Carlos was magnificent on American Idol 2nite
Carlos and Prince are in a league of their own
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colorblu said:

Carlos is awesome

Santana is one of those guys
I never really got into yet
but I love the sound of it...

I used to own Abraxas on wax

where should I start?

oh i checked it out , im a casual fan of his. sounds great . a friend of mine who plays electric guitar doenst dig him , i dont know for what reason he doenst like hendrix either.

DirtyChris said:

'Borboletta' (from 1974) is my favorite Santana album.Start here!

DirtyChris said:

I'd recommend "Caravanserai" (1972), "Amigos" (1976), "Moonflower" (1977), and "Blues For Salvador" (1987)

Carlos is an amazing man both inside and out. He should be at the top of all these best guitar lists IMO. His music is beautiful without pretension. Check out his live in Mexico dvd, it's awesome.

carlos santana is for pot heads hence why i'll never get into his music. you got to be a certain level of high to understand it.

baroque said:

Are you kidding me? WTF?

Get real man!

Empress said:

i am real.. his music is boring. well not to a pothead.

baroque said:

Empress said:

I loved how in the middle of "Europa" Carlos goes into Marvin Gaye's "I Want You" and on "Oye Como Va" the band riffs Yes' "Owner Of A Lonley Heart"

thanx you guys

diamondpearl1 said:

All of those albums are excellent.I think my second favorite Santana album is 'Festival' (1977).It picks up where 'Amigos' left off....alot of funky,soulful rhythms throughout.

baroque said:

<--- doesn't do pot and digs Santana.

Dirty Chris, you might also check out "Divine Light," Bill Laswell's reconfiguration of Santana's "Illuminations" and "Love Devotion Surrender."

colorblu said:

The dude is amazing on so many levels.

He played WOODSTOCK forty years ago as a teenager

legna said:

Woodstock was also his first big gig and album 'cause they recorded it live...

I like Santana but for someone with his musical background, he's been playing the same licks for forty years. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez is a much more interesting guitar player and writer, in my honest opinion.