
Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana is an American guitarist and founding member of the band Santana. He released collaborative albums Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! with Buddy Miles, Illuminations with Alice Coltrane, and Love Devotion Surrender with John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Santana is known for his hit song Smooth from the 1999 album Supernatural. His most popular songs include Bella, Song for My Brother, and Love Theme from the film Spartacus. Santana performed at Woodstock in 1969, and appeared in the documentaries Chasing Trane and Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over, as well as the film Live At Montreux 2011 Invitation To Illumination.
Latest
- The Questlove Show QLS Classic: Carlos Santana

Questlove and Team Supreme sat down with the legendary Carlos Santana in late 2021 for a wide‑ranging conversation on spirituality, music, and a lifetime of artistic risk-taking. Santana breaks down his morning gratitude ritual, his concept of grace, and how John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, and African rhythms shaped his sound from Caravanserai through his 1970s catalog.He revisits his journey from Autlán, Tijuana, and the Bay Area to Woodstock, talks about avoiding the dark side of the ’70s Rock lifestyle, and explains why he’s committed “career suicide” multiple times in order to protect his artistic integrity. Along the way, he shares stories about Tony Williams and John McLaughlin at Slugs, Michael Jackson and Lauryn Hill collabs, his iconic PRS tone, and his vision for drums, community, and a world less driven by fear.This is Santana in full shaman mode—funny, candid, and deeply philosophical.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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About
- FROM
- Autlan de Novarra, Mexico
- BORN
- July 20, 1947
- GENRE
- Rock