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Carlos Santana

Carlos Augusto Alves Santana aka Carlos Santana was born July 20 1947 in Autlan de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico with a father of musical arts. When at the age of five he took up the violin which then developed his interested in music. Years later after his family moved to Tijuana it was then he began to play with the guitar, the instrument that would lead to his greatness. He was fascinated and surpassed his guitar heroes; they were John Lee Hooker, T. Bone Walker, and B.B. King. In 1961 Santana moved from Mexico to San Francisco, United States. In 1965 he graduated from Mission High school to then supported his family by getting a job as a dishwasher. He loved the San Francisco music scene, so to be able see his favorite artists he would sneak into Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium, like artists such as Muddy Waters & The Grateful Dead and Various musicians who sang jazz rock or the blues. Before 1970 Tom Frazier wanted to come up with a band with Tom playing......

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