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Santana
Introduction
"My heart is open to complement. Not to compete."-Santana (Cobo, 2004). They were just a group of young man, inspired by B. B. King to play music. With a guitarist that could blow people away with his new kind of rock and roll. Santana helped impact rock and roll with a new kind of rock, also earning nine Grammy awards and other awards, and getting a place in the Rock and Roll hall of fame, making them unique from most bands in the 20th century.
Childhood
Santana had a lot of things that happened during his childhood that made him who he is today. Carlos started on the violin, because his father was a mariachi violinist, and he educated Carlos on music (Morrison, 2006). As a young kid, Carlos was around …show more content…

Santana got the "Billboard Century Award" (Cobo, 2004). Santana won a good amount of awards. Like He was voted for 42nd annual Grammy Award for 10 nominations (Mitchell, 2000). For being a Grammy winner and a great band Santana was ready for their new step, touring. Santana started touring all around the world (Morrison,2006). Santana also got into the Rock and Roll Hame of Fame (Wallenfeldt, 2013). Going along with his awards he also got an award or best instrumental performance (Mitchell, 2000). After all the awards and accomplishments they got the one they still want that is not complete yet. Santana wants to perform in Tijuana for free (Mitchell, 2000). Tijuana is where Carlos Santana is from. This is why was so famous, but it all has to come to a …show more content…

Santana had a very slow start to the music career with a few ups and downs. They made rock and roll music that appealed to most ages. With a picture of Santana on the wall. They made a path for another generation that have a Latin background, or ones that try to mix rock and roll with another type of music. Santana with always be remembered for being one of the greats. References
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Donald, L. (2004). Santana, Carlos. In S. Wasserstein (Ed.), Baker’s biographical dictionary of popular musicians since 1990 (Vol. 2, pp. 591-593). Retrieved from Gale Virtual Reference Library database.
If you came to San Francisco. (2013). In J. Wallenfeldt (Ed.), Popular Music Through the Decades (pp. 161-167).
Menard, V. (1996). The man behind the music. In Ebsco (Vol. 9, p. 18). Retrieved from MAS Ultra - School Edition database. (Accession No. 9603203863)
Mitchell, G. (2000). Santana leads grammy noms. (cover story). In Ebsco. Retrieved from Middle Search Plus database. (Accession No. 2675272)
Morrison, C. (2006). American popular music:rock and roll. In Santana. New York, NY: Facts on

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