On July 1st, 2011, Montreux hosted the reunion of two master guitarists, Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin, with their Invitation To Illumination concert. Both musicians have been regulars at Montreux across the years but this was the first time they headlined their own concert together. The show features most of the tracks from their classic 1973 album Love Devotion Surrender mixed in with a wealth of other material. The evening was a showcase of supreme musical virtuosity and spirituality and typified the approach of these two great artists. It is certainly a performance not to be missed.

Line-Up:
Carlos Santana (Lead Guitar & Vocals); John McLaughlin (Lead Guitar & Vocals); Cindy Blackman Santana (Drums); Dennis Chambers (Drums); David K. Mathews (Keyboards); Tommy Anthony (Guitar & Vocals); Raul Rekow (Congas, Percussion & Vocals); Etienne M'Bappé (Bass); Benny Rietveld (Bass); Tony Lindsay (Vocals); Andy Vargas (Vocals)

Track Listing:
1) Echoes Of Angels / Introduction 2) The Life Divine 3) Duende 4) Peace On Earth / Dear Lord 5) A Hard Rain Is Gonna Fall 6) Stairway To Heaven 7) Lord's Prayer 8) Free America / The 8th Of January 9) La Marseillaise 10) Right Off 11) Guitar Interlude 12) Right Off 13) Vuelta Abajo 14) Vashkar 15) The Creator Has A Master Plan 16) Guitar Interlude 17) Naima 18) Lotus Land Op.47 No.1 19) Downstairs Blues 20) Venus / Upper Egypt 21) Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord 22) Black Satin 23) Smooth Criminal 24) Land Of 1000 Dances 25) Cindy Blackman Santana Drum Solo 26) A Love Supreme 27) Montreux Boogie (inc. La Grange) 28) A Love Supreme 29) Shake It Up And Go

As a huge Santana fan,I buy all of his concert DVDs.This one was just released and I'm waiting for my copy to arrive.I was looking at the other Santana concert DVDs that I own,and it dawned on me that this guy really knows how to keep his fans happy There are concert DVDs from almost every phase of his career! His career and live performances are documented so well.He's currently on tour right now and I know that,in a few years,there will be yet another concert DVD,lol.

in 1973,these guys recorded an album together....

MJ fans,take note...."Smooth Criminal" is one of the songs on the tracklist Carlos began performing that song in 1988 and these days,he plays it occasionally,as a tribute to Mike.

I wanted to post a thread about this 4 minutes of sheer beauty, but no sense of posting another Santana thread.

One if not the most beautiful guitar performance ever caught on record IMO. It comes so easy out of him.

I hope he plays my area again real soon.I'm ready for another Santana show He's an incredible live act.