Santana is a Mexican-American Grammy Award-winning guitarist known for his searing, emotional playing.
Santana este un chitarist mexican-american, premiat cu Grammy cunoscut pentru jocul său arzător și emoţional.
He became famous in the late 1960s with his eponymoius band that created a highly successful blend of salsa, rock, blues, and jazz.
El a devenit faimos la sfârşitul anilor 1960 cu trupa sa cu același nume care a creat un amestec de salsa, rock, blues şi jazz de mare succes.
He has sold tens of millions of albums worldwide, and has influenced countless musicians.
El a vândut zeci de milioane de albume în întreaga lume, şi a influenţat nenumăraţi muzicieni.
Question: What instrument did Santana play as a boy before switching to guitar?
Santana’s father was a Mariachi violinist.
Carlos played the violin at an early age, occasionally performing with his father’s mariachi orchestra.
It was when his family moved to Tijuana several years later, that Santana became interested in the guitar.
Maria, Maria
Ho Maria Maria
She reminds me of a west side story
Growing up in Spanish Harlem
She’s living the life just like a movie star
Ho Maria Maria
She fell in love in East L.A.
To the sounds of the guitar, yeah, yeah
Played by Carlos Santana
Stop the looting, stop the shooting
Pick pocking on the corner
See as the rich is getting richer
The poor is getting poorer
Se mira Maria on the corner
Thinking of ways to make it better
In my mailbox there’s an eviction letter
Somebody just said see you later
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola
I said a la favella los colores
The streets are getting hotter
There is no water to put out the fire
Mi canto la esperanza
Se mira Maria on the corner
Thinking of ways to make it better
Then I looked up in the sky
Hoping of days of paradise
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola
Maria you know you’re my lover
When the wind blows I can feel you
Through the weather and
even when we’re apart
It feels like we’re together
