As Santana was setting up, a chick toward the front of the stage was telling her old man: “It’s weird. They consulted the astrologers before setting the dates for Woodstock, but they couldn’t have consulted an astrologer about today. Anyone can see that with the moon in Scorpio, today...
John Morris, one of the organizers of 1969's Woodstock music festival, died in November at the age of 84. Morris' career first took off in San Francisco, where he often worked with concert promoter Bill Graham and acts like Jefferson Airplane, the Doors and the Grateful Dead. He continued...
Michael Wadleigh assembled the three-hour 'Woodstock' out of the festival's "Three Days of Peace & Music," as it had been billed. From Richie Havens' improvised opener, "Freedom," to Jimi Hendrix's closing set, the film captured the music, drugs, rain, mud, politics and free love that...
Santana (1970): Carlos Santana's shamanistic guitar served as the lodestar as his band brilliantly stirred in elements of rock, salsa, jazz and blues -- completely transforming Tito Puente's "Oye Como Va" and Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman" along the way. 'Led Zeppelin III' Atlantic ...
Santana (1970): Carlos Santana's shamanistic guitar served as the lodestar as his band brilliantly stirred in elements of rock, salsa, jazz and blues -- completely transforming Tito Puente's "Oye Como Va" and Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman" along the way. ...
Santana (1970): Carlos Santana's shamanistic guitar served as the lodestar as his band brilliantly stirred in elements of rock, salsa, jazz and blues -- completely transforming Tito Puente's "Oye Como Va" and Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman" along the way. ...
Formed in 1966 by Mexican guitarist Carlos Santana, the band simply named "Santana" navigated someinitial roadblocks—including getting fired for being late, a health scare, and several iterations of players—before settling on a lineup that drove the band to stardom. Santana played Woodstock in ...
Born in Australia, Los Angeles-based guitaristOrianthibegan playing guitar professionally at age 13, performing and touring with Carlos Santana, Steve Vai, Alice Cooper, Richie Sambora, and Dave Stewart. She was a member of the Hollywood Vampires and has recorded five solo albums in addition to ...
1, as did his next album. By 1975, he'd notched five Top 20 singles, including two more chart-topping songs. Harrison later was part of the all-star Traveling Wilburys before dying of cancer in 2001. 57: Santana Tucker Ransom, Getty Images 57: Santana Santana's Woodstock-era emergence ...
after the event. Santana, for instance, were just a ragged band from the Bay Area. From the point they went on stage at Woodstock they elevated to superstars. Then there was Jimi performing Star Spangled Banner – well, that still moves me today.” ...