As Carlos Santana hits his 70th birthday, the icon shows no signs of slowing down. Famous for his psychedelic guitar solos and musical fusion, he continues to reach audiences worldwide. The Mexican-born, American-raised guitar legend Carlos Santana revolutionized music through his seamless fusion of various influences including Latin instruments, Afro beats, and blues-style solo guitar riffs.
Santana gained international recognition after performing at the hippie Woodstock Festival in and began touring the world, bringing his unique pan-cultural sound to global audiences. The Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist's influence on global music and culture has not diminished since his death in at age His posthumous greatest hits album, "Legend," remains the bestselling reggae album of all time. Marley's music also helped bring Rastafari, a Jamaican religious movement, to world attention.
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It wasn't until the late s that Rodriguez discovered he was a superstar. Since then, his worldwide fame has exploded. Most working individuals approaching their 70th birthday would be looking forward to retirement. But that isn't the case for legendary rocker Carlos Santana, who turns 70 on July Over the 70 years of his life, Santana has been making music for 65 of them as a pioneering musician who has crossed musical boundaries with his unique blend of Latin, Afro, blues, jazz, salsa and rock influences.
Ultimate Santana. Twitter Youtube Facebook. Throughout more than five decades of music, Santana has made his mark on the musical community, and in popular culture. Like many guitar players, Carlos actually started with the violin, reputedly at the tender age of five.
Born in Jalisco, Mexico, and later moving with his family to Tijuana, Santana was very early imprinted with the Latin style that has informed his music throughout his career. Jose Santana taught his son, Carlos, the violin, and encouraged him to play Mariachi music. However, before his 10th birthday, young Carlos Santana fell under the sway of blues music, preferring the spare, time-honored riffs of B.
As the band's personnel changed frequently, Santana the band came to be associated almost exclusively with Santana himself—who soon became the only remaining member of the original trio—and his psychedelic guitar riffs. In addition to his work with his band, Santana recorded and performed with a number of other high-profile musicians, notably drummer Buddy Miles, pianist Herbie Hancock and guitarist John McLaughlin.
Along with McLaughlin, Santana became a devoted follower of the spiritual guru Sri Chinmoy during the early s. Disillusioned with the heady, drug-addled world of s rock music, Santana turned to Chinmoy's teachings of meditation and to a new kind of spiritually-oriented music, marked by a popular jazz album he recorded with McLaughlin entitled Love Devotion Surrender and released in early Throughout the s and early s, Santana and his band released a string of successful albums in their unique style.
Notable projects of this time period included Amigos and Zebop! Nevertheless, Santana earned critical acclaim throughout the decade, particularly for the solo album Blues for Salvador , which earned the guitarist his first Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance.
He toured extensively, playing in sold out auditoriums and on tours like LiveAid and Amnesty International Though he ended his association with Chinmoy in , Santana remained intensely spiritual, especially during his live performances.
In , he played at the commemorative concert at Woodstock, 25 years after his band's transformative performance at the original festival. Under his own label, Guts and Grace, he released a collaborative album, Brothers , with his brother Jorge Santana and nephew Carlos Hernandez, that was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental. Later in the decade, Santana was among the group of artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Santana's phenomenal comeback on the pop charts began in , when he re-signed the band with his first producer and mentor, Davis, then the president of Arista Records.
By early , the album had sold 10 million copies worldwide and spawned a No. Santana followed up his award-winning album with Shaman , which received additional accolades. Santana continued to take his music on the road, playing numerous tour dates each year. In , he became a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors. In the second decade of the new millennium, Santana continued to put forth new music as well.
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