The legendary guitarist opens up about his star-making set at the 1969 festival in this week's issue of PEOPLE getty (2) Carlos Santana's set at Woodstock helped make him a star — but it almost didn't ...

Santana and his band started playing around San Francisco in the late ’60s, along with groups like Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead. The band ended up getting signed to Columbia Records, and ...

Rock stars often live wild lives while they make chart-topping music. And in the case of classic rock icon Carlos Santana, that’s certainly the case. Younger music fans might remember Santana from the ...

Music is a profoundly spiritual experience for Carlos Santana, who refers to his distinctive tone as “God’s grace through my fingers,” since before he even learned to play. In 1969, the young ...

Legendary singer and guitaristCarlos Santana, 78, was largely unknown to mainstream audiences when he took the stage at age 22 for his now-iconic Woodstock ’69 performance. In a resurfaced and wild ...

Ask Carlos Santana to describe his inimitable guitar tone, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer doesn’t hesitate. “My sound is the sound of a woman,” says Santana, 75, adding his current playlist is ...

For Carlos Santana, the Woodstock spirit is as strong now as it was 55 years ago, when he and the band that bears his name played the famed festival in upstate New York. “It’s a spiritual frequency, a ...

Rudy Valdez's enthralling documentary celebrates Santana's Latin-gone-psychedelic rock 'n' roll life, which had a different arc from that of other rock stars. Santana, as we discover, had a very ...

If you thought Woodstock legend Carlos Santana was the O.G. hippie in the ’60s, think again. In fact, the 76-year-old guitar hero was once an anti-weed warrior as his namesake band was huffing — and ...

Carlos Santana's Oneness Tour is coming to Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix on April 18. Santana emphasizes the importance of oneness, which he defines as harmony and unity among people.