Friday 5 June 2020


Having secretly set up this week by back tracking to 1978 last week I can reveal: That on this day 40 years ago a European Trip of a lifetime began. 
Picking up my American friends at Heathrow airport - due to the time difference between our countries, their trip had actually began on June 4th, while it was the 5th here in England - in the VW Campervan that would be 'our home' for this Grand Tour and from this very moment on be renamed and referred to as 'Euri'. 
Other friends joined the trip at various intervals over the following five months of incident packed travel. Stories for another time, if you have days to spare listening to them. 
The link to today's Star Track is frankly no more than an obvious title one. The piece of music released originally in 1976 has no actual connection to this 1980 trip, though the concert performance in the video does take place 'live' in London.
And yes, I know we have had Santana before on a Friday (FMS12) but it was a long long time ago and was only 2.50 minutes and didn't have much of a guitar solo from Carlos. This instrumental song certainly does feature his incredible playing.
So 'Let's Go Europe' - with Santana and 'Europa' (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile) >

  

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