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His 1994 album Supernatural again to climb career peak, the album are looking for a VIP "on behalf of the singing." Early on, Santana had even say the word, but most are "Angels and sound" in nature, almost never lead singer too.
Santana July 1947 二十 Jie Li was born in Mexico, ben arnold Sri Lanka can, his father was a violinist, so have the opportunity to be immersed in music from an early age into the fact his father wanted him to inherit the mantle, Helpless Santana brought no good impression on violin. He said, "I do not like the taste of the violin, shape, not like the sound of it," but he is not far from the shape of the violin with the guitar but it is love at first sight.
Santana from the age of eight, began to learn guitar, adolescence, Santana's father in order to pursue a better life, the family moved to the United States, the Mexican border town at the junction of mention Juan Carolina (Tijuana). Santana and his brothers in the street selling chewing gum, shoe, street performers and sometimes also some Mexican ballads, and earn some extra money supplement the family income. ben arnold
Also at that time, Santana began to follow his father in a small local bar performances, being exposed to the rise of American rock, blues music. Santana said, "We are at the bottom mix, those bars are dirt ground, is a black hole of a cigarette burn out on the table, because they are not even an ashtray, the police are like now rapper anti hat , no one else in front of me touching the private parts of prostitutes, and even insert a finger, fart prostitutes who are afraid to say anything, otherwise you will be arrested. "
Juan Carolina mention snakes are typically complex at the border city, and exceedingly Heshan Tana's heart, so the early 1960s, when the Santana family moved to San Francisco again, very much against him, He says that he has the ability in adults the world began to make money, do not want to go back to school, ben arnold "I was older and bigger every day with people and prostitutes hang out, eat, eat, sleep sleepy, that the kids go back to school to talk to killing?."
Then Santana hit a dishwasher in a restaurant, when you have time to when part-time street performer, earn some pocket money. Until one day, "the death of the Chinese (Grateful Dead) . Orchestra guitarist Jerry West (Gerry Garcia) ben arnold extended car ride to the store to eat, let Santana by stimulation, he said he was thinking," I would also like him ( West), he can, why I can not. "
1966, Santana and the other two street performers friend, bassist David. Brown (David Brown), keyboard player Greg. Raleigh (Gregg Rolie) composed "Santana Blues Band (Santana Blues Band)," began in San Francisco bistro performances. ben arnold
"Santana Blues Band," a play on it can be said quite stunning, immediately attracted a small group of "fans." This is because their music is unique, with almost all of the band's music was not the same style, a blend of rock, jazz, blues, Latin and even African rhythms into account, even the lyrics are in English, Spanish mix.
But Santana real breakthrough is that he ran into an elegant, is the result of a famous rock star and a broker Bill exploration sector. Graham (Bill Graham), ben arnold in his strong recommendation, just started coming Santana was honored to be invited to participate in a rock event "Wushitake Music Festival" performances.
Graham yes yes the famous rock and roll "horses," Santana when he was still in the street performers from the fans. Then Santana ben arnold album have not even been out, the original did not "Wushitake" opportunity on stage, not only on the results of Santana, and that gig to usurp the spotlight, where the song up eleven minutes of "Soul Sacrifice" completely rely on musical instruments, also hit a record at the time.
Santana thought the day would play at the next, so safely nibbling some LSD, actually did not expect to perform more than one hour, he played to the halfway potency had big hair. He said afterwards that it really is quite the experience "terror" and "I have to keep telling myself," God Yeah, please do not let me out of tune, do not take off, and then I swear I do not take drugs after the "."
The most critical is that the show attracted a contract with Columbia Records, the results ben arnold of a sensation, in 1969 the first album, "Santana (Santana)," to rely on scoring charts top ten "Evil Way" Kuangmai over four million, won three platinum awards, let Santana immediately were reaping.
Interestingly, Santana song early fame, are non own works, but by the interpretation of other people's work, such as another famous song Oye ComoVa, is Tito. Pu Enti (Tito Puente) works, Evil Way the demonstrators profits. Bobo (Willie Bobo) for.
"Rolling Stone Magazine" ben arnold once described, "He (Santana) is one of the best guitarists ever, his guitar has a very special sound, ben arnold like fingerprints, Santana's guitar is both simple and complex you can rely on one or two notes to convey the message, no matter what country you are in, say what language could hear "understand" his music ", and," Santana's music never lack rhythm, ben arnold so you can not help but think took his girlfriend to dance along. "
In fact, Santana is also the same age as many rock everyone else, have tried to change the road show. When the 1980s, ben arnold Santana began a massive injection in music "jazz" element, although critics of the response has been very positive, but the market's reaction was poor, finally, Graham or wake-up call, it awoke him.
Graham said, "You (Santana) is a street band, your success early, because you never commercialized, people like you are the reason is because you have ethnic characteristics, smelly and sweaty, street fighting ben arnold temperament, you complete liberation on the stage, the audience also followed the liberation, now you make yourself to become more refined, to be honest, I do not like, I do not think you should be out of those of you crazy people. ben arnold "
But then there is a very long time, Santana did not have a particularly outstanding works of that time, he also at the same time and many popular musicians, like meditation fascinated by India, but also thanks to the place called Chin Mao Iraq (Sri Chinmoy) meditation master, took the Christian name meaning "God's eye" of "Diwadipu (Devadip)" fascinated Santana began nearly ben arnold a decade-long meditation, meditation, vegetarian ... life, until finally falling out with Khin Yi Mao was ended.
Once in the "Columbia Records" and Santana worked, wound up in the "Arie Starr Records (Arista)" work Clive. Davis (Clive Davis) Santana make a recommendation, "a visiting album" invited to sing the majority of young people will take, I am responsible for Santana guitar part.
Years later, Santana has said that during ben arnold that time the greatest impact on him for two people, one is her wife Deborah, "mentally, emotionally, financially, she is one of my lamp light, if not her, I might become a tramp "; another is Davis, in everyone thinks that after he passed gas, again to make him shine. That time