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==Biography== [[File:OK Hotel Reunion - Michael Shrieve 03 (25248504000).jpg|thumb|left|Shrieve playing in 2016 with [[Wayne Horvitz]] (not shown).]] Shrieve was born and grew up in [[San Francisco]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Devivo |first=Darren |date=August 15, 2019 |title=Santana: Throwback Thursday 1969 {{!}} WFUV |url=https://wfuv.org/content/santana-throwback-thursday-1969 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815085703/https://wfuv.org/content/santana-throwback-thursday-1969 |archive-date=August 15, 2019 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=wfuv.org}}</ref> Shrieve's first full-time band was called Glass Menagerie,<ref name="Peraza">{{cite web |title=Michael Shrieve Intro Speech by Jim McCarthy |publisher=Jim McCarthy |url=http://zh-cn.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=459149985596 |access-date=2010-04-08}}</ref> followed by experience in the house band of an R&B club, backing touring musicians including [[B.B. King]] and [[Etta James]]. At 16, Shrieve played in a [[jam session]] at the [[Fillmore West|Fillmore Auditorium]], where he attracted the attention of [[Santana (band)|Santana]]'s manager, Stan Marcum. When he was 19, Shrieve jammed with Santana at a recording studio and was invited to join that day.<ref name="Seattle Times">{{cite news |title=Legendary Woodstock drummer Michael Shrieve now plays in Fremont |publisher=Seattle Times |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2009659504_woodstock14.html |access-date=2010-04-06 |first=Hugo |last=Kugiya |date=2009-08-14}}</ref> On August 16, 1969, Santana played the Woodstock Festival, shortly after Shrieve's twentieth birthday, but before the release of their [[Santana (1969 album)|eponymous first album]] (1969). He remained with Santana for ''[[Abraxas (album)|Abraxas]]'' (1970), ''[[Santana III]]'' (1971), ''[[Caravanserai (album)|Caravanserai]]'' (1972), ''[[Welcome (Santana album)|Welcome]]'' (1973), ''[[Borboletta]]'' (1974) and the live ''[[Lotus (Santana album)|Lotus]]'' (1974). He co-wrote four of the tracks on ''Caravanserai'', as well as co-produced the album.<ref name="Ultimate Santana">{{cite web |title=Michael Shrieve: Original Santana drummer |publisher=Ultimate Santana |url=http://www.ultimatesantana.com/Michael-Shrieve.html |access-date=2010-04-06}}</ref> Shrieve left the original Santana band to pursue solo projects. He moved to London to record the 1976 album ''Automatic Man'' with guitarist [[Pat Thrall]], bass guitarist Doni Harvey and keyboardist [[Todd Cochran]] (billed as ''Bayete''). While in London Shrieve was part of the fusion supergroup [[Go (band)|Go]] with [[Stomu Yamashta]], [[Steve Winwood]], [[Al Di Meola]] and [[Klaus Schulze]], releasing two studio albums, ''[[Go (Go album)|Go]]'' (1976) and ''[[Go Too]]'' (1977), and the live album ''[[Go Live from Paris]]'' (1976).<ref name="Voices">{{cite book |author=McCarthy, Jim |author2=Sansoe, Ron |title=Voices of Latin rock: people and events that created this sound |url=https://archive.org/details/voicesoflatinroc0000mcca |url-access=registration |date=November 1, 2004 |publisher=Hal Leonard |isbn=0-634-08061-X |pages=[https://archive.org/details/voicesoflatinroc0000mcca/page/184 184–187]}}</ref> He played in the band [[Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve]] (with [[Sammy Hagar]], [[Neal Schon]], and [[Kenny Aaronson]]).<ref name="ChicoER">{{cite web |title=Music review: Guitarist Neal Schon journeys to El Rey Theatre |publisher=The Chico Enterprise Record |url=http://www.chicoer.com/entertainment/ci_14794874 |access-date=2010-04-06}}</ref> Later, he played drums on (former [[Supertramp]] member) [[Roger Hodgson]]'s first solo album, ''[[In the Eye of the Storm (Hodgson album)|In the Eye of the Storm]]''. From 1979 to 1984, Shrieve collaborated as a percussionist in [[Richard Wahnfried]], a [[side project]] of [[Klaus Schulze]] (another drummer turned electronic composer) while recording with Schulze his own first "solo" album of electronic music, ''Transfer Station Blue'', in 1984.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} Shrieve was also credited for playing percussion on the 1980 album ''[[Emotional Rescue]]'' by [[The Rolling Stones]] and in 1984, he played on [[Mick Jagger]]'s ''[[She's the Boss]]'' album. When Jagger, [[Nile Rodgers]] and Shrieve were mixing the album at [[Power Station (recording studio)|The Power Station]] in New York City, [[Jaco Pastorius]] invited Shrieve for a recording session downstairs. This recording remains unreleased.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jose |last=Sierra |title=A Conversation with Michael Shrieve - Part 2 |url=http://www.moonflowercafe.com/mscafe2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921084055/http://www.moonflowercafe.com/mscafe2.html |archive-date=September 21, 2008 |publisher=Moonflower Café |access-date=March 26, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Από |last=Thodoris |title=Interview: Michael Shrieve |url=http://www.hit-channel.com/interviewmichael-shrieve-santanagospellbinder/76037 |publisher=Hit Channel |date=January 29, 2015 |access-date=March 26, 2016}}</ref> In 1997, Shrieve joined former Santana musicians [[Neal Schon]], [[Gregg Rolie]], [[José Areas|José "Chepito" Areas]], [[Alphonso Johnson]], and [[Michael Carabello]] to record ''[[Abraxas Pool]]''.<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |title=AllMusic |publisher=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/abraxas-pool-mw0000617693/releases |access-date=2018-02-07}}</ref> Shrieve has also collaborated with David Beal, [[Andy Summers]], [[Steve Roach (musician)|Steve Roach]], [[Jonas Hellborg]], [[Buckethead]], [[Douglas September]], [[Freddie Hubbard]] and others. He has served as a session player on albums by [[Todd Rundgren]] and [[Jill Sobule]].{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} In 2004, Shrieve appeared on the track "The Modern Divide" on the [[Revolution Void]] album ''Increase the Dosage''. The album was released under a Creative Commons license.<ref name="RevolutionVoid">{{cite web |title=Revolution Void - Electronic Breakbeat Jazz |publisher=Revolution Void |url=http://www.revolutionvoid.com/rv003/ |access-date=2010-04-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403073544/http://www.revolutionvoid.com/rv003/ |archive-date=2010-04-03 }}</ref> {{As of|2010|4}}, Shrieve lives in [[Seattle, Washington]], where he plays in a fusion jazz group, Spellbinder, with Danny Godinez, Joe Doria, Raymond Larsen, and Farko Dosumov. Shrieve has composed music for several films, including [[Paul Mazursky]]'s ''[[Tempest (1982 film)|Tempest]]'' and ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]''.<ref name="IMDB">{{cite web |title=IMDB credit list |publisher=IMDB |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795390/ |access-date=2010-04-06}}</ref> Shrieve currently plays a DW Collector's Series drum set and recently joined the [[Istanbul Agop]] cymbals family. He has played a variety of other drum sets in the past, including sets by [[Camco Drum Company|Camco]], Premier and [[Ludwig Drums|Ludwig]], the latter visible in the Woodstock footage. He also played both [[Zildjian]] and later [[Paiste]] cymbals in his early days before becoming a longtime [[Sabian Cymbals|Sabian]] user.
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