Carlos Santana
was one of the major rock musicians of the late 1960s flower power
era, exerting a major influence on the fusion of jazz, Latin, and rock. Born in in Autlán, Mexico, Carlos Santana was brought up in a family of professional musicians. First his father taught five-year-old Carlos the violin; a few years later he switched to guitar. Santana learned blues and rock styles by listening to recordings of Chuck Berry, B. B. King, and T-Bone WalkerWalker...