The Musical Journey Of Carlos Santana

By Author: Savor LaBanda
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Carlos Santana is known for his record-breaking musical experiments that included fusion of Latin American music and rock music. He is known for his specific style of guitar playing and there are a number of signature models of guitar based on the styles of this highly successful Latin American musician. Carlos became a naturalized American citizen in the year 1965 and he was awarded with Kennedy Centre Honour on 29th December 2013. Some of the unforgettable musical albums of this highly talented guitarist are Love Devotion Surrender released in 1973, Illuminations in 1974, Oneness—Silver Dreams in 1979, Swing of Delight in 1980, Havana Moon in 1983, Blues of Salvador in 1987, and Santana Brothers that was released in the year 1994.

Carlos was very impressed by some of blues performers such as B.B. King and John Lee Hooker since early teenage. He has also mentioned Javier Batiz, Gabor Szabo, Jimi Hendrix, Mike Bloomfield, Hank Marvin and Peter Green as other major influences on his musical styles. Carlos got his first break as a guitarist in the year 1966 when Bill Graham asked him to play guitar as an impromptu guitarist ...
... in his band for a single performance. Carlos played superbly and was immediately noticed by Graham and audience for his highly specific abilities and since then, he continued his highly successful voyage as a musician.

In the same year, Carlos created his own band Santana with the help of fellow guitarists and street musicians Gregg Rolie and David Brown. The band offered a highly effective blend of Salsa, African, jazz, blues, rock, and Latin American music. The band offered an unforgettable performance in 1969 at Woodstock.

With the success of Woodstock performance, the band attained an international audience and Carlos got a huge fan base. During the year 1972 to 1979, Carlos changed his music style and preferred to offer highly spiritual music for his audience. During these years, he clearly showed the extent of influence of Sri Chinmoy on his life. During these days, Santana band offered very few commercially successful numbers however; things changed in 1990s when the album Spirits Dancing in the Flesh was released in the year 1990. One can attain complete information about the awards won by Carlos and his complete discography through internet.

Along with guitars, one can also find Carlos signature amplifiers for attaining quality voice. Carlos is a quality musician who has got a huge fan base across the oceans in different parts of the world. One can attain all information about his discography through internet as a number of websites have been devoted for presenting the musical works of this world-renowned musician. In the year 2007 on October 19th, his first wife Deborah Carlos filed for divorce. The couple was married since last 34 years. On July 9 in the year 2010, he proposed Cindy Blackman during a concert at Tinley Park Chicago. He and Cindy Blackman married in the same year in December and the couple is currently enjoying their married life in Las Vegas.

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Savor LaBanda is an author of this article who writes about the Carlos Santana who has the ability of powerful music; Santana launched his band of products under the name Santana.

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