And I go, “African rhythms with blues guitar.” Carlos Santana and his wife, Cindy Blackman Santana, attend the “Carlos” premiere in New York City. Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival.

SANTANA: My guitar is my best lover, ever. Lovers come and go, but your relationship with the guitar — any brand or anything — stays. But it's your relationship with that sound.

Ever since his Woodstock performance in '69, Santana has been one of the world's biggest guitar talents, with a melodic ...

Carlos Santana, left, and Eric Clapton hug following a jam session at the Cotton Bowl during the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Sunday, June 6, 2004, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez ...

SANTANA: My guitar is my best lover, ever. Lovers come and go, but your relationship with the guitar — any brand or anything — stays. But it’s your relationship with that sound.

SANTANA: My guitar is my best lover, ever. Lovers come and go, but your relationship with the guitar — any brand or anything — stays. But it's your relationship with that sound.

NEW YORK – “Take no prisoners — peacefully,” Carlos Santana sometimes tells his bandmates before taking the stage. “I don’t like to coast. I don’t like to rope-a-dope,” Santana ...

Carlos Santana: 'My guitar is my best lover, ever' “Take no prisoners — peacefully,” Carlos Santana sometimes tells his bandmates before taking the stage ...

NEW YORK — “Take no prisoners — peacefully,” Carlos Santana sometimes tells his bandmates before taking the stage. “I don’t like to coast. I don’t like to rope-a-dope,” Santana says.

NEW YORK (AP) — “Take no prisoners — peacefully,” Carlos Santana sometimes tells his bandmates before taking the stage. “I don’t like to coast. I don’t like to rope-a-dope ...

NEW YORK (AP) — “Take no prisoners — peacefully,” Carlos Santana sometimes tells his bandmates before taking the stage. Santana, 75, can still whip a crowd into a frenzy like few others.

Now 75 years old, guitar hero Carlos Santana can still whip a crowd into a frenzy like few others. He's been doing it since he stormed onto the San Francisco scene from the Mission District in the ...