Santana (Musical group)

Santana is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1966 by Mexican-American guitarist and songwriter Carlos Santana; Santana had early success with their appearance at Woodstock in 1969; ther important core members during this period include Gregg Rolie, Mike Carabello, Michael Shrieve, David Brown, and José Areas; band formed in San Francisco in 1966 by Mexican-American guitarist Carlos Santana as the Santana Blues Band with the help of guitarist Tom Fraser; The five-member line-up consisted of Santana on lead guitar, Marcus Malone on percussion, Rod Harper on drums, Sergio "Gus" Rodriguez on bass, and Gregg Rolie on lead vocals and organ; Members: Carlos Santana, Tommy Anthony, Ray Greene, David K. Mathews, Paoli Mejías, Karl Perazzo, Benny Rietveld, Cindy Blackman Santana, Andy Vargas, Jim Jameson; Past Members: Gregg Rolie, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Bob Livingston, Marcus Malone, Michael Shrieve, José Areas, Neal Schon, Coke Escovedo, Tom Coster, Mingo Lewis, Armando Peraza, Doug Rauch, Rico Reyes, Richard Kermode, Leon Thomas, Jules Broussard, Leon Patillo, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Greg Walker, Gaylord Birch, Raul Rekow, Pablo Telez, Pete Escovedo, Graham Lear, David Margen, Chris Rhyne, Chris Solberg, Alex Ligertwood, Alan Pasqua, Richard Baker, Gali Sanchez, Orestes Vilató, Alphonso Johnson, David Sancious, Chester Thompson, Buddy Miles, Wayne Shorter, Walfredo Reyes, Vorriece Cooper, Myron Dove, Jorge Santana, Curtis Salgado, Greg Errico, Luther Rabb, Wendy Haas, Tony Lindsay, Bill Ortiz, Jeff Cressman