History Music / Santana

Their popularity dwindled after TheSecenties but they made a huge comeback in the late '90s with the ''Supernatural'' album and the hit single "Smooth."

'''Santana''' is an American Latin-style rock band formed in the late 1960s by lead guitarist and namesake Music/CarlosSantana. They first gained recognition after playing at {{Woodstock}}, and became famous for pioneering a fusion of rock, salsa and jazz music. Their popularity dwindled after the '70s but they made a huge comeback in the late '90s with the ''Supernatural'' album and the hit single "Smooth." Throughout their history Carlos Santana has been their only permanent member and from the ''Supernatural'' album through ''All That I Am'' lead vocals have (mostly) been provided by a rotating roster of guest musicians.

Also worth noting is that in 1973 former Santana members Neal Schon and Gregg Rolie formed Music/{{Journey}}, which started out as a Santana-like band but went on to become one of the biggest ArenaRock bands of TheEighties.

'''Santana''' is an American Latin-style rock band formed in the late 1960s by lead guitarist and namesake Music/CarlosSantana. They first gained recognition after playing at {{Woodstock}}, and became famous for pioneering a fusion of rock, salsa and jazz music. Their popularity dwindled after the 70s but they made a huge comeback in the late 90s with the ''Supernatural'' album and the hit single "Smooth". Throughout their history Carlos Santana has been their only permanent member and from the ''Supernatural'' album through ''All That I Am'' lead vocals have (mostly) been provided by a rotating roster of guest musicians.

* CoverVersion: Many of their songs on the early years, including "Black Magic Woman" by Music/FleetwoodMac and "She's Not There", originally by Music/TheZombies from their album ''Music/BeginHere''.

* EpicRocking: "Soul Sacrifice" and "Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)", among others.

* {{Instrumentals}}: A lot of their work. "Soul Sacrifice", "Europa" "Samba pa' Ti" are among the more well known ones.

* CareerResurrection: In the late 90s.

* EgocentricTeamNaming: He named his band after himself.

Santana is an American Latin-style rock band formed in the late 1960s by lead guitarist and namesake Music/CarlosSantana. They first gained recognition after playing at {{Woodstock}}, and became famous for pioneering a fusion of rock, salsa and jazz music. Their popularity dwindled after the 70s but they made a huge comeback in the late 90s with the ''Supernatural'' album and the hit single "Smooth". Throughout their history Carlos Santana has been their only permanent member and from the ''Supernatural'' album through ''All That I Am'' lead vocals have (mostly) been provided by a rotating roster of guest musicians.

* CoverVersion: Many of their songs on the early years, including "She's Not There", originally by Music/TheZombies from their album ''Music/BeginHere''.

* CoverVersion: Many of their songs on the early years.

* IAmTheBand: Carlos Santana is the only stable member.
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: ''Supernatural'' and ''All That I Am''. Of course given Carlos doesn't sing there's always gonna be many a GuestPartyMember,but those were intentionally built on famous collaborators.

* IAmTheBand: Carlos has been the only permanent member.
* {{Instrumentals}}: A lot of their work. "Soul Sacrifice", "Europa" "Samba pa' Ti" are among the more well known ones.

* EgocentricTeamNaming

* IAmTheBand: Santana named his band after himself.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Usually between 1 and 4, while their harder songs hit 5. Their heaviest song is probably "America" (a nu metal song featuring hard rockers P.O.D.), which falls around 6 or 7.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Usually between 1 and 4, while their harder songs hit 5. Their heaviest song is probably "America" (a metal song featuring hard rockers P.O.D.), which falls around 6 or 7.

'''Albums'''

Santana is an American Latin-style rock band formed in the late 1960s by lead guitarist and namesake CarlosSantana. They first gained recognition after playing at {{Woodstock}}, and became famous for pioneering a fusion of rock, salsa and jazz music. Their popularity dwindled after the 70s but they made a huge comeback in the late 90s with the ''Supernatural'' album and the hit single "Smooth". Throughout their history Carlos Santana has been their only permanent member and from the ''Supernatural'' album through ''All That I Am'' lead vocals have (mostly) been provided by a rotating roster of guest musicians.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly

* SongStyleShift: Their version of "Black Magic Woman" speeds up for an epic instrumental outro.

* GenreAdultery: The song "America" on ''Shaman'', featuring Music/{{POD}}, is a NuMetal song. This track marks the only time Santana has ever played in the metal genre. In fact, Arista almost pulled the song from the record as they felt that it was too heavy for the rest of the album.

* GenreAdultery: The song "America", featuring Music/{{POD}}, is a NuMetal song. This track marks the only time Santana has ever played in the metal genre.

Santana is an American Latin-style rock band formed in the late 1960s by lead guitarist and namesake CarlosSantana. They first gained recognition after playing at {{Woodstock}}, and became famous for pioneering a fusion of rock, salsa and jazz music. Their popularity dwindled after the 70s but they made a huge comeback in the late 90s with the ''Supernatural'' album and the hit single "Smooth". Throughout their history Carlos Santana has been their only permanent member and from the ''Supernatural'' album onward lead vocals have been provided by a rotating roster of guest musicians.

* GenreRoulette: ''Shaman''.

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