In the historic tradition of using music to fuel collective action, longtime musical collaborators and bandmates Tracy Blackman and Tina “bean” Blaine — performing together as 2TSpark — announce the release of their song, “It’s My Body feat. Santana & Cindy Blackman Santana” on September 17, 2022. Carlos Santana and Cindy Blackman Santana offered to record their guitar and drum tracks with 2TSpark in support of women’s reproductive rights.

“We all hope that this video and song will help raise awareness around the globe and raise funds for organizations that are dedicated to supporting women’s rights and their reproductive freedom,” Tracy says. “After Bean and I recorded the song, with Vicki Randle on backing vocals, my sister Cindy heard it and said she’d put down drum parts. Then my brother-in-law Carlos heard the song. He loved it, couldn’t stop playing it. Then he said he wanted to play on it, and the project took off from there.”

“We wrote ‘It’s My Body’ during a marimba jam in response to the Texas abortion ban that passed in September 2021,” Bean says. “When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, we felt an urgency to share this message.”

While recording “It’s My Body,” Bean and Tracy were thinking of Dr. Savita Halappanavar, a dentist in Ireland who died after she was denied an abortion by doctors who cited the country’s anti-abortion laws and the “investigation” into Dr. Caitlin Bernard, who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim in Indiana. They hope this project will generate support for the many organizations that are helping

About the Recording

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2TSpark’s marimba, djembe, udu, and vocal tracks were recorded using ProTools in Bean’s studio in Alameda, California, where Vicki Randle joined them to provide additional vocals. Session files were sent to Studio A in Las Vegas to record the guitar and drums respectively performed by Carlos Santana and Cindy Blackman Santana. From there, the tracks went back to the Bay Area, where Angeline Saris added her bass guitar, bringing it all together. Jim Reitzel (head engineer for Narada Michael Walden’s Tarpan Studios) oversaw the mix. Video artist Pons Maar produced the video.

“It’s My Body” Performers:

Tracy Blackman

lead vocals, marimba (Tracy Blackman & Friends, D’CuCKOO, The Easy Rider Project)

Tina Blaine (bean)

marimba, percussion, backing vocals  (D’CuCKOO, Haunted by Waters, Maze Daiko)

Vicki Randle

backing vocals (The Tonight Show, Mavis Staples, Skip the Needle)

Cindy Blackman Santana

Drums (Lenny Kravitz, Santana)

Carlos Santana

Guitar

Angeline Saris

Bass (Narada Michael Walden, Zepparella)