What happened to David Margen???

bikeplate · #1 01-15-2007, 01:04 AM

HI

Hey people. When I was a youngster I was drawn to the Santana albums of the late '70s and early 80's. My first concert was Santana at SPAC in Saratoga, NY. The bassist was David Margen. He played on the studio half of Moonflower, Inner Secrets, Zebop, and Marathon and one of Carlos' solo records. He was off the charts melodic, amazing staccato, awesome slapper, etc.

After that show, I got a ride to a music store in Albany, NY and bought my first bass. Thats how impressed I was. I'll never forget it.

After he left, what happened to him? I've googled, etc. and nothing. Is he still gigging, healthy, alive? I'm clueless

Chime in if you have info

Rob

Mojo-Man · #2 01-15-2007, 09:53 AM

Do you meen Doug Ranch, or David Brown.
Played with Santna, 70's early 80's.

markjazzbassist · #3 01-15-2007, 10:37 AM

I'm a big David Margen fan as well. I love his work on Moonflower and Marathon.

PhR · #4 01-15-2007, 05:13 PM

Margen plays with Tomas Michaud.

Thankfully he didn't share the same fate with Brown and Rauch.

bikeplate · #5 01-17-2007, 06:14 PM

HI

Cool, thanx for the info

Rob

PhR · #6 07-25-2007, 04:46 PM

An old recording featuring David Margen:
Salsa De Berkeley 1974

Also featuring Mingo Lewis.

oren · #7 04-21-2010, 05:40 PM

Is this David Margen in this video of Santana in '79? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoJywtaCz28

jerry · #8 04-21-2010, 07:26 PM

I always wondered what happened to Pablo Tellez the other bassist on Moonflower, I really dug his playing too. The bass chair in the Santana band always had great players.

bikeplate · #9 04-21-2010, 09:51 PM

HI

Yep, thats him in the vid

Rob

Gilsonite · #10 11-01-2010, 02:51 PM

Gotta Bring this one back to life, the Vid below is David Margen Santana fame and sooo under rated, he's a smokin player from my era...

Good video, Poor audio, but still enjoyable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp7w6x1Fe7Y

bikeplate · #11 11-01-2010, 02:56 PM

HI

LOL. Just talking about him yesterday morning at my gig. Santana was playing between services and someone asked my who it was. I went on to tell them that Santana was my first concert as a 16 year old. I saw David on bass that night and my eyes and ears were glued to him. I took my summer job money and bought a bass that week. What a talent

Rob

ajn · #12 11-24-2010, 12:47 PM

I actually ran into him just last week. He was at a local tech's shop picking up the very same P-bass that he played on the video linked a couple of posts back. (Nice bass...it's a 60 of 61, and now a bit more faded and worn than in the video.) So he's still around....and like all of us, a bit older!

Gilsonite · #13 11-24-2010, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ajn

I actually ran into him just last week. He was at a local tech's shop picking up the very same P-bass that he played on the video linked a couple of posts back. (Nice bass...it's a 60 of 61, and now a bit more faded and worn than in the video.) So he's still around....and like all of us, a bit older!

Cool, it would have been nice to get a picture taken with him and his old p-bass....

Guiseppe · #14 03-17-2011, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gilsonite

Gotta Bring this one back to life, the Vid below is David Margen Santana fame and sooo under rated, he's a smokin player from my era...

Good video, Poor audio, but still enjoyable.

YouTube - David Margen (Carlos Santana Band)- Runnin' - Epic bass solo - MUST SEE

David Margen's licks on Moonflower were some of my fave's of all time...but I just had NO idea of this...