“The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace” -Santana. 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 from most bands in the 20th century. Santana had a lot of things that happened during his childhood that made him who he is today. Carlos started on the violin . Since his dad was a mariachi violinist, and he, educated Carlos on music (Morrison, 2006). Being around his …show more content…
Santana was playing at Woodstock and two big festivals with a intense performance (Morrison, 2006). This immediately caught peoples eye. After performing greatly known concert arenas, and the Fillmore West they got Bill Graham’s attention (Donald, 2004). This was their biggest break yet. In conclusion, after also getting a record deal from Columbia Records, their first album was released and hit top 10 on the charts, that got to double platinum, named Santana (“Santana”, 2018). There were more albums after that though. "Black Magic Woman" hit number one was Santana's second album (Morrison,2006). That album was a big part of them getting famous. After people start to get to know them, they get known for certain …show more content…
After getting more into jazz and after getting a marvelous drummer they had it better (Donald, 2004). They had a struggle getting more into jazz, hoping people would like it. Santana also went through very tough times during a thirty year gap of the song "Evil Ways" and the song "Smooth" in (Morrison, 2006). There was no real reason why this happened though. A lot of people said, This guy's too old,' said everyone, so no one wanted to listen to him (Varela, 2000). That didn’t motivate him to make any music, but they got over that. Yes they had a few struggle, but they also had many awards and