1. Carlos Santana

2. The Early Years CHILDHOOD Born in July 20, 1947 in Mexico Started playing the violin at age 5 Moved to Tijuana, Mexico at the age of 8 and started playing the guitar TEENAGE YEARS Carlos started to book his first gigs Played at local clubs and bars in Tijuana area Family moved to San Francisco in 1960 Carlos moved to live with his family in 1961

3. San Francisco, Where He gets His Start Big music scene in San Francisco in 1960’s Carlos started up his first band Band named: Santana Blues Band Developed a local reputation Still needed a ‘big break’

4. Woodstock This opportunity could either make or break them Woodstock is where Santana found his big break Legendary performance of ‘Soul Sacrifice’ Performance had potential for disaster Band high on drugs Band was unseasoned

5. …Off and Running Woodstock gave Santana the national popularity he needed to really launch his career Following Woodstock, Santana released many albums Abraxas in 1970 sold over 4 million copies Santana III in 1971 reached #1 on charts Santana released 15 albums just in the ‘70s By 1974 Santana’s record company had already released “Santana’s Greatest Hits ”

6. Rock ‘n’ Roll Summit In 1987, Santana performed at the first ever “Rock ‘n’ Roll Summit.” This was a music ‘peace effort’ between the Soviets and the Americans

7. The Milagro Foundation “Milagro benefits underserved and vulnerable children around the world by making grants to community based tax-exempt organizations that work with children in the areas of education, health and the arts.” Santana started the Milagro Foundation in 1998 A nonprofit organization committed to helping underprivileged children 2013 the ALMA Award for Outstanding Commitment to Cause and Community

8. The Big Come Back After years of dwindling popularity Santana made his big come back In 1999 the band released ‘Supernatural’ Number one on the billboards 15x Platinum Won the ALMA Award for Special Achievement

9. THE MUSIC

10. Soul Sacrifice Santana’s Big Break 1969 Woodstock Music Festival Crowd with tens of thousands of people An Iconic Performance Woodstock

11. Soul Sacrifice Listening Guide Major Scale 00:00 the song intro begins. The rhythm is kept by the conga drums, a fast tempo with a strong beat. and beat is when the drums take a solo. The conga drums play a long introduction that sets the song up in quadruple meter. 00:49 the guitar solo starts out with a fast vivace tempo, the slows by just a slight amount while the guitar solo mimics the music in the way it way set up, it plays various four beat tunes and then pauses, after a few repetitions the keyboard echoes in the background 02:49 This interlude works its way into the drum solo. The drum solo is also very fast paced and rhythmically complicated 0:3:21 the music then mellows and the keyboard can be heard more above the rest of the music 03:28 the guitar first starts playing the same melody as the keyboard, but then breaking out into another solo. 05:01 the whole band plays again, once again playing the now familiar melody established at the beginning of the song 05:35 the music rests for two beats before they play their grand finale to the coda at the end of the song 06:01 the song ends.

12. Black Magic Woman Originally written and played by Fleetwood Mac Santana included the son on the Araxes album in 1970 Song peaked in top ten on billboard charts Lead vocalist, Gregg Rolie latter left Santana in 1973 to go to Journey

13. Black Magic Woman Listening Guide Minor Scale Quadruple Meter 0:00 This piece of music starts out with a long introduction, with the keyboards and guitar, with some drum with symbol rattling in the background 1:11 the guitar drops off and the keyboards play a complicated rhythm 1:25 The introduction moves the music into the first and second verses 2:10 Another guitar solo plays after the second verse 2:56 thirds verse beings 3:20 After the last verse the instruments take the song into a guitar solo 3:36 This Guitar solo is why this song is often called Gypsy Queen 4:55 This solo leads to the coda of the song 5:20 the song ends

14. Song was Number One on Charts for an Incredible 10 weeks Won a GRAMMY for Best Po Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal lead vocals are done by a rhythm and blues duo, David McRae and Marvin Moore-Hough *AKA- the Product G&B Santana later opened a chain of restaurants named after the song Maria

15. Maria Maria Listening Guide Lyrics in both English and Spanish 0:00 The guitar plays a simple melody in the introduction and leads into the first and second verses 0:15 first verse 0:37 second verse 0:54 A guitar solo plays after the second verse 1:02 The third and fourth verses are sung after the guitar solo. 1:23 After this point in the song there are backup vocals sung in a chanting rhythm 1:31 After this point in the song the first and second verses are repeated, making the verses into a chorus 2:07 after the chorus Santana plays the same guitar solo as before. 2:16 After the short guitar solo the singer goes directly into the next two verses, with the chanting in between the verses 3:15 The chorus is played again after this verse, and the guitar solo again 3:50 The Guitar solo fades away, ending the song 4:17 songs fades out and ends

16. References “Black Magic Woman” Song Facts. Song Facts. Web. 20 September 2014 “Santana Live at 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair” Rock and Roll hall of Fame. 11 March 2014. Web. 16 September 2014. “Carlos Santana Biography” IMDb IMDb. Web. 16 September 2014.