It began almost as a lark when Carlos Santana encountered his longtime friend and hero Wayne Shorter on the concert trail in Atlanta, GA, in 1987. Carlos said, "Let's start a rumor that we're putting a band together." Wayne's eyes got bigger and brighter as he smiled and then responded: "Yeah, Carlos, let's start a rumor." A few months later the Carlos Santana/Wayne Shorter Band performed its debut concert at The Fillmore in San Francisco, the beginning of a 26-concert tour throughout the U.S. and Europe. The performance of this magnificent band was recorded at Montreux, Switzerland, on July 14, 1988, and includes interviews with Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter and festival creator Claude Nobs.

It began almost as a lark when Carlos Santana encountered his longtime friend and hero Wayne Shorter on the concert trail in Atlanta, GA, in 1987. Carlos said, "Let's start a rumor that we're putting a band together." Wayne's eyes got bigger and brighter as he smiled and then responded: "Yeah, Carlos, let's start a rumor." A few months later the Carlos Santana/Wayne Shorter Band performed its debut concert at The Fillmore in San Francisco, the beginning of a 26-concert tour throughout the U.S. and Europe. The performance of this magnificent band was recorded at Montreux, Switzerland, on July 14, 1988, and includes interviews with Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter and festival creator Claude Nobs.

Carlos Santana se ha convertido en material de leyenda, el primer guitarrista en combinar habilmente rock con m sica Latina, blues y ritmos afro-cubanos, creando un sonido nico. El naci en M xico en 1947, y su padre-un violinista de mariachi-lo introdujo a la m sica. La m sica de Santana ha evolucionado desde su nost lgica infancia, reflejando una originalidad incomparable en el mundo del rock.

A teenage runaway who never went to school, John Lee Hooker had trouble spelling his name, even into his eighties. But, despite these humble beginnings, John Lee Hooker is today considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century--the Godfather of the Blues, the King of the Boogie. John Lee Hooker will ever be remembered as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Filmed just a few years before his death, JOHN LEE HOOKER: THAT?S MY STORY takes audiences inside the life and times of this Blues legend and the music that influenced a rising generation of rockers. John Lee tells the tale himself, with help from his family, closest friends, and musical colleagues including Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana and Robert Cray. From humble beginnings as the son of a sharecropper, through his experiences touring the Jim Crow South, to his performances in San Francisco?s Boom Boom Room toward the end of his life, this film chronicles the journey that ultimately established Hook

Carlos Santana was barely twenty-years-old when the Santana Blues Band began breaking-out in a big way. Their sound soon caught the attention of rock promoter Bill Graham, who introduced Santana to Columbia Records head Clive Davis in the hopes of securing a record deal. From "Biography: Carlos Santana."

It was obvious that Santana's self-titled debut album was an instant hit as soon as they recorded it. For the first time, Latinos were seeing themselves reflected in rock music; and in Carlos they found not only musical inspiration, but also cultural pride. From "Biography: Carlos Santana."

In the summer of 1969, Santana came to New York for the first time to play the Woodstock Music & Art Festival. Their performance would go down in history as a cathartic outpouring of energy that propelled the band right onto the national stage. From "Biography: Carlos Santana."

The Montreux Music Festival gets an infectious case of the blues as Carlos Santana assumes the roles of musical director and special guest guitarist for this memorable night of music captured live on July 12, 2004 and featuring three of the biggest names in blues guitar. In the first set, Bobby Parker takes the stage to offer eleven soul-stirring blues classics including Straight Up No Chaser, I Ain't Superstitious, and Going Down Slow. A ten-song set by Clarence Gatemouth Brown finds the renowned Texas blues master igniting the stage with such classic songs as Strange Things Happen and Grape Jelly before the night winds to a rousing close with a ten-song Buddy Guy set highlighted by such tunes as Done Got Old, Hoochie Coochie Man, and Drowning on Dry Land. Additional guest appearances by both Santana and Chic icon Nile Rodgers, this is one night of music that blues fans will want to revisit time and again. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide.

Album: Oral Fixation, Vol. 2; Label: Epic; Director: Shakira/Jaume de Laiguana