What they did was they followed me home to my parents' house where I was living.

I packed up a few things, woke up my folks, said, see later.

And I got in the car with them and drove up to their place in the Mission District in San Francisco

and started sleeping on the couch.

Oh! Start sleeping on the couch.

This is Joe Wong. Welcome to the Trap Set, where each week we explore the lives of drummers.

I want to play something for you. I'm You're hearing Soul Sacrifice by Santana, featuring my guest Michael Shreve on drums.

At age 20, Shreve's breathtaking performance at Woodstock took the world by storm.

His combination of raw power and jazz-inflected nuance helped Santana become one of the defining bands of its generation.

Over the subsequent 50 years, Shreve's adventurous genre-spanning career has included collaboration

with artists such as Stomu Yamashita, Steve Winwood, Al Di Miola, Klaus Schultz, Mick Jagger,

Andy Summers, and Steve Roach.

Michael was an early adopter of electronic percussion and has also been active as a film composer.

He's currently preparing for the release of the latest of several albums as a leader.

I spoke to him at his studio in Seattle. And now my conversation with Michael Shreed.

I started playing drums in eighth grade.

I got kicked out of the class, sent to the principal's office.

And on the way back, I passed the bandroom,

and the percussion section was right at the door, which was open.

And everything just connected right then.

And I was there for long enough to get in trouble again by the time I got back to class.

But that day, I went down and got three carpet samples and drumsticks.

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