who insisted that the Santana Blues Band, with its 22-year-old frontman, be given a slot at Woodstock despite being nationally unknown. But not for long. That debut 1969 Santana disc would land ...

Born in Mexico and raised in San Francisco, he started the Santana Blues Band during 1968, which shortened its name and was a hit out of the box with its self-titled 1969 debut album and the hit ...

In a recent interview with American Songwriter, Carlos Santana revealed that he’d recorded a new song with Grupo Frontera, an award-winning Texas-based band that plays regional Mexican music, or ...

In 1961, Carlos made the crossing himself, moving from his native Mexico to San Francisco. A few years later, he formed the Santana Blues Band there, and the cool, soulful riffs and rhythms of his ...

Outside The Fillmore trying to sneak a peek, he caught the attention of promoter Bill Graham, who soon began booking the Santana Blues Band as an opening act for The Who and Steve Miller ...

I subbed and caught the ear of concert promoter Bill Graham, who booked my band. We needed a name, so we called ourselves the Santana Blues Band. Today, my wife, Cindy, and I live in Las Vegas and ...

By forming the Santana Blues Band in 1966, he was staking his claim to be part of it. “If you went to somebody’s house in San Francisco, they were playing Ravi Shankar, The Doors, Creedence ...

He formed the first incarnation of the Santana Blues Band in San Francisco in 1966, and the following year performed at the legendary Monterey Pop Festival. There his set was seen by Clive Davis ...

The residency may be brief, but famed guitarist Carlos Santana and his band have an exciting show in store as they take over the House of Blues Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay. The green light for ...

On Friday, May 30, local Santana tribute band Santa Rios returns to the Lariat to celebrate the second anniversary of their ...

How’s this for some “Smooth” news? Sony Pictures Classics and Trafalgar Releasing have announced that “Carlos,” the feature-length documentary film about legendary guitarist and global ...