Santana Live by Request

On October 18th legendary guitarist Carlos Santana took center stage for an evening of live music on A&E network’s Live by Request.

Broadcast live from Sony Music Studios in New York, Santana captivated the audience beneath a Tom Kenny designed Martin rig of 42 MAC 600 and 16 MAC 300 wash lights, together with 32 MAC 250 profile spots. Martin Case Pro II and Case Pro I+ lighting consoles were used for control with lighting programming by Jorge Valdez. Florida based lighting company Paradigm supplied the Martin gear.

Santana played a variety of songs from his just released new CD, Shaman, as well as his critically acclaimed Grammy award winning 1999 release, Supernatural.

Lighting Programmer: Jorge Valdez
Lighting Crew: Nikki Brote, John “Frog” Vera, Osy Orta
Gaffer: Michael Callahan
Grip: Eugene Meinenhoffer
Show Rigger: Keith Deverna
Set Designer: Tom McPhillips - Atomic Design
Producer: Eileen Bernstein - Automatic Productions