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The Santana show was broadcast live on WNEW FM (New York) and WMMR FM (Philadelphia)
This show as well as the show we did with Van Morrison almost a month
later, Nov 1, 1978, was very special to Stanley and myself. Bill Graham,
someone we both admired, introduced both of those artists from our stage
the night of those shows. Graham told us that he felt the Bottom Line stage
had become as important in New York City as the Fillmore stage in terms of
an artist's career. That was the ultimate compliment coming from the person
we most admired. Words do not convey what Bill's comp[liment meant to us
because we always thought of the club as a mini-Fillmore. You cannot imagine
the joy it brought to hear him introduce Santana in that initimible Bill
Graham way..."N.Y. Let's have a warm Bottom Line greeting for... "