates melody lines and phrases from other compositions-- including his own. Cheers!

Enjoyed it, although it was missing some stank. The pace was slower than the original. Nice tribute!

flying with his musici into space

Perfeito!!!! que tipo de emoção queriam? um beijo na boca no final? Francamente..... aff

......MOTHER. May Mrs Hazel forever rest in peace...

Nice version

crazy song Omg ammaaaziinng

Here are two of my favourite guitar players. I love the way Ronnie Earl still manages to make sense of his Blues phrasing on this tune. Who cares who is better! Music, when at it's best is beyond qualification other than soulful one....and this is soulful. Now if only they could both play on Song Of The Wind! Let's get Santana, Ronnie Earl and Robben Ford on that one!

well it's always interested to see another look upon a song and ronnie plays a great solo i think oke it's not loud but still very creative i think , santana seems to like it.

AAHHHH !!

Omg!!!

Sounds like they are just jamming, maybe getting warmed up, so when he fires into his stuff, he has a little heat worked up. I don't think he was or would try to "out-do" the original. No reason to moan, cringe and criticize. I thought it was cool for him to do a Hazel number.

Uwielbiam ten utwór a ta wersja jest wspaniała. Jak to u Santany.

Eddie is The GOAT.

oh my god.....wow

I love C.T

whoa.....carlos goes from eddie hazel to bernie worrell at 6:50, that is insane maggot brain!

i like how people are shocked and disappointed at how santana happens to put soul into his art differently than hazel & hampton did? pfffft surprise, sur-fuckingprise lmao learn to appreciate art not judge it

Santana killed it. I love him

i don't understand how this video in over 3 years have got only 38.465 views, but Party rock by LMFAO have got 300mln in 2 mounths -.- People are strange

They sped the music up a little bit, but it was great 😃👍

I have been a staunch fan of everything connected with George Clinton since 1970. I have never heard Santa do Maggot Brain before. This is fantastic , it made my day

Ite!! Peace!

we need it with better quality!!!

💪💪🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💪💪

If anyone ever asks for the definition of a Chef's Kiss, just send them here!

FYI- In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked Hazel at no. 83 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists

Wow

Santana can't even come close!!!!!!!