carlos santana by tito chantz. baby carlos carlos was born into a family with a long history...
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Birth Carlos Augusto Alves Santana was born on July 20 th, His birthplace is Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico. His father is José Santana and his mother is Deborah Santana.TRANSCRIPT
Carlos Santana
By Tito Chantz
Baby CarlosCarlos was born into a family with a long history involving music.
Birth
• Carlos Augusto Alves Santana was born on July 20th, 1947.
• His birthplace is Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico.
• His father is José Santana and his mother is Deborah Santana. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Santana
Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico
Early Years
• At age 8 Carlos Santana began to play the guitar.
• He graduated from Mission High in 1965.• In 1966 Carlos formed the Santana Blues Band
with David Brown and Gregg Rolie. There band soon became known as Santana.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Santana
1969
• In 1969 the band played in Woodstock.• Their performance led to a recording contract
with Columbia Records.• Santana was signed by CBS Records they went
into studio to record there first album. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Santana
1970
• Santana’s first album named “Santana” was a huge hit and reached #4 on the U.S. album charts.
• Their second album in 1970 , “Abraxas” reached#1 on the charts.Abraxas sold over 40 million copies.
Woodstock 1969
1972
• In January 1972 Santana played in Hawaii’s Diamond Head Crater which was recorded as a live album.
• The album was erratic and uneven.• It managed to still achieve gold record status. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Santana
Diamond Head Crater
1973
• Carlos Santana obtained legal rights to the band’s name.
• Santana recorded “Welcome” which further reflected Santana's interests in jazz fusion.
• Carlos Santana had a spiritual guru Sri Chinmoy who accepted them as disciples.
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Carlos Santana
1980’s
• Carlos Santana and his band continued to tour and record both solo and with his band.
• They released popular albums such as Amigos and Zebop.
• In 1987 Carlos Santana won his first Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance.
http://www.biography.com/articles/Carlos-Santana-9542276
Grammy Award
1982
• Carlos Santana ended his association with Sri Chimnoy.
• He also played again at Woodstock in 1994.• Carlos, his brother, and his nephew created an
album that was nominated for a Best Rock Instrumental Grammy.
http://www.biography.com/articles/Carlos-Santana-9542276?part=1
1999 and Beyond
• Carlos Santana released Supernatural with Rob Thomas, Eric Clapton and Lauryn Hill.
• Supernatural won 9 Grammy Awards.• In recent years Carlos Santana opened chain of
upscale Mexican restaurants called Maria Maria. chain of upscale Mexican restaurants called "Maria Maria
http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Santana_Carlos.html
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