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Wendy Haas

Wendy Haas-Mull (born c. 1950) is an American vocalist and keyboardist best known for her work with the bands [a=Fanny], [a=Santana] and [a=Azteca]. Biography Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Wendy Haas began her musical career in her mid-teens, playing bass, keyboards and singing. Haas attended Woodside High School in Woodside, California. She was in a high school band in 1966 called The Freudian Slips, and by 1967 the band was playing at The Fillmore. She worked with a number of local groups, eventually meeting original [a=Santana] drummer Michael Shrieve. Shrieve brought her to the attention of Carlos Santana, and Haas subsequently provided piano tracks for the Santana recording [i]Caravanserai[/i] (1972) and vocals on the album [i]Welcome[/i] (1973). Shrieve also recommended Haas for the Latin Fusion band [a=Azteca], which released two records on Columbia in the early 1970s and toured in North America with [a=Stevie Wonder]. Haas was also a member of the all-female band [a=Fanny (2)]. Haas also performed and/or recorded with other artists including [a=Alice Cooper], [a=Boz Scaggs], [a=Melissa Manchester], [a=Kenny Rankin], [a=Kiki Dee], and [a=Spencer Davis]. Wendy Haas met and eventually married the comedian/actor Martin Mull in 1982, and largely retired from performing in the 1990s. The couple have a daughter, Maggie Rose.[5] Haas participated in the Azteca reunion concert in Los Angeles in 2007, which was recorded and released on CD as [i]From the Ruins[/i] (2008) and DVD as [i]La piedra del[/i] sol (2008). [a=Martin Mull].