The retirement age he has reached long ago – but Carlos Santana does not think to Stop for a long time. Famous for his psychedelic guitar solos, the musicians to people all over the world.
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Musicians made their own sound world famous
Carlos Santana: Rock and Latin Fusion
Born in Mexico, grew up in the United States and already a guitar legend. Santana is a seamless Fusion of various styles of Latin instruments, Afro-Beats and bluesy guitar solos manage to get to your right. He became internationally known through his appearance at the Woodstock Festival in 1969. Since then, he has impressed during his tours Fans around the globe.
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Musicians made their own sound world famous
Buena Vista Social Club: Cuban Son
In 1996, the Blues legend Ry Cooder traveled to Cuba and felt long-forgotten musicians whose careers were broke since Fidel Castro’s Revolution in 1958. He played several Songs with a Cuban Flair with them that took abroad like a bomb. And so the elderly artist began with a Son, the forerunner of Salsa, Danzón, Bolero, Guajira, and Criolla, a world career.
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Musicians made their own sound world famous
Bob Marley: Reggae
Even after his untimely death in 1981 ebbs, the influence of the Jamaican Singer-songwriter and guitarist on the worldwide music and culture. His 1984 posthumous Album “Legend” remains the best-selling Reggae Album of all time. Marley’s music also brought the Rastafarians, a Jamaican religious movement, the attention of the world.
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Musicians made their own sound world famous
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee: Reggaeton
The puerto Rican musician Fonsi (l) and Daddy Yankee (R) have not brought the Reggaeton of the island only to their neighbors. meanwhile, the Genre reached a world audience. In the 1990s, the music started as the “Underground”Sound with Caribbean Beats, Latin instruments and texts, which know no taboos. From the mid-2000s, she conquered the international market.
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Musicians made their own sound world famous
Umm Kulthum: Arab concert sounds
Even if the year of birth of the Egyptian singer is controversial – until her death in 1975 Kulthum was for an international audience is the embodiment of Arabian sounds. Worldwide, the double-selling Alto over 80 million records. “The Lady”, as the French President de Gaulle called them, convinced by her emotional and passionate song-interpretations.
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Musicians made their own sound world famous
Ravi Shankar: Indian classical music
With 18 years of 1920 in a Bengali-born Shankar began to play the Zither. In the 1950s and 1960s, toured the Virtuoso by Europe and the American continent. Many heard for the first Time, classical music from India. He also influenced other artists including George Harrison of the Beatles. By Shankar Indian instruments were also in the pop music popular.
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Musicians made their own sound world famous
Ali Farka Touré: Blues from Mali
The singer and multi-instrumentalist Touré was one of the most famous musicians in Africa, especially because he combined the traditional music of his native Mali with North American Blues. He collaborated with American jazz musicians and sang on the albums, in various west-African languages. When he died in 2006 of bone cancer, he had already won two Grammys.
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Musicians made their own sound world famous
Psy: K-pop
In 2012, the South Korean musician K-Pop (Korean Pop) celebrated with “Gangnam Style” global success. With over 2.9 million Views on Youtube, the energetic Video is tied up with the catchy dance, the audience in the world. For many, the blend of Techno, Electro, Pop, and Korean lyrics. Even UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (see above) couldn’t resist the song.
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Musicians made their own sound world famous
Carlos Santana: Rock and Latin Fusion
Born in Mexico, grew up in the United States and already a guitar legend. Santana is a seamless Fusion of various styles of Latin instruments, Afro-Beats and bluesy guitar solos manage to get to your right. He became internationally known through his appearance at the Woodstock Festival in 1969. Since then, he has impressed during his tours Fans around the globe.
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Musicians made their own sound world famous
Buena Vista Social Club: Cuban Son
In 1996, the Blues legend Ry Cooder traveled to Cuba and felt long-forgotten musicians whose careers were broke since Fidel Castro’s Revolution in 1958. He played several Songs with a Cuban Flair with them that took abroad like a bomb. And so the elderly artist began with a Son, the forerunner of Salsa, Danzón, Bolero, Guajira, and Criolla, a world career.
-
Musicians made their own sound world famous
Bob Marley: Reggae
Even after his untimely death in 1981 ebbs, the influence of the Jamaican Singer-songwriter and guitarist on the worldwide music and culture. His 1984 posthumous Album “Legend” remains the best-selling Reggae Album of all time. Marley’s music also brought the Rastafarians, a Jamaican religious movement, the attention of the world.
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Musicians made their own sound world famous
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee: Reggaeton
The puerto Rican musician Fonsi (l) and Daddy Yankee (R) have not brought the Reggaeton of the island only to their neighbors. meanwhile, the Genre reached a world audience. In the 1990s, the music started as the “Underground”Sound with Caribbean Beats, Latin instruments and texts, which know no taboos. From the mid-2000s, she conquered the international market.
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Musicians made their own sound world famous
Umm Kulthum: Arab concert sounds
Even if the year of birth of the Egyptian singer is controversial – until her death in 1975 Kulthum was for an international audience is the embodiment of Arabian sounds. Worldwide, the double-selling Alto over 80 million records. “The Lady”, as the French President de Gaulle called them, convinced by her emotional and passionate song-interpretations.
-
Musicians made their own sound world famous
Ravi Shankar: Indian classical music
With 18 years of 1920 in a Bengali-born Shankar began to play the Zither. In the 1950s and 1960s, toured the Virtuoso by Europe and the American continent. Many heard for the first Time, classical music from India. He also influenced other artists including George Harrison of the Beatles. By Shankar Indian instruments were also in the pop music popular.
-
Musicians made their own sound world famous
Ali Farka Touré: Blues from Mali
The singer and multi-instrumentalist Touré was one of the most famous musicians in Africa, especially because he combined the traditional music of his native Mali with North American Blues. He collaborated with American jazz musicians and sang on the albums, in various west-African languages. When he died in 2006 of bone cancer, he had already won two Grammys.
-
Musicians made their own sound world famous
Psy: K-pop
In 2012, the South Korean musician K-Pop (Korean Pop) celebrated with “Gangnam Style” global success. With over 2.9 million Views on Youtube, the energetic Video is tied up with the catchy dance, the audience in the world. For many, the blend of Techno, Electro, Pop, and Korean lyrics. Even UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (see above) couldn’t resist the song.
The majority of working 70-Year-olds likely to have on their pension. Not but Rock legend Carlos Santana, the on 20. July the 70. Celebrates birthday. “I take a pension from the pension,” said the native of Mexican Rolling Stone Magazine in an Interview.
Of the 70 years of his life, Santana spent a good 65 years to make a musical pioneer, with a mix of Latin, Afro, Blues, Jazz, Salsa and rock influences.
According to his website, Santana has sold more than 100 million records and reached with his concerts more than 100 million Fans around the world. And yet he don’t want it to slow down. Only eight days after his birthday party to appear on his new Album “The Power of Peace” – digital, CD and Vinyl.
From Mexico to San Francisco
Santana, on 20. July 1947, came as the son of a Mariachi musician in Mexico Autlan de Navarro on the world, is for his Blues guitar solos and Riffs on the electric guitar known. His first Instrument was a violin, which he got at the age of five. Guitar he only got to eight.
The young Santana and his guitar (1971)
As a child Santana, who accepted the American citizenship, hears the music of American rocker Ritchie Valens, was able to combine his Mexican roots with a rock Beat, for example, in 1958 in the Hit “La Bamba”. Santana doesn’t know at the time that he would one day play a pioneering role in Latin-Rock. His idols B. B. King, T-Bone Walker, Ray Charles and finally, John Lee Hooker, whose influence is hard to miss in Santana’s guitar sounds.
Santana’s family decides to move to San Francisco, where Carlos graduated from High School. To a degree, he can gain nothing, instead, he takes a Job as a dishwasher, and earned a little pocket money as a street musician, and uses any opportunity to play in Bands.
The San Francisco of the 1960s – a time full of political and social movements – has a big influence on Santana, both on his musical development, as well as in terms of its political ethos. “Mahatma Gandhi, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Che Guevara, mother Theresa – they were the leader of a Revolution of consciousness,” Santana’s own statement about this time. “The Beatles, the Doors, Jimi Hendrix – they were the Revolution. Their music was like the works of dalí: full of colors and with revolutionary approaches.”
The key moment in his music career
The breakthrough Santana in 1966 to succeed. Fillmore West, a popular rock hall in San Francisco, he brought spontaneously on the stage to replace a drunken fellow musicians. His appearance leaves the audience and a producer sit up and take notice. Shortly thereafter, Santana founds the “Santana Blues Band”, later known under the name “Santana”. He writes under a contract with the Label Columbia Records and begins the world with his signature Sound and his long, singing guitar to inspire solos.
In August 1969, Santana performs with his Band at the legendary Woodstock Festival and released the Single Album “Evil Ways”, which reached fourth place in the U.S. Charts. In the next years more performances and albums, including Hits such as “Oye Como Va” and “Black Magic Women”.
Trip to the spirituality
However, crises continue to occur. The Band has to struggle with many conflicts, musical differences, drug abuse and financial problems. In 1973, Santana discovered the Meditation. The spiritual world says to him, and he adopted the name “Devadip,” which means “the lamp, light and eye of God”.
At the same time his musical style turns towards Jazz Fusion with the influences of East Indian music. The critics are praising the change, the sales figures fall. After a quarrel with his Guru Santana 1982 returns, however, the spirituality of the back and focused back on the commercial success. He continues to Tour, the great success was, however, only at the end of the 1990s.
2002: Santana at the Festival “Rock am Ring”
In 1999, Santana produced with the rock band “Matchbox Twenty” lead singer Rob Thomas, the Cha-Cha-Rock-Hit “Smooth”. The Song, as in the previous Santana Songs, a lot of room for plaintive guitar solos and combines Latin American instruments with Rock. The Album was the Single “Supernatural” sold worldwide, nearly 27 million Times and brings Santana eight Grammys, including the award as “Album of the Year”.
World Musicians, World Activist
Santana is not only a universal artist, but also a global activist. 1998, rock musicians, founded with his family the “Milagro Foundation” which supports disadvantaged children in the areas of arts, education and health.
In his 2004 memoir, “The Universal Tone: Bringing my Story to Light” portrays Santana his personal journey and his belief that every human has infinite Potential. “Love is the light that each of us carries in themselves,” he writes, and makes his spiritual side to Shine through.
Santana lives with his current wife, the drummer Cindy Blackman, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has three children from his first marriage with Deborah King.