Carlos Santana

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Carlos Santana wears a white wide-brimmed hat and white patterened shirt as he plays his signature salmon-colored PRS signature guitar.

Carlos Santana on soul singer phrasing, the spiritual essence of playing and “visitations” from B.B. King, Miles Davis and SRV

By Amit Sharma published

Single-cuts are like merlot, solos are like grapefruit… the inimitable, peerless Carlos Santana shares stories from his legendary career and insights from the cosmos

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Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana’s practice routine that will make you a better musician

By Phil Weller published

According to Santana, players will be better off copying these musicians if they want to stir emotions

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Left-Carlos Santana during Santana Live in Concert at Madison Square Garden - June 15, 2005 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, United States; Right- Stevie Ray Vaughan is performing at the Community Center in Sacramento, CA on July 2. 1987

Carlos Santana on his “visitation” from Stevie Ray Vaughan, who implored him to borrow his Dumble amp

By Janelle Borg published

Santana shares how he managed to borrow SRV's prized Dumble after both he and Stevie Ray's tech had the same dream...

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Carlos Santana plays his signature PRS at the Noches del Botanico festival, in Spain.

Decoding the magic of Carlos Santana’s supernatural soloing style

By Richard Barrett published

Stay cosmic with this lesson in how Carlos Santana took the blues as practiced by B.B. King and Peter Green, plus the new radical rock styles of the '60s, and put his signature spin on them

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Peter Green wears a short-sleeved shirt and plays a gray Stratocaster [left] while Carlos Santana plays his PRS signature model, wears shades and is really feeling his solo onstage.

Remembering Peter Green and Carlos Santana’s supernatural jam at the 1998 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards

By Jonathan Horsley published

Green wrote the tune. Santana made it his own. But on the night the music biz came together to honor Santana and his band, they shared the song, giving a performance for the ages

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Carlos Santana performs on stage at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre on June 17, 2022 in Chula Vista, California

Carlos Santana hospitalized following pre-show medical emergency

By Janelle Borg published

The 77-year-old guitarist postponed his Texas show but is still scheduled to continue the rest of his tour

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Julian Lage and Carlos Santana performing in 1997

How a 9-year-old Julian Lage ended up playing with Carlos Santana in front of 20,000 people

By Matt Owen published

While Santana was touring the US with Jeff Beck, Lage turned up unannounced to meet his hero – and was invited onstage for a jam

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Gibson has acquired Mesa Boogie

Gibson confirms the departure of legendary amp designer and Mesa/Boogie founder Randall Smith

By Matt Owen published

The influential boutique amp builder joined the Gibson family of brands following the firm's acquisition of Mesa/Boogie in 2021

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Carlos Santana solos on a red quilt-top PRS single-cuta

John Lee Hooker enlisted his talents and Woodstock made him a guitar legend – nobody builds a blues solo like Carlos Santana

By Andy G Jones published

Ever since his Woodstock performance in '69, Santana has been one of the world's biggest guitar talents, with a melodic sensibility few can match. We go deep into his lead style

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Mesa/Boogie Mark VII 1x12 Combo

“Can genuinely hold its own in any genre”: Mesa/Boogie Mark VII 1x12 Combo review

By Richard Barrett published

How can Mesa/Boogie possibly have improved on the Mark V so much that it skipped the Mark VI? Join us as we plug in and find out

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