ANNIE SMITH 2 ND PERIOD FACTS ABOUT SANTANA

ANNIE SMITH 2 ND PERIOD

FACTS ABOUT SANTANA - HIS FULL NAME IS CARLOS AUGUSTO ALVES SANTANA - HE WAS BORN ON JULY 20, 1947 - HE WAS BORN IN AUTLAN DE NAVARRO, MEXICO - HE BECAME FAMOUS BECAUSE OF HIS MUSIC

MAJOR DATES IN HIS LIFE • JULY 20, 1947 - DATE OF BIRTH • 1960 - HE MOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO • 1968 - THE SANTANA BLUES BAND DEBUTED AT FILMORE WEST • 1969 - THE BAND SIGNED TO COLUMBIA RECORDS • 1969 - THE BAND PLAYED AT WOODSTOCK MUSIC AND ART FESTIVAL • 2/13/69 - THE BAND BEGAN TOURING THE UNITED STATES • 4/20/73 - SANTANA GOT MARRIED • 1973 - SANTANA BEGAN HIS FIRST WORLD TOUR • 1978 - SANTANA APPEARED ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME

MORE MAJOR DATES • JULY 26, 1978 - THE BAND OPENED FOR THE ROLLING STONES • 1984 - THE BAND TOURED WITH BOB DYLAN • 1989 - HE APPEARED ON DAVID LETTERMAN • 1989 - HE WON A GRAMMY FOR BEST INSTRUMENTAL ROCK PERFORMANCE • 1998 - HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME • 1999 - HE WON EIGHT GRAMMY AWARDS • 1/26/2003 - HE WAS IN THE HALFTIME SHOW AT SUPERBOWL XXXVII WITH BEYONCE KNOWLES AND MICHELLE BRANCH

SANTANA AND THE LOS LONELY BOYS AT THE 5 TH ANNUAL LATIN GRAMMY AWARDS

SANTANA HAS TOURED IN THE FOLLOWING PLACES: ~ UNITEDSTATES ~ MEXICO ~ JAPAN ~ CHINA ~ INDONESIA ~ NEW ZEALAND ~ SOUTH AMERICA ~ CENTRAL AMERICA ~ CHILE ~ EUROPE

~ HE MET DEBORAH SARA KING AT THE TOWER OF POWER CONCERT ~ HE MARREID HER ON APRIL 20, 1973 ~ HE HAS THREE CHILDREN: SALVADOR, STELLA, AND ANGELICA ~ HIS PARENTS WERE JOSE SANTANA AND JOSEFINA BARRAGAN

~ AS A CHILD SANTANA DIDN’T HAVE RUNNING WATER OR ELECTRICITY IN HIS HOUSE. ~ HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A MAJOR CONCERT ON 12/11/71 IN PERU, BUT IT WAS CANCELLED BECAUSE OF A POLITICAL UPRISING. ~ IN 1973 HE ADDED THE NAME DEVADIP TO HIS NAME. DEVADIP MEANS “THE LIGHT OF THE LAMP OF THE SUPREME” ~ SANTANA’S DAD WAS A TRUMPET PLAYER IN MEXICO ~ SANTANA FIRST LEARNED TO PLAY THE VIOLIN, BUT THEN SWITCHED TO GUITAR WHEN HE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD

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