Carlos Santana
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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
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
Red Witch aims to harness Frank Zappa and Carlos Santana tones with its new sample hold filter pedal
By Phil Weller published
The Euphemia offers the ability to alter the effect’s speed, aggression, velocity, and wet/dry mix while also unlocking the ‘notched’ EQ sounds of Brian May and Carlos Santana
Wolfgang Van Halen’s favorite guitarist tears it up while death metal has never sounded more alive: this week’s essential guitar tracks
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Round out the week with our curated list of unmissable songs from Intervals, Alluvial, Sophie Lloyd, Santana, Kvelertak, Sleater-Kinney and more
“Santana, right? I love your choice of notes”: Carlos Santana recalls the time he met Jimi Hendrix
By Matt Owen published
The PRS signature artist was certainly no stranger to praise as an emerging musician, but his meeting with Hendrix proved to be particularly influential
“Magic is when you command the elements to capture people’s hearts”: the first trailer for new Santana documentary Carlos has arrived
By Matt Parker published
An acclaimed new film about the guitar great will hit cinemas for special screenings this September
A prototype PRS Silver Sky once owned and tested by Carlos Santana has gone up for sale on Reverb
By Matt Owen published
The 2017 “Magic” example pre-dates the official release of John Mayer's signature model, and is described as “the birth, the mother, and blueprint of all the others that were built”
Watch Alex Lifeson and Robby Krieger join forces for 8-minute jam of Santana's Evil Ways
By Sam Roche last updated
The Rush and Doors guitarists traded smooth Latin-inspired classic rock leads at a recent benefit concert in California
The greatest guitar albums of the ‘60s: From Beatlemania to Electric Ladyland, a rock ’n’ roll revolution takes shape
By Total Guitar editors last updated
As chosen by you, here are the albums that defined guitar music in the swinging ‘60s, featuring the Beatles, Cream and some guy named Hendrix... He could play
Carlos Santana: "You'll get scratched once in a while when you jam with other people. But that's all part of it. You have to be bold"
By Bill Milkowski published
In this 1988 GW interview, Santana opines on the power of the blues, his collaborations with John Lee Hooker, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, and the high-wire magic of jamming
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