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Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana is a Mexican and American musician , born on 20 July 1947. He learned to play the violin at age five and the guitar at age eight from his father. Around the age of eight, Santana "fell under the influence" of blues performers like B.B. King, Javier Bátiz, and John Lee Hooker. 

 As young Carlos was heavily influenced by Ritchie Valens at a time when there were very few Mexicans in American rock and pop music. Santana was influenced by popular artists of the 1950s such as B.B. King, T-Bone Walker, and John Lee Hooker. Soon after he began playing guitar, he joined local bands  along the "Tijuana Strip" where he was able to begin adding his own unique touch to '50s Rock 'n' Roll.

Santana moved to San Francisco and, in October 1966, started the Santana Blues Band. Later signed to Columbia where his band name, "Santana Blues Band" was shortened to, "Santana" With their highly original blend of Latin-infused rock, jazz, blues, salsa and African rhythms, the band gained an immediate following on the San Francisco club circuit. The band's early success, capped off by a  memorable performance at Woodstock in 1969, led to him signing a recording contract with Columbia Records.  Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and Latin American jazz gained fame in early 1970s. 



Santana played a red Gibson SG Special with P-90 pickups at the Woodstock festival. From 1976 until 1982 his main guitar was a Yamaha SG 175B, sometimes using a white Gibson SG Custom with 3 open coil pick-ups.
Moreover ,  In 1982 he started to use a custom made PRS Custom 24 guitar. In 1988 PRS Guitars began making Santana signature model guitars, which Santana has played ever since. Santana currently uses a Santana II model guitar. 
Santana used his signature guitars plugged into multiple amplifiers to produce distinctive guitar tones. Often the unique tones of each amplifier are blended together, complementing each other producing a richer tone.


After divorcing Deborah Santana (34 years of marriage), Santana became engaged to drummer Cindy Blackman, after proposing to her during a concert of the Universal Tone Tour at Tinley Park in suburban Chicago, Illinois, on July 9, 2010. 
They  married in December 2010 and currently live in Las Vegas.
Santana's song- Santana - Maria Maria ft. The Product G&B hit 140 Million views on youtube.
Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPLV7lGbmT4


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