When was santana founded

Latin-Rock Video Check out the new video for this guitar and percussion-driven song by the leading Santana Tribute and Latin-rock band. Since the Santana family had moved to Tijuana by that time, Carlos picked up the guitar and was soon playing with local bands in town. In fact, when the Santanas emigrated to San Francisco in , Carlos actually resisted the move, preferring to stay in Tijuana where he was a working musician.

However, he finally did join his family, and it was, indeed, a fateful move. Those initial years in Mexico, and under the tutelage of his father, were doubtless integral in the development of the unique melodic sense which is, to this day, the cornerstone of the Carlos Santana sound.

Besides the long-standing blues and jazz scene, psychedelic music was being invented on the spot. The Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company who were famous for backing up Janis Joplin , and others, were driving the sounds of a new generation. 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. Spring saw the release of Santana IV , an outing that featured a return to the guitarist's textured, more psychedelic sound with bandmates from the Santana III album. Santana lived in Marin County, California, with his wife, Deborah, whom he married in , and their three children, Salvador, Stella and Angelica.

On October 19, , he and his wife filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences. Santana became engaged to drummer Cindy Blackman, a member of his band who's previously worked with Lenny Kravitz , in July The two were married in December of that year. We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us!

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In , Carlos teamed with his brother Jorge and his nephew Carlos Hernandez for the Santana Brothers album; it scraped the Top , reaching While Carlos worked with his brother, Rolie , Areas , and Carabello formed a separate group called Abraxas Pool , releasing the Abraxas Pool album in During the rest of the '90s, Santana drifted ever closer to the oldies circuit, but their fortunes were revived when their old supporter Clive Davis signed the group to Arista in Davis designed a star-studded comeback for Santana that took the form of Supernatural , a album that exceeded any possible expectations.

Thanks to the single "Smooth," a song featuring Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas who also co-wrote the tune , Supernatural became an international blockbuster, topping the charts throughout the world, earning a coveted diamond certification in the U.

Santana delivered Shaman , their Supernatural sequel, in Thanks to the hit single "The Game of Love" -- a song co-written by Gregg Alexander of the New Radicals and sung by Michelle Branch ; it peaked at five and won the Grammy for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals -- the album was another cross-demographic hit, peaking at number one on Billboard and earning double-platinum certification by the RIAA. Arriving in , All That I Am debuted at two on Billboard, but effectively brought Santana 's revival as hitmakers to an end; its lead single, "I'm Feeling You" -- which once again featured Michelle Branch on vocals -- topped out at Even though there were no hit singles forthcoming, Santana remained a fixture in pop and rock culture.

In , they released Guitar Heaven , a collection of classic rock covers featuring guest vocalists; debuting at five on Billboard, it turned out to be their last album for Arista. Shape Shifter , the band's album, was their first not to feature guests since Milagro.

Released on their Sony-distributed imprint Starfaith, the largely instrumental album peaked at 16 upon its release. The next year, they issued Power of Peace , a collaborative album with the Isley Brothers. It was Santana 's last album for Sony. Santana signed with Concord in That June, Santana issued Africa Speaks. Produced by Rick Rubin , it marked an auspicious collaboration between the Santana band and Spanish vocalist Concha Buika.

The LP debuted at number three on the U. Billboard Blessings and Miracles found Santana delivering another pop-leaning record overfilled with guests. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International.