Carlos Augusto Santana Alves (Spanish: [.karlos sanˈtana] (listen); born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist who rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Santana, which pioneered a fusion of Rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Its sound featured his melodic, blues-based lines set against Latin American and African rhythms played on percussion instruments not generally heard in rock, such as timbales and congas.
He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. In 2015, Rolling Stone magazine listed him at No. 20 on their list of the 100 greatest guitarists
Santana was influenced by popular artists of the 1950s such as B.B. King, T-Bone Walker, Javier Batiz,[14] and John Lee Hooker.[15] Soon after he began playing guitar, he joined local bands along the "Tijuana Strip" where he was able to begin developing his own sound.[15] He was also introduced to a variety of new musical influences, including jazz and folk music, and witnessed the growing hippie movement centered in San Francisco in the 1960s
The 74-year-old wrote on Facebook that he got “dehydrated and passed out” after he “forgot to eat and drink water.” “We are good, just taking it easy,” Santana said in the post, updating fans after the incident.