Throughout this past week, Gary Clark Jr. performed a string of rescheduled performances at San Francisco’s The Fillmore with support from Fiona Silver. On Friday night, October 12th, the final night of his four-night Fillmore run, Clark welcomed a very special guest for the entirety of his encore: rock icon Carlos Santana.
According to an Instagram post by Fiona Silver, Santana stopped by her dressing room before his sit-in to “to dance, jam and give [her] spiritual advice.” As Silver notes in a second post featuring a partial video of Santana’s sit-in during Clark’s performance, “After a heart to heart in the dressing room where Santana became my spiritual guru he brought me up on stage during his jam with Gary Clark Jr. I was so nervous!”
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Carlos Santana led the band through a thrilling psychedelic blues-rock master class with Clark—one of the blues’ biggest modern torch-bears—and Silver along for the ride, laying down call-and-response riffs and vocals for them to counter and coaxing out an unforgettable performance from everyone onstage. Below, you can watch a number of clips from Carlos Santana’s surprise sit-ing with Gary Clark Jr. at The Fillmore in San Francisco. For a full list of Clark’s upcoming shows, head to his website.
Gary Clark Jr. w/ Carlos Santana – 10/12/18
[Videos: Alexander Haseltine]