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San Francisco, United States (1966 – present)

Santana was formed originally in 1966 in San Francisco, California. Originally named The Santana Blues Band, they rose to international fame when they performed at the Woodstock festival in 1969. This led to their second studio album, Abraxas(1970), becoming a Latin-Rock standard and a huge critical and commercial success. Over the years their line-up has changed constantly, allowing them to evolve with the times. Over 50 musicians have been in Santana over its 40 year history, but the only constant has been Carlos Santana himself. Various successful bands have been spawned by Santana, most notably Journey, formed by keyboardist Gregg Rolie and guitarist Neal Schon, both key members of Santana’s early days. Following a brief quiet period in the early 1990s, Santana has returned to stardom by releasing two successful albums featuring various guest vocalists, Shaman and Supernatural.

Santana’s original drummer Michael Shrieve was one of the youngest performers at the Woodstock Music Festival in the year 1969 at only 19 years of age.

Carlos Santana is known to use Paul Reed Smith (PRS) custom guitars, though his choice varies according to co-players. On his last album, The Best of Santana, he played a Stratocaster to match with Eric Clapton’s Strato-style.

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aiwara wrote:
13 minutes ago

Amazing!

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cris-kris wrote:
2 hours ago

europa, este hombre es un dios!

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Kingserak wrote:
13 hours ago

http://www.last.fm/music/Kevin+Kaifer

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Sunzy wrote:
Friday morning

Love these guys

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swissboyy wrote:
Wednesday morning

santa is godlike

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bestmusicro wrote:
Tuesday morning

Photos from the concert in Bucharest: http://www.bestmusic.ro/poze/Santana_la_BestFest-gid-107989-l-1

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TranquilNight wrote:
Tuesday morning

iz nice

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kaanoner15 wrote:
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Today @Istanbul :))

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whoaacapybara wrote:
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legendd.

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Cid_Highwind wrote:
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Trinity with Kirk Hammett is really awesome

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Winand wrote:
last week

love his music

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jayakiran wrote:
last week

the best guitar master!!!!! [2]

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tanya_90 wrote:
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oye como va<3

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Pedrinsky21 wrote:
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que buena guitarra , mis respetos

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moonia01 wrote:
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amazing !! :D

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Europan wrote:
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The cut `Europa' here at last fm is wonderfully > 7mins., whereas the one on Best of Santana is only 5 mins. Which album hosts the longer cut ?

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prodigious1 wrote:
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The man's a fucking god.

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rainbowStrat91 wrote:
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Mój Bóg. mam 2 kostki do gitary sygnowane przez samego Mistrza :D

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PlanetWaves66 wrote:
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love the man

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METALHEAD_ro wrote:
last month

A fresh audio interview with CARLOS SANTANA can be listened on METALHEAD here: http://www.metalhead.ro/interviuri/Carlos_SantanaDe_la_Woodstock_la_Bucuresti__Audio_-aid-63453-l-1

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