SPRINGFIELD Santana brings ‘1001 Rainbows’ to MassMutual Center

By K eith O ’C onnor Special to The Republican

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Carlos Santana is ending his 1001 Rainbows Tour at Springfield’s MassMutual Center on Sunday.

Showtime is 8 p.m. for the

MGM Springfield-sponsored event.

Mexican-American award-winning Carlos Santana along with his talented band - whose music blends Latin-infused rock, jazz, blues, salsa and African

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• All American Bar, Grill, and Patio on Dwight Street in Springfield last month began a “$1 Wing Wednesday” promotion. Every Wednesday All American serves $1 chicken wings with the order of any cocktail or beer.

The establishment, which is open from 11 a.m. to midnight, answers at 413301-8337. Their menu can be viewed online at allamericansportsbar.com.

• On Aug. 9, starting at 6 p.m., Champney’s Restaurant at the Deerfield Inn in Deerfield will be presenting “Tings and Tapas,” a Spanish wine tasting with a tapasstyle menu.

Six Spanish wines and sherries have been selected for the tasting, and the five

Santana

CONTINUES FROM PAGE E7 rhythms - hit the road across North America for 14 dates beginning on June 21 at the Prudential Center in New Jersey. Throughout the tour, Santana has been performing high-energy, passion filled songs from their 50-year career, including fan favorites from their Woodstock performance to their stunning comeback album “Supernatural” and beyond. Their new Jersey setlist included performances of “Soul Sacrifice,” course menu will begin with a white gazpacho before proceeding on to a presentation of grilled octopus.Sevillan duck will be featured following the octopus; the confit-style dish will be accompanied by baked saffron rice. Spanish-style stuffed mushrooms will serve as the forth course. The mushrooms will be stuffed with lamb chorizo, manchego cheese, and mojo verde.

For dessert, the kitchen will be preparing Andalusian Fried Dough finished with a honey-orange glaze.

Cost to attend is $80 per person plus tax and gratuity, and advance reservations are required. Contact Champ -

“Jin-Go-Lo-Ba,” “Oye Como Va,” “Evil Ways, “Back Magic Woman,” “She’s Not There,” “Papa Was a Rolling Stone,” “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,”

“Corazon Espinado,” “Maria Maria,” “Put Your Lights On,” and “Well All Right.”

Santana has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, with a record-tying nine Grammy Awards for a single project for 1999’s “Supernatural,” including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for “Smooth”. He received the Billboard Century Award in 1996 and was ushered into the ney’s at 413-774-5587 for details or to reserve a place at the table.

• The Delaney House in Holyoke has announced a major rework of their Sunday brunch offerings.

The restaurant has switched to a table d’hote approach for brunch, offering an appetizer and main plate for $26.95.

Among the appetizer options, brunch patrons will find smoked salmon, a fruit parfait, clam chowder, baked brie, and several other possibilities.

Main course plates include a classic “eggs-and” breakfast, a Southwest omelet,

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. He later received the Billboard Latin Music Awards’ Lifetime Achievement honor in 2009 and was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 2013. Among many other distinctions, Santana has been cited by Rolling Stone magazine as No. 15 on their list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” and has joined the Rolling Stones as one of only two bands to have an album reach the Top 10 in every decade since the 1960s.

The Mexican-born Santana moved to San Francisco in the early 1960s and formed the Santana Blues Band, later named simply Santana with Carlos as the front man, after signing a contract with Columbia Records.

• Summer is ice cream season, and Friendly’s Restaurants are celebrating with four new soda fountain creations.

The #SuperSundaeDunk is made with strawberry milk, vanilla ice cream, and Malt-O-Meal Tootie Fruities cereal. The creation is topping with whipped cream, a garnish of Tootie Fruities, and the obligatory cherry.

Tootie Fruities also play a part in two “super” sundae offerings. The Raspberry Crunch Super Sundae features vanilla and black raspberry ice cream garnished with pineapple, strawberry, and whipped cream.

French toast, fried chicken ‘n’ waffles, skillet hash, teriyaki salmon, and more. Fifteen different entree options are available.

Juice, coffee, and tea are included in the base price. A selection of desserts is available as an extra charge add-on, as are espresso drinks, cocktails, and other adult beverage favorites.

Brunch hours are 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Reservations can be made online at delaneyhouse.com; the full brunch menu is available at delaneyhouse.com/ sunday-signature-brunch.

The Delaney House can be reached at 413-532-1800.

A “Rolled Over Confetti & Friends” Super Sundae is made with vanilla ice cream rolled in Tootie Fruities, sauced with marshmallow cräme, and garnished with pound cake and strawberry topping.

The Vanilla Peach Berry Jubilee Super Sundae is all about vanilla ice cream scooped onto shortcake and topped with peaches, strawberries, whipped cream, and a cherry.

These ice cream confections will be available at participating Friendly’s locations for the rest of the summer.

Hugh Robert is a faculty member in Holyoke Community College’s hospitality and culinary arts program and has nearly 50 years of restaurant and educational experience. Robert can be reached online at OffTheMenuGuy@aol.com.

A Santana concert was held at the former Springfield Civic Center (now MassMutual Center) in 1973, one year after its opening. By that time Santana had released four albums garnering critical and chart success. The band’s first album, simply titled “Santana,” was released in 1969 featuring the Top 10 single “Evil Ways.”

The album, which went triple platinum, was followed by

“Abraxas” a year later going platinum and spawning two Top 20 singles, “Oye Como Va” and “Black Magic Woman.” They were followed by equally successful albums called “Santana III” in 1971 and “Caravanserai” in 1972. While enjoying success during the 1960s and 1970s, Santana experienced a commercial slump beginning in the early 1980s until the release of their comeback album, “Supernatural,” in 1999.

Limited tickets remain priced between $123 and $1,871 and are available online at massmutualcenter.com.