Santana

IN ADDITION TO BEING A GREAT FRIEND TO GUITAR PLAYER OVER THE YEARS, Carlos Santana has endeavored to fire up the magazine’s creative juices by hipping the staff to noteworthy under-the-radar guitarists, as well as sending us mix CDs full …
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Take the average band nearing the end of a five-week tour and you’d have every right to expect some slippage, a lessening of intensity and a tendency to go on automatic pilot. None of this is intentional but five weeks …
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MULTI DIMENSIONAL WARRIOR is a unique project, with every track personally selected and sequenced by Carlos to create an engaging journey through a soundscape of moods and feelings. In an unprecedented concept, disc one comprises 14 vocal performances chosen from albums spanning …
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The 2008 Santana Fan Club Party at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles was a tremendous success. It was great to meet new friends and see so many familiar faces all come together before the show to share their favorite …
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Before every concert, Carlos Santana prepares a song list that is distributed to each member of the band. That list is a reflection of various elements and one of the most important of these is whim. Yes, sometimes Carlos decides …
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___________________________________________________________________________________ Chester Thompson Night (9/16/08) For everyplace else in the United States, yesterday was September 16, 2008, but for the thousands who attended the Santana concert in Ford Center in Oklahoma City, last night was Chester Thompson Night as keyboardist …
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Congratulations to Eddie & Irene Valencia of Tucson, AZ who won the Santana Fly Away Contest. Eddie & Irene will be flown to Los Angeles to see the October 3rd show at the Nokia Theater. In addition they will receive …
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Santana’s “Smooth”,featuring Rob Thomas, is the No. 2 most popular Billboard single of all time, followed by Bobby Darin’s “Mack the Knife,” Leann Rime’s “How Do I Live” and “The Macarena” by Los Del Rio. Of all the No. 1 …
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Perhaps there is no such thing as a typical day with Carlos Santana on the road because something unusual and unanticipated almost always seems to occur. And there’s simply no predicting what kind of folks he’ll encounter and what will …
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For those who have been anxiously awaiting an update with regard to the current tour in Europe, please accept these bloggers most sincere apologies. When not engaged in travel or photographing a performance, there are just too many enjoyable distractions …
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