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Carlos Santana |
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Name: Carlos Santana
Birth Name: Carlos Augusto Alves Santana
Height: 5' 9½
Sex: M
Nationality: American
Birth Date: July 20, 1947
Birth Place: Autlan, Jalisco, Mexico
Profession: musician, songwriter
Education: Mission High School, San Francisco, California (graduated in 1965)
Husband/Wife: Deborah King (married on April 21, 1973; divorced on October 19, 2007)
Father: Jose Santana (was a Mariachi violinist)
Mother: Josefina Barragan
Sister: Laura Santana, Irma Santana, Leticia Santana, Maria Santana
Brother: Antonio Santana, Jorge Santana
Son: Salvador Santana
Daughter: Stella Santana, Angelica Santana
Claim to fame: Lead guitarist for legendary rock band 'Santana' and their second album 'Abraxas' in 1970
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- Santana and his wife of 34 years are getting divorced. (November 2007)
- Add “This Boy's Fire, a collaboration with Jennifer Lopez, to his ‘Ultimate Santana’ album. (September 24, 2007)
- Guitarist
- Has, together with wife Deborah, founded a nonprofit organisation called The Milagro Foundation that worldwidely provides financial aid for educational, medical and other needs of children
- Learned to play the guitar when he was 8 years old; father was a professional violinist.
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 (as a member of Santana).
- Became the first Hispanic to win a Grammy for Record of the Year in 2000 when he shared the honor with Matchbox 20 lead singer 'Rob Thomas' for the song Smooth. His 1999 album, Supernatural, won 9 Grammies that year.
- Says he doesn't even remember giving his (well-received) performance at Woodstock in 1969; with his band not scheduled to appear for several hours, he'd taken a dose of LSD, only to have his band bumped up on the schedule as it was taking effect.
- Was voted the 90th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone.
- Is part of the songwriting organization BMI, and is a BMI icon.
- His father was a mariachi violinist.
- Is #15 on the Rolling Stone's List of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
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