Carlos Santana
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Carlos Santana blamed the consumption of LSD for his freely meandering improvisations: “You can’t take acid and not find your voice. It’s impossible to just sound nice and superficial.”
With his warm sound he became an important driving force. Carlos Santana, says Prince, was more important to him than Jimi Hendrix: “He just played better.”
Born: 1947. Guitars: Yamaha SG2000, PRS Santana