Santana one of the most underrated guitarist of all time. Even Jimi Hendrix was blown away by him

After scrolling down a bit and not seeing it suggested to you, where it all began. Santana:SOUL SACRIFICE:Woodstock Music Festival, August, 1969, every note dripping sweat and lsd.

I am glad you appreciate how beautiful that PRS is. Paul Reed Smith is an old friend of mine and I remember very well when he sold Carlos his first one. He had a little loft workspace over the Ram's Head Tavern in Annapolis before he opened his first factory... where he made them all personally by hand. A very long time ago.

Santana could make his guitar sing with Soul! Amazing!!!

Better than you expected? He's ranked as the 11th greatest guitarist of all time and with 10 grammy awards.

Watch Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock

Besides Santana’s amazing talent and his longevity career, is when a young person like yourself, appreciates the old school. Now that’s cool! Enjoyed your reaction.🤛🏽🇺🇸

Simply put my man’s one of the G.O.A.T’s Not bad for 74 years young just seen him live in concert last week he’s on tour Now so go see him live if you have the chance

Santana... like the best guitarists new how to tell a story... 🎸🎸🔥

a true melodic song... fan for 50 years 🎸👍

Carlos is an artist not just a musician. Not all musicians are artists that successfully tell stories and transmit emotion without fluff. In one interview he mentioned that he loves to listen to female singers especially Aretha Frankling for their phrasing and articulation, plus influence from the blues.

I thought I'd heard every version of Europa but I've never heard this one. I think this is the best one I've every heard. Thanks for sharing it.

Carlos S. ? Are you kidding? The guy is a once in a lifetime monster. Not only does he play his butt off constantly- he writes a lot of this stuff!

Numerous versions of this song. Strongly suggest you listen to the live version on "Moonflower". So much feeling in EVERY NOTE! Sets him apart. Whole album is awesome. Enjoy his Universal Tone!

Hey young man, you are watching one that is among purist, a top guitarist of all time. He started making his music in the 1960's and I have been listening ever since. Ever heard of a little rock festival called "Woodstock"? He played that one in 1969. Now go dig deep into this player and be amazed. And for multiple lead guitars go look at a band called the Outlaws, they had 3 or 4 dueling guitars on all their music. One of the player in that early band was Joe Walsh of the Eagles fame. Watch the video on the song Smooth with guest feature Rob Thomas and Santana

LEGEND

He is a Guitar Legend

🙀 The thing about Carlos is that his playing is very soulful and he always plays with feeling, as you probably already know. His guitar does have a distinct tonality. Check out Santana lll and then Abraxas. There you will find that his tone has a bite to it. Almost like a razor sharp edge. Zappa had the same tone at different times during his early career. But I think Santana reflects his passion of life in his playing with an emphasis on pleasing others while staying true to himself.

Studio 'AMIGOS" is the Album to listen to. Moonflower LIVE is the VERY BEST cut.

Salsa/Samba rock , and no one dislikes the great one , and yes , when you listen to Europa , it makes you a fan for life , because that solo is just a masterpiece ...

If you watch the picking hand of both SRV and Santana, you'll see they quickly reach down to adjust the volume and tone controls quite frequently during a song. Nothing is "wrong" with the settings, they just know EXACTLY what tone their looking for all the time. Both are also very specific on how they pick notes because despite having fast fingers and great vibrato, they believe the note starts with the pick at the string. These are some reasons why both players sound so distinctive and are hard to duplicate. You could hand their guitar to any accomplished player playing the same notes and they just couldn't sound the same.

The 1982 version of this song just slaps hes was alot more technical back then but hes still a beast

Santana proves that you don't need to play fast to be good, if you play with your heart and have the passion it comes out in the sounds you make. And HIS PRS is a gorgeous guitar, I have one myself, just need to be able to play like Carlos Santana lol!

I once heard someone say that Santana does not play the guitar, he play feelings....

It’s my understanding that the sustain comes from the guitar itself - it was a special body made in Japan, and evidently has an internal “wafer” of metal that creates those endless sustains

There's an endless list of Santana tunes for you to explore. Over his 50+ years of making music, he's ventured into many different styles. For more of the early "classic" tunes, try Batuka or Taboo from Santana III or just about anything from the Moonflower album (it's a double album. Half of it is studio tracks and the other half is live. All of it is great). For something bit harder rock, you could try Lightning In The Sky from 1979's Marathon album and then follow it with Aqua Marine from the same album (the whole band shines on this atmospheric piece). For some bluesy stuff, try Bella from his 1987 solo album Blues For Salvador. Jumping ahead to 1999's multi Grammy award winning album Supernatural, perhaps try Put Your Lights On featuring Everlast (kind of alternative rock/grunge), Do You Like The Way featuring Lauren Hill and Cee Lo Green (a bit more hip hop) or Maria Maria featuring The Product G & B (also a bit of hip hop written and produced by Wyclef Jean and Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis as well as Carlos and a few of the band members). I could add many more songs to this list and skipped over many albums but that's a start.

If you get to see Santana live, go. And as for two guitar players--try April Wine, live, doing 'Roller.' Excellent use of three lead guitars with heavy skills.

Yes ... Santana is ALWAYS trying to make his guitar SING !

For a good history lesson on Santana & his music watch him and the Santana band playing "Soul Sacrifice" at Woodstock. He was unknown outside Northern California when it was filmed, was definitely not known by the crowd. It kickstarted their career.

In my late teens and early 20's, Carlos Santana was my favorite electric guitar player. His guitar was a voice, and the depth of emotion he conveyed with it spoke to me. And 'Europa' off the Moonflower album was the epitome of that connection. When I compare this and other recent recordings of Europa with that one, it seems Carlos is very self-consciously fragmenting the melody; the phrasing on the Moonflower version has such a great flow while this seems choppy.

CS. Always effortless and spectacular.

Check out Supernatural. I have been a huge fan since the late ‘60s, and that “so called comeback “ is superb.

Just listen to his performance at Woodstock.

I love listening to Carlos Santana! His guitar 🎸 is one of the sexiest sounding instruments ever!

Stand out track from the album "Europa". As always, Carlos plays wonderful guitar, but always tips his hat to his musical background.

If you are just starting in, Soul Sacrifice Woodstock is a must. Most famous rock recording of just about anyone. Find the long version. As I see mentioned here, find a dark quiet place and crank the entire Moon flower recording. Life altering Santana. Santana is best enjoyed live. Go see him while you can. The guy is always touring. You can thank me later.

Carlos is the best at eliciting emotion from his guitar work.

Great Player.. good review Man .

Santana - Soul Sacrifice Live At Woodstock 1969 full version 11:40 Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida 1968 full version 17:03

First part is Samba pa ti (Samba for you) - plays like Latin Blues. Was originally a B-side to Oye Como Va, then released as it's own single a couple of years later (1973). Leads into the main jam for Europa.

Santana learnt to vibrate his wrist and use sustain by studying Peter Green , the creator of Fleetwood Mac. Listen to the video of Peter Greens Supernatural as the guitarist with John Mayal’s Bluesbreakers...... live or studio recording is the same. lol

Son haha the backup guitarist in this clip is a pretty handy guitarisr hinself in Neal Schon (journey guitarist and had been in Santanas band previously along with other members of Journey)

Wouuuu!!!!!

Barely three minutes in, I said to myself: Yeah! I agree with everything this kid says!

thanks , you may like live 'Batuka/ No one to Depend On' and the band's performance at Wood Stock 1969 along with 'Hope You're Feeling Better' melodies can be created by using chord tones , extensions and borrowing from parallel scales etc .

Smooth..try it...you will Have To Dance!!♡

More Santana: Samba Pa Ti, Smooth, anything off the Abraxas or Supernatural albums.

AT around the 6:30 mark Carlos switches to quotes from Marvin Gaye's song "I want you"

He ended with a snippet from Ponta de Areia by Milton Nascimento

So, for more two-lead-guitar songs, watch some of the early Allman brothers. Any of them, it's all good.

I much the studio version.

You need to check out Samba Pa Ti and Suenos

What? An electric guitar player who has never heard about Carlos Santana? I can hardly believe. As if a micro-biologist who has never heard about Alexander Fleming. Or a car race driver who has never heard about Stirling Moss. Or a classical music composer who has never heard about Igor Stravinsky.

Not many people caught the marvin gaye sample lol but yea he's a beast man.. and for him to fit the marvin gaye sample in there is actually pretty insane

FRANK MARINO & MAGOGANY RUSH give a listen one of the best guitarists ever listen to him cover JIMI hENDRIX'S purple haze on the live album just a taste of his prowess

Yeah, you are so young & wet behind the ears you never saw two guitars trade lead riffs back & forth before" Check Derek & the Dominoes "Layla".. The Original recording and "Moonflower" this part was played by a keyboard, usually Tom Coster. However, this 2nd. lead is an great change.

Santana's guitar hero was Peter Green, the founder of Fleetwood Mac. FM began as a blues band then after many personnel changes became the pop band most people know. When you hear Green you hear where Santana got a lot of his style and expression. Green wrote and performed the original Black Magic Woman. It is even more apparent in Green's The Supernatural from his time with John Mayall's Blues Band. On The Supernatural Green takes suspended notes to the extreme. This cover of a B.B. King song is one of his best live performances. Sadly no video of him doing it live exists. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/osedp6Rlz6rao30.html

That's what they mean when they say, "Master"!

Still waiting for the next video...

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Brasil Rio de Janeiro No tempo 08:31 Santana toca a parte da música : ponta de areia,do Milton Nascimento e Fernando Brant. Brasil.

If you really want to discover the greatest guitar player of all times you should look into Roy Clark Even Eddie Van Halen said Roy was the best in the world Eddie asked Roy for some lessons also asked Glen Campbell for lessons. so if you wanna learn about rock ‘n’ roll you should start with country where it got its beginnings You should also check out the movie/documentary “Muscle Shoals “ it will teach you a lot about classic rock in the early days , great movie it’s free on KZfaq.

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you gotta listen to songs from the album Santana III

based on the song "Emporte-Moi" from 1967

He is a master, you should also listen to Gary Moore.

I think you should try 'Soul Sacrifice 1969 (Woodstock).

You should really check out (if you haven't already) GARY MOORE - "The Messiah Will Come Again". This is a masterwork and perhaps the greatest guitar work ever recorded. Talk about feeling the notes - this is above anything else I've ever heard - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bdFgas1oscmwoas.html

south american music roots

There were condos I ain't drums or their light drums but they're not regular drum set in my condos Congo that's what they are

I think you would be more impressed by this version from 1976 with the man at his prime. Carlo was much older and playing a bit more laid back by the time the performance in the reaction video was shot: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ibx5ar11qbe8e3U.html Then look up and watch the live "Soul Sacrifice" performance at Woodstock. That one I GUARANTEE you will enjoy.

You're sadly mistaken about Santana. You haven't heard Barboletta, apparently...dance music, funny. Carlos was mentored by John McLaughlin...Mahavishnu Orchestra? Yeah...lotta tape, lotta time.

no no guy you play a guitar Carlos Santana is a GUITAR PLAYER

Another song Samba Pa Ti.

Check him out at the original WOODSTOCK.🎸🎶☮️

Carlos is God!

San Francico.

As an 'Old School' Rock/Block Head, my advice to you, (from watching you) you need to 'Create' a new look for your self and a purpose for your skill as a guitar player, your fingers will follow your 'New Brain'. Get Loose! Bro.👹 Check out 'soul sacrifice at Woodstock') with Carlos and the boys on Acid.🤯

Yeah I guess Carlos Santana he's one of the greatest he played at Woodstock in 1969 what that sounds like the song what you think playing right there it sounds like Black magic woman but I'm not for sure because he's got so many songs man I mean he's great he's one of the best guitars I've seen yet it's not there's a couple other ones I mean but this dude he's been great man ever since I've seen you I mean something else he can he can play it a good time Latin music now he's got his kids playing in the band now when these nowadays cuz the older band members they all got old and passed away from them I mean but yeah he's great

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Seriously!!?? You've never listened to Sensei Santana before!!! Holy Jamoly!!. Dude! you definitely gotta get out more! Whoa! (phew, kids these days!)... Anyway Ok, I suggest you work it backwards: start with Primavera and Saideira and then Put your lights on, and then work it backwards to all his greats of the 70's

Why don't you listen to his Woodstock set?

uh no, he is also classic rock.

SHE'S NOT THERE.

I realise it's a matter of "generation gap", but never heard of (or having listened to) Carlos Santana is to me similar to never knowing the Earth orbits the Sun, if you know what I mean. Oh well.

So cute.....thinks classic rock is Metallica. Classic rock is of a time when Metallica weren't even out of school shorts. We are talking of greats here. Carlos is a guitar god, a rock legend with a sound and style way beyond the abilities of mere mortals. The fact that you feel able to comment on classic rock artists but never heard Santana speaks volumes. go back to any online music library and educate yourself with real classic rock, 60's, 70's, 80's, then believe that whatever is called rock these days, is easily forgettable in most cases.

How come you guys always pick the most average examples of artists like Santana has available to watch. This is old Carlos...close but not what he was back in the 70's...and there are videos to watch back then...Check out " Revelations" live...1977..or 8

Better than you thought? Maybe you should just stop thinking. Doesn't seem to bring you any luck.

You should have listened to the Santana Moonflower Album version of Europa back in the day when Carlos was in his prime. The rendition you chose is a lame arrangement in which he changed the epic part with the fast riffs into a Latin lounge vibe with simple guitar work .....most likely because he cant play it the original way anymore.

Seriously?

You're not a guitar player if you can't play Santana

Metallica is hardly "classic" rock. I am OLD OLD School. ACDC, THAT'S CLASSIC HEAVY METAL, JUDAS PRIEST/OZZY OSBOURNE , Scorpions THAT'S HEAVY METAL, the WHO, Led Zep,Deep Purple, Arrowsmith, ALL were EARLY Heavy Metal with Hard Rock roots.

Zappa is musically more sophisticated than Santana, who basically made good pop music. But Zappa's and Santana's guitar have one great thing in common, which is lacking in many "fast" "monstrously good" guitarists, etc. It is a serious lack for a musician/guitarist. And it is the musicality, the melody, the Latin sensuality.....(ps: it is better to listen to the reference songs on the discs and not in the "live" ones, which are always different from the original song, often less refined and less beautiful ....)..

Expand your musical tastes young man

WHAT DID YOU EXPECT.... SOME GUITARIST FROM TODAY WHO CAN SORT OF PLAY?