Vintage SEPT 6,1991 - SANTANA - CARLOS SANTANA - Pacific Amphitheatre - Miller

Description

Vintage SEPT 6,1991
Miller Lite Concert Series
SANTANA
(CARLOS SANTANA)
at the Pacific Amphitheatre
Santana
is an American
rock
band formed in
San Francisco
in 1966
by
Mexican-American
guitarist and songwriter
Carlos Santana
.
The band has undergone multiple recording and performing line-ups
in its history, with Carlos Santana the only consistent member.
Santana had early success with their appearance at
Woodstock
in 1969
and their first three albums,
Santana
(1969),
Abraxas
(1970), and
Santana III
(1971).
Other important core members during this period include
Gregg Rolie
,
Michael Carabello
,
Michael Shrieve
,
David Brown
, and
José "Chepito" Areas
,
forming the "classic" line-up.
Following its initial success Santana experimented with elements of
jazz fusion
on
Caravanserai
(1972),
Welcome
(1973), and
Borboletta
(1974).
Santana reached a new peak of commercial and critical success with
Supernatural
(1999) and its singles "
Smooth
", featuring singer
Rob Thomas
,
and "
Maria Maria
". The album reached No. 1 in eleven countries and
sold 12 million copies in the US. In 2014, the "classic" line-up reunited
for
Santana IV
(2016) and the group continue to perform and record.
Santana is one of the
best-selling groups of all time
with 43.5 million
certified albums sold the US, and an estimated 100 million sold worldwide.
Its
discography
include 25 studio albums, 14 of which reached the US
top 10. In 1998, the line-up of Santana, Rolie, Carabello, Shrieve, Brown,
and Areas was inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
.
In 2000, the band won six
Grammy Awards
in one night, a record tied
with
Michael Jackson
, and three
Latin Grammy Awards
.