Carlos Santana's Guitar

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Carlos Santana's Guitar

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Gary Keesler

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Carlos Santana is a Mexican and American musician who first became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and Latin American music.

He got the chance to see his idols (most notably B.B. King) perform live in San Francisco.

He was also introduced to a variety of new musical influences, including jazz and folk music, and witnessed the growing hippie movement centered in San Francisco in the 1960s.

After several years spent working as a dishwasher in a diner and busking for spare change, Santana decided to become a full-time musician.

Bill Graham, a Latin Music aficionado, had been a fan of the band from its inception, and arranged for them to appear at the Woodstock Music and Art Festival before their debut album was even released.

Graham also gave the band some key advice to record the Willie Bobo song "Evil Ways", as he felt it would get them radio airplay.

Their first album, Santana, was released in August 1969 and became a huge hit, reaching #4 on the U.S. album charts, with the catchy single "Evil Ways" reaching number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.

Carlos Santana experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s.

In 2003 Rolling Stone magazine listed Santana at number 20 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards

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