Santana is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1966 by Mexican-born guitarist Carlos Santana. [10] The band has undergone various recording and performing line-ups in its history, with Santana being the only consistent member.
For more than five decades—from Santana’s earliest days as a groundbreaking Afro-Latin-blues-rock fusion outfit in San Francisco—Carlos has been the visionary force behind artistry that transcends musical genres and generational, cultural, and geographical boundaries.
Santana is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1966 by Mexican-born guitarist Carlos Santana. The band has undergone various recording and performing line-ups in its history, with Santana being the only consistent member.
Santana, American musical group whose use of salsa and mambo-style percussion exposed a wide rock audience to traditional Latin American music. The band leaped to prominence after its appearance at Woodstock in 1969. Its best-known songs included ‘Black Magic Woman’ and …
Born in Autlán de Navarro, Mexico in 1947, Carlos Santana rose to become a global icon, forever altering the landscape of rock music with his pioneering fusion of Latin rhythms and blues-rock sensibilities.
Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán [1] (Spanish: [ˈkaɾlos umˈbeɾto sanˈtana βaraˈɣan] ⓘ; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the rock band Santana.
For more than four decades—from Santana’s earliest days as a groundbreaking Afro-Latin-blues-rock fusion outfit in San Francisco—Carlos has been the visionary force behind artistry that transcends musical genres and generational, cultural and geographical boundaries.