Carlos Santana
About this star
- Category: Recording
- Unveiled: 17 Aug 1998
- Star rank: 1020
- Address:
7092 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing east
- GPS location:
34.101284, -118.344800 - Notes: On Marshfield Way as it merges into Hollywood Blvd
Biography
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Source: Wikipedia
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican American rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion. The band’s sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms featuring percussion instruments such as timbales and congas not generally heard in rock music. Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. Rolling Stone named Santana number 15 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and 3 Latin Grammy Awards.
Fact file
- Birth name: Carlos Augusto Alves Santana
- Born: July 20, 1947 (age 63) Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico
- Genres: Rock, latin rock, blues rock, funk, jazz fusion
- Occupations: Musician, songwriter
- Instruments: Guitar, percussion, violin, vocals,
- Years active: 1966–present
- Labels: Arista, Polydor, Columbia
- Associated acts: Santana, Los Lonely Boys
- Website: Carlos Santana.com
Read more about Carlos Santana at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Hollywood Blvd, south side, by La Brea (Marshfield Ave)
Nearby you will also find Kiss, Pearl Bailey, Clint Black, Signe Hasso, and many others.