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The Standard Oil Tapes

by Michael Shrieve

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It was late 1973 or early 1974. I was in the middle of making a solo album for Columbia records (more on that later) where I sang as well as playing drums and was working on it with Miles Davis’s bass player, Michael Henderson.
Michael was staying at my house and every day we would travel to Columbia studios on Fulsom Street in San Francisco. After we would go to work on overdubs on other parts of the record at Different Fur Studios which was owned by my friend Patrick Gleeson which was in the Mission District.
During this period, I received an offer to participate in an educational recording about percussion that Standard Oil of California was doing. It was usually not the kind of thing I was interested in, but there were so many great players on it that I thought that it would be ridiculous not to participate. So we went to Different Fur and with Michael Henderson, my brother, Kevin Shrieve, and Sam Morrison, laid down a groove, a funky groove with real 70s sounding drums which sounds super cool and very dry.
So, we just laid down this groove and afterward I overdubbed the narrative. I was speaking as if I were talking to a middle school classroom with kids; talking about what it was like to be a drummer, and how you use your gift to make people dance and move the band as well.
It was simple and fun. Later, however, when I listened back to my voice, I sounded like a strange combination of white boy, Latino and African American, saying things like, "when you're driving a car, you don't be downshifting in the middle of the freeway!”
I had never realized I was sounding like this, and it actually made me change the way I speak. I didn't want to sound like that! This is just a side note to the whole project, but this is my portion of that record, and hope you enjoy it.
Michael Shrieve.

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released March 3, 2023
Michael Shrieve
Michael Henderson
Kevin Shrieve
Sam Morrison

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Michael Shrieve Seattle, Washington

Michael Shrieve has written, produced & played on albums that have sold millions of copies worldwide.

As the original drummer for Santana,

He helped create the first 8 albums and was on the forefront of shaping a new musical era.

He is respected for his experimentation with the most creative & masterful musicians.

Michael also composes music for film & television. ... more

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