The biography covers everything from his early life in Tijuana, Mexico, where he struggled with poverty and sexual abuse, to his rise out of the San Francisco music scene in the 1960s and into the ...

The family moved to San Francisco, and we hear a tape recording of Carlos from 1966, when he was starting to play in bands, and his guitar soloing is already extraordinary — he’s like B.B ...

Immigration may be a hot topic political issue nowadays, but had Jose Santana not moved from his native Cuautla, Mexico, to San Francisco in 1961, the world might have been deprived of enjoying ...

Richard Segovia has spent years turning his home into a standing shrine to Latin music and its early influence in San Francisco's Mission District. Now, he adds Bay Area legend Carlos Santana.

Carlos Santana (born July 20, 1947 in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican-American musician who first got his claim to fame in the late 1960s with his band Santana, a combination of ...

San Francisco's Mission High School got a visit from a famous alumnus Monday -- Carlos Santana, class of '65, toured the school and met with its guitar club.

“Carlos” has one of the best openings I’ve ever seen — or heard — in a music documentary. We hear Carlos Santana, waxing philosophical and wise (as he’s prone to do). Intercut with his ...

Schon, 62, who started with Santana at age 15 after Woodstock, recalls hanging with Carlos Santana non-stop in the early days. “We went down to the grocery store and hung out.

For Carlos Santana, the Woodstock spirit is as strong now as it was 55 years ago, when he and the band that bears his name played the famed festival in upstate New York. “It’s a spiritual ...

(RADIO.COM) – Today, the classic version of Santana – guitarist Carlos Santana, keyboardist/singer Gregg Rolie, drummer Michael Carabello, percussionist Michael Shrieve and guitarist Neal ...