Carlos Santana
Birthday: 1947-07-20
Birthplace: Autlán de Navarro (México)
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
Carlos Santana (born as Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán; 20 July 1947 in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, México) is a Mexican rock guitarist. He became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms. Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine listed Santana at number 15 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and 3 Latin Grammy Awards.
Santana has was an avenue named after him as well as a statue of a guitar in the city where he was born (born in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, México) to honour him. The family moved from there to Tijuana In La Calonia Libertad, the city on Mexico's border with California, and then San Francisco, USA. Carlos stayed in Tijuana but joined his family in San Francisco later and graduated from James Lick Middle School and Mission High School there.
Most of his musical career has been spent with Santana, the band he formed in San Francisco in 1967. His music underwent large changes in 1973 when he was introduced to the spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy, by fellow guitarist "Mahavishnu" John McLaughlin. After this he adopted the title "Devadip" which he still uses. In 1998 he formed the Milagro Foundation along with his wife Deborah, which supports disadvantaged children. Later Carlos and Deborah divorced, but the Milagro Foundation is still alive and well.
Other huge influences of Carlos Santana are both Miles Davis (with whom he maintained a big personal connection), and John Coltrane, who unfortunately passed away in 1967.
Credits
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Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana & Steve Lukather Live In Japan | ||
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Tramaine Hawkins Live | ||
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2021-07-27 | Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away | |
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2015-09-29 | Korla | self |
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2015-07-14 | Santana - Montreux Jazz Festival 2015 | |
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2011-07-02 | Santana: Greatest Hits - Live at Montreux 2011 | self |
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2009-06-09 | Woodstock: Untold Stories | |
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2008-12-01 | Buddy Guy: Live At Montreux 2004 | |
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2008-12-01 | Clarence Gatemouth Brown: Live At Montreux 2004 | |
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2005-10-31 | Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics: Rockin' the Sixties | |
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2004-07-12 | Bobby Parker: Live at Montreux 2004 | |
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2004-01-26 | Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux | |
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2003-01-01 | Santana | Guitar / Vocals |
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2001-06-16 | John Lee Hooker - That's My Story | |
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1977-01-01 | Santana Live at Hammersmith Odeon, December 15th, 1976 | guitar, percussion, backing vocals |
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1974-01-01 | Santana | |
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1970-08-18 | Santana - Live at Tanglewood 1970 | guitar, vocals |
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1970-02-13 | San Francisco Rock: A Night at the Family Dog | |
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1969-08-30 | Got No Shoes, Got No Blues: the Texas International Pop Festival |