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Santana

Pop/Rock

1960s - 2010s

From their progressive psychedelia of the '60s through the smooth pop of the '90s, the one thing that's tied together each incarnation of Santana is the playing of consummate guitarist Carlos Santana.

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Santana is the primary exponent of Latin-tinged rock, particularly due to a combination of Latin percussion with bandleader Carlos Santana's distinctive, high-pitched lead guitar playing. The group was the last major act to emerge from the San Francisco scene of the 1960s, enjoying massive success at the end of the decade and into the early '70s. The direction then changed to a more contemplative and jazzy style as the band's early personnel gradually departed. By the mid-'90s, Santana seemed spent as a commercial force, but the band made a surprising and monumental comeback in 1999 with Supernatural, an album that won a raft of Grammy Awards. ~ William Ruhlmann

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