100Carlos Santana, whose real name is Carlos Alberto Santana Barragán, was born on July 20, 1947 in Autlán de Navarro, state of Jalisco in Mexico, into a family of musicians. At a very young age, he discovered the electric guitar, which became his instrument of choice. Self-taught, it was when he joined his parents in San Francisco that he immersed himself in blues music, then booming in the United States. In 1966, he created the Santana Blues Band. The band stood out at the Woodstock festival in 1969 with a salsa and rock song that would become legendary, Soul sacrifice.
In the 1970s, the Santana Blues Band evolved towards more jazzy trends with gypsy influences. Considered one of the greatest guitarists of the 1975th century, noted for his ebullient and lyrical playing, Carlos Santana multiplies collaborations, notably with jazz-rock guitarists John McLaughlin, Rob Thomas and Eric Clapton. In XNUMX, Carlos Santana created with the album Friends one of his greatest successes, Europe.
In the 1990s, he triumphed with the album Supernatural, who won no less than nine Grammy Awards. He once again gathered the votes in 2002 with the title ShamanFollowed by All That I Am in 2005. He then became a distinguished member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
On the private side, after his divorce in 2007 from Deborah King, Carlos Santana married Cindy Blackman, the former drummer of Lenny Kravitz, in 2010.
He has had some heart problems in recent years but everything seems to be back to normal now. He simply needs to watch himself and, above all, take care of himself.
