Record deal, Woodstock breakthrough and height of success: 1969–72 Carlos Santana

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santana performing in hamburg in november 1973


in 1969, band s performance @ woodstock festival introduced them international audience , garnered critical acclaim, although band s sudden success put pressure on group, highlighting different musical directions in rolie , santana starting go. rolie, along of other band members, wanted emphasize basic hard rock sound had been key component in establishing band start. santana, however, increasingly interested in moving beyond love of blues , rock , wanted more jazzy, ethereal elements in music, influenced fascination gábor szabó, miles davis, pharoah sanders, , john coltrane, growing interest in spirituality. @ same time, chepito areas stricken near-fatal brain hemorrhage, , santana hoped continue finding temporary replacement (first willie bobo, coke escovedo), while others in band, michael carabello, felt wrong perform publicly without areas. cliques formed, , band started disintegrate.


consolidating interest generated first album, , highly acclaimed live performance @ woodstock festival in august 1969, band followed second album, abraxas, in september 1970. album s mix of rock, blues, jazz, salsa , other influences received, showing musical maturation first album , refining band s sound. abraxas included 2 of santana s enduring , well-known hits, oye como va , , black magic woman/gypsy queen . abraxas spent 6 weeks @ #1 on billboard chart @ end of 1970. album remained on charts 88 weeks , certified 4x platinum in 1986. in 2003 album ranked number 205 on rolling stone magazine s list of 500 greatest albums of time.


teenage san francisco bay area guitar prodigy neal schon joined santana band in 1971, in time complete third album, santana iii. band boasted powerful dual-lead-guitar act gave album tougher sound. sound of band helped return of recuperated chepito areas , assistance of coke escovedo in percussion section. enhancing band s sound further support of popular bay area group tower of power s horn section, luis gasca of malo, , other session musicians added both percussion , vocals, injecting more energy proceedings. santana iii success, reaching #1 on album charts, selling 2 million copies, , yielding hits s , no 1 depend on .



new year s eve 1976 @ cow palace in san francisco


tension between members of band continued, however. along musical differences, drug use became problem, , santana worried affecting band s performance. coke escovedo encouraged santana take more control of band s musical direction, dismay of of others thought band , sound collective effort. also, financial irregularities exposed while under management of stan marcum, whom bill graham criticized being incompetent. growing resentments between santana , michael carabello on lifestyle issues resulted in departure on bad terms. james mingo lewis hired @ last minute replacement @ concert in new york city. david brown later left due substance abuse problems. south american tour cut short in lima, peru, due unruly fans , student protests against u.s. governmental policies.


in january 1972, santana, schon, escovedo, , lewis joined former band of gypsys drummer, buddy miles, concert @ hawaii s diamond head crater, recorded album carlos santana & buddy miles! live!. performance erratic , uneven, album managed achieve gold-record status on weight of santana s popularity.








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