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From Lucky Lou to Santana's Black Magic Woman
The musical path from Jody Williams' Lucky Lou to Santana's Black Magic Woman runs through Otis Rush, Fleetwood Mac and later Santana recordings.
Jody Williams' 1957 single You May included the instrumental Lucky Lou on its B-side. In 1958, Otis Rush used the riff and feel of Lucky Lou in his recording of All Your Love (I Miss Your Loving). The recording was produced by Willie Dixon and featured Ike Turner on rhythm guitar.
In 1966, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers covered All Your Love (I Miss Your Loving) on the Beano LP featuring Eric Clapton. Peter Green released Black Magic Woman as a Fleetwood Mac single in 1968, and the song reached No. 37 on the UK charts. Carlos Santana said he had followed the original Fleetwood Mac and considered them the best blues band.
Santana played Black Magic Woman during a soundcheck in a parking lot in Fresno in 1970. The version recorded by Santana appeared on the album Abraxas, with Gregg Rolie on lead vocals. Its double-time outro jam was based on Gábor Szabó's Gypsy Queen. At Santana's 1998 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the group played a seven-minute version of Black Magic Woman with Peter Green.
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