Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana
	Santana, 2011
Background information
Born	July 20, 1947 (age 77); Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico
Origin	San Francisco, California, United States
Genres	Latin rock, chicano rock, rock, blues rock, jazz rock, tejano, free jazz, psychedelic rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, bandleader
Instruments	Guitar, percussion, vocals
Years active	1966–present
Labels	RCA, Arista, Polydor, Columbia, Polygram, CBS
Associated acts	Santana, Los Lonely Boys, John McLaughlin, Maná
Website	santana.com

Carlos Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican-American musician. He first became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana. They played a fusion of rock and Latin American music.

Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades. He had many critical acclaim in the late 1990s. In 2003 Rolling Stone magazine listed Santana at number 20^[2] on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards.^[3]

Santana married Deborah King in 1973, with whom he had three children. Santana founded a not-for-profit organization, the Milagro ("Miracle") Foundation, which provides financial aid for educational, medical, and other needs.

Carlos Santana Media

Trade ad for Santana's album Santana III
Santana performing in Hamburg, West Germany in 1973
New Year's Eve 1976 at the Cow Palace in San Francisco
Santana during his European tour in the Netherlands in 1978
Santana in Barcelona, Spain, 1984
L to R: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Santana in Hamburg, May 1984
Santana performing in 2000
Santana 2003 at a concert in Barcelona
Santana during a concert in 2005
Santana's Yamaha SG2000 Devadip (1976, with inlay) on exhibit in the Berlin Musical Instrument Museum