BIOGRAPHY
by William Ruhlmann
Santana is the principal proponent of Latin-tinged rock, particularly due to its combination of Latin percussion (congas, timbales, etc. with bandleader Carlos Santana's distinctive, high-pitched lead guitar playing. The grouping was the final major act to issue from the psychedelic San Francisco music scene of the sixties and it enjoyed massive success at the end of the x and into the early '70s.
by William Ruhlmann
Santana is the principal proponent of Latin-tinged rock, particularly due to its combination of Latin percussion (congas, timbales, etc. with bandleader Carlos Santana's distinctive, high-pitched lead guitar playing. The grouping was the final major act to issue from the psychedelic San Francisco music scene of the sixties and it enjoyed massive success at the end of the x and into the early '70s.
